Australian Labor Leader Sentenced
From Reuters
MELBOURNE, Australia —
Militant trade unionist Norm Gallagher was jailed for 18 months Friday and fined $36,600 on bribery charges.
A jury found the general secretary of the Builders Laborers’ Federation guilty of 17 counts of receiving secret commissions from building firms in return for industrial peace.
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