Bridges To Justice Hardcover

James Newport-Chiakulas

John Del Greco's life dramatically changes when, as a newly-sworn lawyer, he reluctantly agrees to represent a maverick group of black bridge workers who are fighting City Hall for recognition of their new organization and to oust a union that collaborated with the old Chicago political machine. The idealistic Del Greco knows he's up against a powerful union, but what he doesn't know is that a racist killer lurks on the river intimidating anyone who supports the new union. This killer brazenly murdered twenty-year-veteran white bridge tender, Stanley

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James Newport-Chiakulas is a lifelong Chicagoan who represented Chicago's bridge workers for more than a decade. A Chicago teacher and union activist, he later became a regional director with the Illinois Education Association. Newport-Chiakulas is a graduate of John Marshall Law School and is now an employment law attorney.