Union President, 10 Others Charged With Racketeering, Bribery

Union leaders said they are surprised and disappointed after federal and state prosecutors announced the indictment of the president of the New York Building and Construction Trades Council and 10 other officials on racketeering and bribery charges. James Cahill, president of the Trades Council for almost a decade, along with the other officials, accepted bribes in exchange for helping employers who hired non-union labor, according to the indictment by a New York grand jury. “These union officials — who purported to be the ones looking out for workers and their rights —...