US moves to end monitoring of Teamsters union
The union said reforms, including a review board and more than 400 bans, show it can police corruption without federal oversight.
- On Wednesday, the Department of Justice and the Teamsters jointly filed a motion to end the 37-year federal monitorship of the union, seeking court approval to terminate oversight.
- A 1989 Consent Decree, stemming from a 1988 civil racketeering lawsuit, established federal oversight to eliminate organized crime influence and ensure fair, democratic, member-driven elections within the Teamsters.
- Earlier this year, Independent Review Officer Honorable Barbara Jones concluded the International Union has developed institutional tools to adequately detect and resolve major corruption, providing evidentiary basis for the motion.
- Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien stated the filing marks a "new era," noting that internal controls and vigilance prove the organization can "police our own" more stringently than any labor organization.
- The motion requires approval by the Federal District Court and the Honorable Loretta Preska, who has overseen the consent-decree monitorships since 2002, to finalize the union's transition to full self-governance.
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DOJ Pulls the Plug on 37-Year Federal Oversight of the Teamsters
The Department of Justice and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters jointly filed a motion Wednesday to end the federal government’s oversight of the union, closing out what officials say is the longest monitorship of any union, corporation, nonprofit, or public entity in U.S. history. The filing asks a federal court to terminate the final order and consent decree that has governed the Teamsters since 1989, when the government imposed overs…
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DOJ to halt oversight of Teamsters union
The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday it will end its oversight of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters after nearly four decades, telling a federal judge that one of the country's largest labor unions purged itself of corruption and organized crime.
Teamsters, Feds Ask To Wind Down Decades-Old Monitoring - Law360 Employment Authority
The Teamsters and the federal government asked a New York federal judge on Wednesday to further wind down oversight of the union's disciplinary processes that date nearly four decades back, saying the union has shown major progress in weeding out and disciplining misconduct.
US moves to end Teamsters union oversight
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Teamsters union on Wednesday jointly moved to end federal oversight of the union. The DOJ decided in 2015 to progressively move toward ending oversight of the union. In 1988, a sweeping civil racketeering lawsuit against the union stated some of its leaders were tied to the mafia and were…
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