FOOD WORKERS (UFCW)
New Jersey Boss Admits to Conspiracy
Joseph P. Rizzo, ex-president of the United
Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1262 in N.J., admitted Apr. 16
to a conspiracy to accept money to ensure labor peace. He was charged
last year with four counts of bribery for allegedly demanding and accepting
payments from Foodtown and Shop-Rite employers. Prosecutors dropped other
counts in exchange for the plea to the conspiracy charge. He faces up to
five years in prison and a $250,000 fine at sentencing Aug. 7.
The initial indictment accused Rizzo of demanding payments of cash and groceries at Christmas in exchange for the local's cooperation, which he ran 1989-96. He was also accused of receiving payments during a 1993 strike. [Record (Bergen County, N.J.) 4/17/01]
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