Unions alleged to pad payrolls with children

Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly's office is probing allegations that longshoremen's unions in Boston have for years padded payrolls with children as young as 2 1/2 years old, in a scheme designed to guarantee higher wages for their dependents once they are old enough to join the union, state officials said yesterday. (Full article: 1039 words)

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