Series IV: United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, Plumbers Local 2 (Manhattan), 1964-1997, inclusive

This series contains records related to the government investigation and trial against the officials of Plumbers union, Local #2, Manhattan. After an early morning raid on the offices and homes of top officials, most were tried, convicted and went to jail. The records include press clippings, progress reports, and Department of Labor reports on finances (LM-2s) and the trusteeship (LM-15s). The legal records and briefs document the pattern of corruption in the industry, as does the report "Enforcement Down the Drain." An important chapter of internal union activity is found in the materials related to the 1996 election in Local 2. The unusually high degree of membership participation and the government efforts to clean up the local were undone when the International merged the local out of existence; members of Local #2 now found themselves in Local #1 (Ozone Park, Queens).