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NEW YORK — The national carpenters' union has fired three New York City labor officials facing corruption charges and has placed its local chapter under emergency supervision.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America announced Wednesday that the city's 21,000-member district council would be placed under trusteeship and that the matter would be investigated internally.
Those fired are Executive Secretary-Treasurer Michael Forde, Business Manager John Greaney and Business Agent Brian Hayes. Their lawyers haven't returned calls seeking comment.
Prosecutors say the union leadership took about $1 million in bribes in exchange for letting contractors pay workers with cash at below-union wages.
Seven other people also were named in the federal indictment.
