Key Figures | Murder in the Garment District

The True Story of Min Matheson, the Labor Leader Who Fought the Mob at the Polls

The activist rallied garment workers and combated organized crime interests in northeast Pennsylvania in the mid-20th century....

The woman who faced down the mob and championed a union

Min Matheson Brought Her Transformative Vision to an Unlikely Corner of America Labor leader Min Lurye Matheson made her name facing down...

Min Matheson leads the fight for women workers

“I’m not going to stop organizing, because if I stop the gangsters are going to take them over. They’ve already taken over enough.” Min...

Abe Chait: The pivotal power of the trucking firms

Described as a “big hulking six-footer,” Chait was the dominant organized crime figure in New York’s Garment District in the post-World...

Johnny Dio and the face of the mob

Even as a teenager in the 1930s, John Dioguardi, better known as Johnny Dio, had a reputation as a frightening figure, capable of...