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NYC Librarians' Local Sues UnionThe union local representing 1,800 New York City librarians filed a lawsuit November 30 charging that the leaders of District Council 37, the city's biggest municipal union, embezzled, committed vote fraud, and took kickbacks. The New York Times reported November 30 that the suit would be brought in federal court under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The librarians' local, along with one representing 2,800 motor-vehicle operators, is also suing the city for damages, maintaining that city officials should have known about fraud in the 1996 vote ratifying the union's contract. The district council's parent union, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, took direct control of the council November 28. The council's executive director, Stanley Hill, has taken an unpaid leave of absence. Posted December 7, 1998. |
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