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CONCLUSION
The testimony in this record clearly portrays organized
crime as a potent factor in the marketplace of this country. The
testimony indicates that one key to this marketplace corruption
is the mob's control and exploitation of labor unions.
Traditionally organized crime has used unions to exact payoffs in
return for labor peace and to feed off of union resources and
workers' benefit funds. These rackets continue to flourish and
to grow but now organized crime is also using the labor unions as
the means to monopolize certain business and give mob-run
businesses an edge in the marketplace. By manipulating the
supply and the cost of labor, the mob can raise the cost of doing
business for its competitors, force 1egiti.mate business to deal
only with mob-run companies, and enforce price-fixing,
bid-rigging, and anti-competitive practices throughout an
industry.
Law enforcement successes have not, as yet, provided
complete relief to those victimized by the business side of
organized crime. In its report to be issued in the next few
months, the Commission will analyze and evaluate the impact of
organized crime in unions and businesses. In that report, we
will present our factual conclusions and our recommendations for
a national strategy and the tools to remove organized crime from
the marketplace.
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