Union Thugs Beat Member for Disagreeing With Party Line

August 5, 2008--Members of the carpenters union in New York City have ruined any chance that authorities there will take their union out of government oversight by beating unconscious William Davenport, a union brother running for District Council Delegate.

After an August 5 Local 608 candidates forum, the candidate was beaten by members of the audience outside a church. Outside a CHURCH!

This thuggery along with continued indictments, convictions and corruption convinced Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr. not to release the union from government oversight.

The assault last week on the dissident union candidate, William Davenport, undermined the union’s assertions of a change in its internal culture. Mr. Davenport, according to several accounts, was heckled when he spoke at the union meeting, which was attended by about 500 members. Despite the presence of two retired police detectives hired to maintain order, a group of men stood up in the front rows and screamed, while members of the Unity Teams Administration did nothing to stop them.

“It was disgraceful — thugs took over the meeting,” said the dissident, Eugene Clarke, a member for 49 years. Mr. Clarke, who did not see the assault, said the group yelled insults at Mr. Davenport and threw a roll of toilet paper at him when he was on the stage.

In any case, the carpenters are outta luck to get control of their union back. Judge Haight cited federal criminal cases brought against the construction contractors On Par, Boom Construction and Tri-Built, which prosecutors said had saved on wages and benefit payments by employing carpenters off the books, with shop stewards often being bribed to turn a blind eye to the practice.

Judge Haight wrote that the shop stewards and other union officials “played vital roles in facilitating, enabling or abetting the employers’ fraud” by failing to supervise job sites or keep track of hours worked.

In the meantime, the corrupt, mob infested, thug populated New York City District Council will stay under the control of government watchdogs. Good thing, too.

This is why you cannot trust anything The Unity Team says!