TEAMSTERS (IBT)
IRB Bars Michigan Boss for Life
The Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters' Indep. Rev. Bd. stripped Michael
C. Bane, president of IBT Local 614 in Pontiac, Mich., of his office
July 19 and barred him from the union for life because Bane didn't cooperate
with IRB's probe and intentionally gave misleading testimony in a sworn
statement about his ties with three men identified as mob figures by federal
agents. Absent of "any mitigating factors," IRB held "the only suitable
remedy" was to permanently bar Bane from IBT and all IBT-affiliated entities.
The ruling must be affirmed by U.S. Dist. Judge Loretta A. Preska (S.D.N.Y.,
H.W. Bush). Bane and his father, Joseph Bane, Sr., who was convicted of
racketeering in the late 1970s, have run the local for most of the past
30 years. IBT boss James P. Hoffa is a member
and ex-attorney of Local 614; he is also reportedly a close associate of
Bane, Jr. [AP 7/21/01; BNA 7/24/01]
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