Civil Liberties 
Jim Belushi talks about Bill Hogan:(1)
\ Actor Jim Belushi with Bill Hogan and his wife Ginnie. Belushi who has worked on four Chicago films often joined Bill on the picket line and appeared at organizing drives.
“I’ve shot four movies in Chicago and have worked with Bill Hogan since 1985 during the filming of “About Last Night.” I have spent much [...]
The IRB: Origins of an Undemocratic Institution
The questionable legal underpinnings of Consent Decree and Independent Review Board (IRB) are presented in the following legal analysis which explains why former Senator Sam Nunn told the Senate Permanent Investigations Committee:
“the government has clearly crossed over into a new frontier in law enforcement, injecting itself into the operation of labor unions and, under [...]
Wall Street Journal Reports Senator Obama will end IRB abuses.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Senator Barack Obama has pledged to end abuses of the IRB which was installed within the Teamster union in 1989 by the Justice Dept with a limited mission to root out mobsters, but now has acted to curtail free speech, interfered in internal union politics, and in a number [...]
Lavishly Paid Investigators Hold Court at Non-Union Hotel
IRB becomes a gravy train for former law enforcement officials
Temporary “Watchdog” Becomes Permanent Drain on Teamsters Union
The controversial and lavishly paid Independent Review Board imposed by the Justice Department on the Teamster Union in 1989, was supposed to be a temporary watchdog to help the union rid itself of mob influence in a handful [...]