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Ex-labor leader Johnny Doc is on trial again — this time on extortion charges. Here’s what you need to know.

Dougherty and his nephew, Greg Fiocca, are accused of threatening a contractor amid a dispute over Fiocca’s poor job performance and pay in a Local 98 job.

John Dougherty, former leader of the Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, arrives at the federal courthouse in Center City Philadelphia on Nov. 1.
John Dougherty, former leader of the Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, arrives at the federal courthouse in Center City Philadelphia on Nov. 1.Read moreJessica Griffin / Staff Photographer