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no distinction between a union business and the mob. The
testimony also details the activities of organized crime in the
small independent unions of this country. The record further
details the use of threats or actual violence to gain and retain
control of a number of these organizations.
The head-in-the-sand complicity and studied indifference
by officials of major corporations, who benefit from the
involvement of organized crime, is as chilling as the activities
of organized crime dominated union officials. As one witness
stated, the "system" does not work unless organized crime, Ilnions
and businesses cooperate, to the detriment of workers and
consumers.
This record points a picture of racketeering in the 1980s.
It discusses some of the notable individual successes of law
enforcement, convicting individuals who participate in these
criminal activities. It also indicates that the long term impact
of these convictions is less than we might expect. There is a
need for a fundamental reassessment of the strategy and tactics
used to remove organized crime from the nation's marketplace.
Some of the same unions and organized crime figures identified at
this hearing were the focus of national attention in the 1950s.
Finally, some of the testimony addresses actions which could be
taken to attack organized crime's pervasive control of the
construction, transportation, waterfront. and service industries.
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