LUDLOW PLEADS GUILTY TO LABOR-LAW VIOLATIONS.Byline: Dan Laidman Staff Writer Former City Councilman Martin Ludlow Martin Ludlow (born 1964) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council, USA, from 2003 to 2005. He represented the 10th district. He was elected May 20, 2003 and resigned on June 30, 2005. pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating federal labor law labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. during his 2003 campaign. Ludlow, whose legal woes caused him to resign last month as the county's top labor leader, told U.S. District Judge Manuel Real Manuel L. Real serves in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. This district is in the 9th Appellate Circuit. He was appointed in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. that he knew he was breaking the law when he conspired with a labor leader to funnel union resources to his election efforts. The judge ordered Ludlow to return June 5 for sentencing. The onetime political rising star also is awaiting sentencing in Superior Court after pleading guilty to campaign-finance violations. ``This morning was another important step in the process to accept full responsibility for the actions I took during my primary election,'' Ludlow told reporters after entering his plea. Ludlow took no questions but said he is cooperating with investigators and that he and his wife are ``looking forward to getting on with the rest of our lives.'' While Ludlow's fate rests with the judges handling his cases, he has agreed to a deal with prosecutors that would avoid jail time but impose $180,000 in fines, a 13-year ban on holding a labor position and a four- year ban on serving in elected office. Prosecutors accuse Ludlow of conspiring with Janett Humphries, former head of Service Employees International Union Local 99, to use union resources to bolster his primary campaign in 2003. The pair allegedly fabricated documents to try to cover up the scheme but it was ultimately uncovered by union accountants after Humphries was ousted from her post. Humphries has pleaded not guilty in both state and federal court, while her attorney has said the blame lies with lower-ranking union officials. A close political ally of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. , Ludlow left the City Council last summer to lead the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL-CIO in full American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations U.S. , after the unexpected death of longtime leader Miguel Contreras Miguel Contreras (September 17, 1952–May 6, 2005) was an American labor leader. He "was known as a king-maker for both local and state politicians."[1] . Dan Laidman, (213) 978-0390 dan.laidman(at)dailynews.com |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion