Surprised by the surge of union political activity, Republicans in Congress are looking into hearings on issues like union corruption to embarrass the labor movement.

Her team also work alongside Daniels' detail investigating union corruption in the Baltimore ports.

Investigators said the inquiry stemmed from evidence of union corruption and mob infilitration provided by a confidential informer.

In fact, over the past five years, convictions for union corruption have averaged 11 per month.

The image is also a widely known symbol of Teamsters union corruption.

Bush administration officials said the rules would fight union corruption and help union members see how their leaders were spending dues money.

Mr. Diop has consistently refused to comment since the allegations of widespread union corruption surfaced several weeks ago.

A confluence of factors - historic, demographic, economic and political - has made New York the mother lode of union corruption.

For New Yorkers, the price of union corruption has been high.

Rather, he says, union corruption "explains why the American labor movement fares so poorly in the vital tasks unions are designed to perform."