Thursday, February 20, 2014

Union Members Indicted for Burning Down Quaker Church

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 Lonzo West, President of Local Union 732 Ironworkers, yells in support of unions during The Rally to Defend the American Dream

The federal government on Tuesday indicted multiple union members for burning down a Quaker church in 2012.
 
Ten members of a Philadelphia ironworkers union face charges of arson and racketeering in connection with a fire against the church, which was employing non-union workers.

“Ironworkers Local 401 [was charged] with allegedly participating in a conspiracy to commit criminal acts of extortion, arson, destruction of property, and assault in order to force construction contractors to hire union ironworkers,” the FBI said in a press release. “Specifically, the indictment charges RICO conspiracy, violent crime in aid of racketeering, three counts of arson, two counts of use of fire to commit a felony, and conspiracy to commit arson. Eight of the 10 individuals named in the indictment are charged with conspiring to use Ironworkers Local 401 as an enterprise to commit criminal acts.”

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