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phenomenon. Organized crime has been heavily impli­
cated in this activity for decades. Indeed, the
Kefauver and McClellan hearings of the 1950s
revealed extensive organized crime control over a
number of labor unions. The testimony presented
this week will demonstrate that thirty years after
those investigations, racketeering activities con­
tinue to flourish. We shall hear evidence indi­
cating that many of the same unions, industries, and
individuals associated with racketeering a generation
ago are still involved.
Our hearings this week will examine how
organized crime continues to exploit the collective
bargaining system for its own purposes. We will
also hear from victims ot racketeering, as well as
from persons who participated in these activities,
and that testimony will make clear that mob involve­
ment in certain labor unions is not confined to past
history.
A major area of concern for the Commission
is the development of organized crime in using new
and more sophisticated techniques to gain and con­
tinue to control unioI.s and businesses. Traditionally,
labor racketeering evoked images of relatively simple
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