How did the Italian Mafia come to be so strongly associated with many Labor Unions?

by Huggydabuggy

EDIT: I mean the Italian Mafia in America

eldenv

Do you mean the Italian Mafia in Italy or the Italo-American Mafia in the USA?

In Italy, the Mafia isn't particularly associated with unions, and in fact many labour movements and other left-wing activist associations are some of the most prominent anti-mafia groups