1 now Suffolk county legislator kevin mccaffrey endorsed at a union meeting of teamsters local 858 prior the merger of local 858 and 707 without a vote , must go.
2. you cannot vote kevin mccaffrey out of office and make the vote stand because hoffa controls the appeal process
Kevin McCaffrey, Suffolk County legislator, gets revote in contested Teamsters election
Suffolk County Legis. Kevin McCaffrey speaks beside Legis. Robert Trotta during a news conference at the William Rogers Legislature Building in Hauppauge Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. Credit: Barry Sloan
National Teamsters union officials have decided to allow ballots to be counted in a union election in which Kevin McCaffrey, minority leader of the Suffolk County Legislature, is seeking to regain his post as president.
The Washington D.C.-based executive board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters had impounded ballots in a revote of a Local 707 election that McCaffrey lost in November, said Kara Deniz, spokeswoman for the national union.
The winning slate of candidates had opposed repetition of the election.
The board voted last Friday to reject the appeal by the victors and allow the election to go forward. The new ballots will be opened on Wednesday, said Susan Oddo, the Nassau local’s new recording secretary.
McCaffrey and other incumbents ousted in the November election had asked for a new vote because 92 ballots had not been delivered to workers of a Midwood ambulance company. A new election was held, but ballots were impounded because of the appeal
The ousted slate should have been aware the ballots had not been delivered, and also did not seek a revote in a timely manner, Oddo said.
Local 707 represents 2,400 workers in the trucking and food service industries, along with employees of Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp.
McCaffrey, a Lindenhurst Republican, lost the union election in November to John Kelder by six votes. McCaffrey had held the $106,000-a-year union post since 1994.
4 you can be a teamster prnsion fund trustee and not have to produce the books snd records because
5. the employees of nassau otb say mccaffrey must go back to suffolk county and joseph cairo may speak to the workers who have long had enough of the mccaffrey gang
the us attorney needs to wise up and crack down and study the kevin mccaffrey gang's antics which would appear to be under the protection of charles schumer and southbound peter king
teamster consent decrees have had limited effect as hoffa is still the kingpin
if you cannot deal with the uaw you cannot deal eight the hoffa king
sadly the us attonney for the ednygoes only for the sufgolk snd nassau county gliz cases while kevin mccaffrey laughs
Federal prosecutors in Detroit say United Auto Workers leaders aren’t fully cooperating with the government’s probe into alleged corruption, prompting them to appeal to rank-and-file members to come forward with any information.
Matthew Schneider, the U.S. attorney in eastern Michigan, accused the union’s leadership of withholding evidence and information from his office, which is investigating allegations of bribery, corruption and other financial misconduct involving top-ranking UAW officials.
The criminal probe, which first became public in 2017, has resulted in 11 convictions so far, including two former union vice presidents.
Mr. Schneider, who is overseeing the probe, said UAW leaders haven’t been as open as his office had hoped, and that is why his office is turning to the public.
“If we felt very secure we were getting all the cooperation we needed, there would be no need to reach out to the men and women of the union or to other people who have interaction with the UAW,” he said in an interview Friday with The Wall Street Journal.
A UAW spokesman said in a statement that the union continues to cooperate in providing the government with any and all records requested and pointed to recent changes intended to root out corruption.
“The UAW has, as recently as two weeks ago, expressed a willingness to further work with the government on the issues of concern,” the spokesman said.
The federal investigation into an alleged bribery scheme between union officials and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCAU 1.75% NV has widened to other parts of the UAW, ensnaring several top officials and former union leaders. Earlier this month, Joe Ashton, a former UAW vice president and an ex- General Motorsboard member, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
Mr. Schneider said his office is continuing to expand the scope of its probe as investigators get more tips.
While much of the recent focus has been on UAW officials, Mr. Schneider said investigations of Fiat Chrysler, GM GM 1.29% and Ford Motor Co. F 1.73% are still active. He declined to give details. The auto makers have said they are cooperating with investigators.
The expanding UAW probe became a dramatic backdrop during contract talks this year involving the three Detroit car companies, with Gary Jones abruptly resigning as UAW president late last month after leading a 40-day strike at GM.
Federal agents searched his home in August, and he faced pressure from members of the UAW’s board to resign before contract talks heated up in September, according to people familiar with the matter.
GM has used the federal investigation as a basis for a federal racketeering lawsuit filed last month, alleging that Fiat Chrysler bribed union officials to gain more-favorable labor contracts. Fiat Chrysler has said it plans to fight the lawsuit, which it says is without merit.
UAW leaders said last month that an internal investigation found evidence that Mr. Jones spent union funds on personal expenses during trips to California and then sought to cover up his actions.
Mr. Jones’s attorney didn’t respond to a request for comment, but has said his client had planned to resign before learning of the union’s allegations.
Mr. Schneider said the union failed to share new details on the alleged wrongdoing with his office. He instead first learned of it by reading it in newspapers.
“That’s not quite complete cooperation,” Mr. Schneider said.
Mr. Schneider said that since his office has started to speak up publicly, it has received tips from rank-and-file UAW members who say they have witnessed unlawful behavior. He declined to give more details.
The UAW, under the newly elected president, Rory Gamble, says it is making changes to address years of corruption. Among the changes is a move to disband a regional office in Missouri, which has been a focus of a federal probe. Mr. Gamble has also made changes including the creation of a new position to review complaints from members.
Mr. Schneider said it is too early to tell if the union’s latest efforts are adequate.
As investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Labor Department and Internal Revenue Service continue to probe the union’s financial dealings, Mr. Schneider said his office is considering various options regarding how to proceed, including the possibility of federal oversight of the union—an approach that was used with the Teamsters to sever ties with organized crime.
“All of those options are still on the table, and none should be taken off,” he said.
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