1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781645103321

Autore

Jacobs James B.

Titolo

Breaking the Devil’s Pact : The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob / / James B. Jacobs, Kerry T. Cooperman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-8147-4366-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

345.730267

Soggetti

Organized crime investigation - United States - History

Labor unions - Corrupt practices - United States - History

Racketeering - United States - History

Mafia trials - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- U.S. v. IBT Timeline -- Principal Names -- 1. Introducing the Litigants and the Judge -- 2. The Civil RICO Complaint and Settlement -- 3. IBT Resistance and Judge Edelstein’s Resolve -- 4. Establishing New Disciplinary Machinery -- 5. An Insurgent’s Triumph -- 6. General President Carey and the IRB -- 7. The 1996 Election Scandal -- 8. The 1998 Rerun Election and the Emerging Dominance of James P. Hoffa -- 9. The 2001 Election, the Demise of Project RISE, and the IRB’s Third Term -- 10. The 2006 Election, the IRB’s Fourth Term, and the Lead-Up to the 2011 Election -- 11. Lessons, Reflections, and Speculations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

In 1988, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering suit against the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), at the time possibly the most corrupt union in the world. The lawsuit charged that the mafia had operated the IBT as a racketeering enterprise for decades, systematically violating the rights of members and furthering the interests of organized crime. On the eve of trial, the parties settled the case, and



twenty years later, the trustees are still on the job. Breaking the Devil’s Pact is an in-depth study of the U.S. v. IBT, beginning with Giuliani’s lawsuit and the politics surrounding it, and continuing with an incisive analysis of the controversial nature of the ongoing trusteeship. James B. Jacobs and Kerry T. Cooperman address the larger question of the limits of legal reform in the American labor movement and the appropriate level of government involvement.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810355803321

Autore

Grant Anne <1975->

Titolo

Take your library workshops online! / / Anne Grant and Diana Finkle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-6399-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Disciplina

025.5/677

Soggetti

Library orientation for college students - Web-based instruction

Web-based instruction - Design

Academic libraries - Relations with faculty and curriculum

Libraries and colleges - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One: Saying Goodbye to the Face-to-Face Drop-In Workshop?; Chapter Two: Getting the Ball Rolling; Chapter Three: Gathering Intel; Chapter Four: Creating the Synchronous Workshop; Chapter Five: Moving from Workshop to Tutorial; Chapter Six: Bringing Library Staff On Board; Chapter Seven: Marketing Online Workshops; Chapter Eight: Reaching Out to Faculty; Chapter Nine: Assessing Online Instruction; Chapter Ten: Summing It Up; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Bibliography; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Library professionals teach every day in the sense that they show patrons where to find books or how to use computers. Increasingly,



however, library users just don't have the time to attend face-to-face workshops in advance of needs that they may have. They want to know the answer to their questions when THEY need it, not when YOU teach it. Take Your Library Workshops Online! will help you move valuable "teachable moments" from the physical library or classroom to virtual spaces.