Rome Aloise
…since the Teamsters union was forced in 1988 to submit to oversight by the Independent Review Board, a Federal agency, for being in bed with the mob. The Justice Department agreed last year to phase out this oversight, but in the meanwhile, corruption continues to operate unabated in several quarters of the IBT. The IRB recently charged Rome Aloise, arguably the most powerful Teamster in Northern California, with
a whole host of offenses, including racketeering and influence-peddling. The Teamsters General Executive Board must now respond to the IRB charges. In Michigan, where right-to-work recently passed, employees who decide to exercise their right not to join the union are finding out just how rooted in
old-school intimidation tactics unions still are. Their names are posted on public lists so their fellow employees can pressure and/or shun them, and union appointed safety representatives hound and harass them.
