ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (IUEC)
Ex-VP in NYC Sentenced for Role in Racketeering, No-Show Scheme
On August 7, 2002, in the U.S. Dist. Ct. for the E. Dist. of New York,
Robert Shannon, former executive board member/trustee of Elevator Constructors
Local One, was sentenced to 400 hours of community service and three years
probation, fined $5,000, and ordered to make restitution of $5,107. He
had pled guilty on May 30 to Unlawful Labor Payments in violation of 29
U.S.C. 186. The plea was in connection with the investigation of corruption
in Local One relating to a no-show scheme at 19 construction sites in New
York City. Union officials acquired money by falsely claiming that certain
union members had worked certain hours, when in reality they had not, and
in many cases were actually working at other construction sites. The charges
had been brought following a joint investigation by the New York Dist.
Ofc. of the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Ofc. of Labor-Mgmt. Standards, the FBI,
and the IRS. [DOL OLMS 8/28/02]
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