Union Organizer's Days of Intimidating Are Over ; Local 17 Official Takes Felony Plea

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When it came to intimidating non-union workers and construction companies, labor organizer James L. Minter III knew how to play hardball.

One day in January 2003, according to federal court papers, Minter walked up to an official of an Alden construction company and told him: "We're going to destroy you and your machine. You're not going to work in Buffalo."

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Union Organizer's Days of Intimidating Are Over ; Local 17 Official Takes Felony Plea

Four days later, Minter tried to run another official of the Alden company off the road at several different locations in Buffalo.

And one day after that, an excavator that the company used was heavily damaged when ...

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