...Race, Racketeering and the Fall of the New York Construction Unions
by
Gregory A. Butler
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2006
Just 40 years ago, the construction unions of New York City were among the most powerful labor organizations in the world. They were also among the most openly racist and sexist, and were thoroughly dominated by organized crime.
Today, minority males, and women of any color, can get work in...