TEAMSTERS (IBT)
IRB Says Chicago Bosses Breached Duties
The court-appointed Indep. Rev. Bd. of Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters accused
William T. Hogan, a top IBT boss in the Midwest, May 23 of colluding with
a Las Vegas janitorial service company to have the firm's nonunion employees
perform work at Las Vegas trades shows and conventions. IRB's report alleged
that Hogan, president of Chi. Teamsters Jt. Council 25, and IBT int'l rep.
Dane Passo with scheming to have employees of the Chi.-based United Servs.
Companies perform trade show work at rates below those paid members of
IBT Local 631. The two union officials allegedly schemed to try and force
the trustees of Local 631 to enter into a substandard contract with United,
according to the 177-page report. Hogan had no official responsibility
for the operation of Local 631. But Hogan's brother, Michael is vice-president
of United.
In the report, forwarded to the Teamsters General Executive Board, IRB recommends internal union charges be brought against Hogan and Passo for violating their fiduciary obligations to the union and its members.
Hogan was formerly the secretary-treasurer of Chicago IBT Local 714. In 1996, following an IRB investigation, the local was put in trusteeship. Among other things, IRB found that the local was being run for the benefit of the Hogan family and not its members. The report contained a number of allegations of nepotism and conflict of interest by Hogan and other officers who were Hogan family members. At the time the trusteeship was imposed, Hogan was a candidate for IBT int'l secretary-treasurer, running with James P. Hoffa who was challenging disgraced ex-boss Ron Carey. Hogan subsequently dropped out of the race. In addition to Council 25, Hogan currently serves as the organizing and political director for Local 714, an int'l rep., and vice-president of Local 179 in Joliet. His various union salaries add up to $210,000 a year.
Passo ran Hoffa's campaign effort in Chicago. Passo was a special representative appointed by Hoffa to monitor the Local 631 trusteeship. He lost that title last October but has continued with the same duties, according to IRB. [BNA, Chi. Trib. 5/25/01]
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