back to work and focused. I have great assets. And as you know the banking industry was a disaster, the credit crunch wasunbelievable. The beginning of the '90s were absolutely total disaster in every way. And I guess I had a choice. I could take a nice and easy way out, which I sort of did toward the end of the 80s. I though everything came -- everything really came sort of easy for me. Everything just seemed to be a homerun or a grand slam homerun.What happened, I went back to work, I focused. Probably never worked as hard as I did. And now the company is doing better than it ever did before by far. Nothing -- I mean, it's not even a comparison with how well I did in the '80's.” [Evans & Novak, CNN, 12/27/97] LAWSUITS LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES 1983: A NYC UNION SUED TRUMP FOR CHEATING THEM BY HIRING UNDOCUMENTED POLISH IMMIGRANTS Trump Was Sued By Local 95 Of The House Wreckers Union Because They Claimed Trump Conspired To Cheat The House Wreckers Out Of Pension And Welfare Contributions By Hiring Non-Union Laborers. “The lawsuit involving literal demolition—Case 83CIV6346 in Manhattan Federal Court—was brought by Harry Diduck, a now deceased dissident member of Local 95 of the House Wreckers Union. His lawyer, Wendy Sloan, says he was one of a group of like-minded workers who simply wanted “a real union.” They had stood to gain nothing at all for themselves as they sought to prove that Trump and his partner, along with the general contractor, conspired to cheat the House Wreckers out of pension and welfare contributions by hiring these non-union laborers. Judge Stewart initially tossed out the complaint against Trump and his partner on the grounds that the contractor was the responsible party regarding the workers. The plaintiffs appealed, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reinstated the complaint, returning the case to Judge Stewart.” [Daily Beast, 7/8/15] A Federal Judge Found That 200 Workers Who Cleared The Land For Trump Tower “Were Undocumented And Worked Off The Books” And That “No Records Were Kept, No Social Security Or Other Taxes Were Withheld.” “The 200 demolition workers—nicknamed the Polish Brigade because of their home country—worked 12-hour shifts, seven days a week with no overtime to knock down the old Bonwit Teller building and make room for Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. According to testimony in a protracted civil suit in federal court, the laborers were paid $5 an hour or less when they were paid at all. Some went unpaid after the contractor had financial troubles. A few never received even the paltry sum that was owed them for their dirty and hazardous efforts preceding the construction of Trump’s monument to his own wealth. ‘They were undocumented and worked ‘off the books,’’ Manhattan federal Judge Charles Stewart said of the workers after they became the subject of a 1983 lawsuit. ‘No records were kept, no Social Security or other taxes were withheld.’… The lawsuit involving literal demolition—Case 83CIV6346 in Manhattan Federal Court—was brought by Harry Diduck, a now deceased dissident member of Local 95 of the House Wreckers Union.” [Daily Beast, 7/8/15] Confidential Page 72