Union Boss Harold Daggett’s 7,000-square-foot mansion and Bentley spotted amid wage disputes

Daggett has vowed to "cripple" the US economy if ports don't prohibit automation and increase dockworkers' wages.


Pop Culture & Art October 03, 2024
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Harold Daggett, the union leader who has vowed to "cripple" the US economy if ports don't prohibit automation and significantly increase dockworkers' wages, had a Bentley convertible parked outside his large New Jersey mansion this week, according to exclusive photos obtained by The Post.

Drone photos taken on Tuesday reveal the British luxury car parked with its top up outside what seems to be a five-car garage, connected to his 7,136-square-foot Tudor-style home by a covered skyway.

The expansive two-story mansion, situated on a 10-acre property in Sparta, a wooded area 50 miles west of New York City, wraps around a spacious backyard patio with an amoeba-shaped pool.

A covered outdoor bar is located next to what appears to be a large brick pizza oven.

A gate on the far side of the patio leads toward what seems to be a free-standing sauna, surrounded by a wide wooden deck. The estate is surrounded by a large forested area on all sides.

The luxurious property is located in a scenic part of New Jersey near the Delaware Water Gap, where five-bedroom homes can list for up to $6 million, according to Zillow.

A realtor speaking to The Post mentioned that Daggett had put the four-bedroom, six-and-a-half bathroom estate on the market in 2004 with an initial listing price of $3.1 million, which he later lowered to $2.9 million. Eventually, he removed it from the market.

Daggett, who has previously fought off federal accusations of Mafia connections, became the president of the International Longshoremen's Association in 2011. This position comes with a salary of $728,000 annually, along with an additional $173,000 from ILA-Local 1804-1.

In 2005, he was accused of steering union benefits contracts to companies that gave kickbacks to organized crime during a Brooklyn trial, according to The Wall Street Journal.

That same year, Daggett took the stand after federal prosecutors charged him and two others with racketeering.

He portrayed himself as a target of the mob, despite testimony from a former Mafia member claiming that Daggett was a member of the Genovese crime family, The New York Times reported.

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