Several members of Operating Engineers Local 17 out on bail

These guy are thugs,they cost you the tax payer
millions.I pray everyone of them go to jail

How dare these mooks,with there 40 dollar a hour jobs,driveing there gas guzzling chevy 1 tons,when we can't pay our car insurance.put them in jail,so they can try the peanut butter sandwiches the serve at the erie county holding center

May these Local 17 thugs join their union brothers (from Niagara Falls) in jail. No wonder union participation is DOWN throughout the country.

Free Enterprise

Wow, I didn't realize how little eduction it takes to become a union leader. Or maybe I'm stupid. I never knew that you were supposed to add an an apostrophe s to every noun ending in s or all pluralized nouns; I thought that was only for possession or contractions. DUH!
Also, seems like I've always been misspelling the word 'adress'; I've always spelled it 'address'.
Man... I wish I were smart enough to become a union leader, or even a "FORMER UNION LEADER".

A FORMER UNION LEADER wrote:

AS A FORMER UNION LEADER OF A VERY LARGE AFL / CIO UNION, I MUST ADRESS THIS ISSUE. LOCAL 17 HAS HAD A EXEMPLARY LEAD IN TRUE UNIONISM. THEY GET 80% PARTISIPATION AT MEETING' AND HAVE INDEED BEEN PRO- ACTIVE IN PROTECTING THEIR TRADE. I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THEIR MEMBER'S RUN OVER BY $$$ DRIVEN NON- UNION WORKER'S. WHEN A NON- UNION VAN PASSE'S AN ON GOING LINE--- KICK IT TO THE FLOOR, BUST LEG'S AND BACK'S. THAT IS NOT MEDIA NEW'S-- JUST A BAD RAP FOR LOCAL 17. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE TRUE STORY SHALL PREVAIL.BEEN THERE , DONE THAT.

This is how unions operated in the old days and in the old days people made a living wage. Granted, union members generally make fair pay but participation is way down. Corporations are running this country into the ground and helping to erase the middle class. Local 17 stuck to the old ways and was able to secure jobs for their workers, good for them. You want something, you gotta take it.

A FORMER UNION LEADER wrote:

AS A FORMER UNION LEADER OF A VERY LARGE AFL / CIO UNION, I MUST ADRESS THIS ISSUE. LOCAL 17 HAS HAD A EXEMPLARY LEAD IN TRUE UNIONISM. THEY GET 80% PARTISIPATION AT MEETING' AND HAVE INDEED BEEN PRO- ACTIVE IN PROTECTING THEIR TRADE. I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THEIR MEMBER'S RUN OVER BY $$$ DRIVEN NON- UNION WORKER'S. WHEN A NON- UNION VAN PASSE'S AN ON GOING LINE--- KICK IT TO THE FLOOR, BUST LEG'S AND BACK'S. THAT IS NOT MEDIA NEW'S-- JUST A BAD RAP FOR LOCAL 17. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE TRUE STORY SHALL PREVAIL.BEEN THERE , DONE THAT.

The true story is that this local has been under investigation for 10 years. It is probably fair to say that more injustice occurred over these years than what is known. It is a "Bad Rap" these guys earned for themselves. If people are throwing themselves in front of a moving van, it is not a good thing. After all, these folks don't have a shared interest with the local. I believe that it is the approach and disregard for the law that is being scrutinized not their commitment or dedication to unionism. Our actions reflect on everything we do and effect the example we can have for a cause.

They still did not learn. Now they are harssing a sick man in buffalo. The FBI should investagate them even now. As a group they are tough alone a little mouse

JEEZ is it anywonder the unions have little power today ?? MUGGING unions , Corrupt union leaders , Exorcism ,THEY did it to themselfs.Did anybody ever see a GOOD union that had no coruption ? NAHHH & never will

To my knowledge, there have been no convictions...or have I missed something?