Mafia Sting Nabs Union Leaders

by | Feb 4, 2011 | Labor Relations Ink

When federal officials closed the net on 127 mob members in what FBI officials are calling the largest roundup of La Cosa Nostra figures, the International Longshoreman Association (ILA) was heavily represented. Among the indicted were Albert Cernadas, former president ILA Local 1235 and former ILA VP; Nunzio LaGrasso, who is VP of ILA Local 1478 and ILA Representative; Thomas Leonardis, the president of ILA Local 1235; Robert Ruiz, the delegate of ILA Local 1235 and an ILA representative, and Vincent Aulisi, former president of ILA Local 1235; and ILA members Patrick Cicalese, Robert Moreno, and Manuel Salgado.

Included among the mob families hit by the raid were the New Jersey Decavalcante family, all five New York crime families — the Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno and Luchese families — and the New England Patriarca family.

New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman commented, “Workers should be free to pursue an honest living without being worried that their own union representatives will shake them down.”

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