PHILADELPHIA - Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of union boss John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty and Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon.
They were both indicted back in 2019 as part of an extensive years-long investigation into the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98.RELATED COVERAGEFederal prosecutors say Dougherty bought Henon's vote and used the power of his office to stop his opponents and enact policy in his favor.Councilman Henon, a former union official, got a $70,000 union salary to press Dougherty's interests at City Hall, officials said in an unsealed indictment.
Henon has been accused of using his office to pressure Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Comcast Corp., and others to use union labor,.