Posts Tagged ‘Union Corruption’
Columbus Carpenters Endure Embezzlement Scandal
Steven Kristopher Perry, former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 2077 (located in Columbus, Ohio), was sentenced to three years supervised release to include 180 days of home confinement.
Read MoreUAW Union Rank and File Preparing for Massive Strike
UAW Headquarters LM-2 reveals how much money UAW headquarters took in and where they spent it. Click here for the report: https://olms.dol-esa.gov/query/orgReport.do?rptId=698886&rptForm=LM2Form Before considering what a UAW strike could mean, let us examine the vast array of industries UAW has organized to get an idea of just how massive a UAW strike could be. It’s…
Read MoreFBI Agents Raid UAW’s Presidents’ Homes
In addition to the 9 persons already indicted in the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) corruption scandal, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the homes of current UAW president, Gary Jones, and his predecessor, Dennis Williams. The searches form a deeper investigation into “. . . allegations of bribes, kickbacks and other financial misconduct among union…
Read MoreLeaving A Union, A Power Millions Don’t Have
Virginia IATSE Union Corruption Case Ends, Union Membership Left Years Before On April 9, 2019, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Newport News Division, Benjamin Wisecarver, former President of International Alliance of Theatrical, Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 264 was sentenced to five months in prison, five months of home…
Read MoreEx Union boss Seabrook Gets Jail for $60,000
Former president of the Correctional Officers Benevolent Association Norman Seabrook will go to jail for 4 years after taking a $60,000 kickback. The kickback was in exchange for a $20 million investment of members’ retirement investments in a company that eventually filed for bankruptcy, leaving the pension fund with a fraction of its beginning balance. …
Read MoreAll in the Family: Dougherty and Forced Dues
According to the indictment, 10 of Johnny Doughterty’s family members, currently unnamed, benefited most from the force dues paid to the IBEW Local 198. From baby wipes to $20,000 security systems, from high-end birthday parties to numerous repairs, performed for free by contractors, Johnny Doc’s family members were the receivers of much largesse. None of…
Read MoreTeacher Union Monopolies Undermine Education and more news
Monopolistic Unionism Makes Schools Less Effective, More Expensive ‘[Coercive] Union Strength Variable . . . Has a Substantial and Statistically Significant Negative Relationship With Student Achievement’ By Stan Greer For many years, the vast majority of Americans have rated the performance of the public schools of our nation as mediocre or worse. By more than…
Read MorePublic Employees Hit Operating Engineers Union with Federal Charges and more news
Journalists Turning to Union Protection in Turbulent Times bloomberglaw.com, October 26, 2018 Unionization can be problematic when all employees are forced into a “one-size-fits-all contract,” National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation spokesman Patrick Semmens told Bloomberg Law in an email. “The problem with unionization under current U.S. labor law, whether of a newsroom or…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News August 17, 2018
After Supreme Court labor union ruling, non-members want dues payments back Fox Business News Online, August 16, 2018 In California, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is representing a class-action lawsuit of more than 30,000 workers who are suing the Service Employees International Union and seeking reimbursement. The vice president of that organization,…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News August 10, 2018
Down but not out: Look for right-to-work to be resurrected onenewsnow.com, August 08, 2018 Tuesday night’s vote was a big win for unions, which The Associated Press says spent millions of dollars in recent weeks to convince Missourians that right-to-work is bad for the Show Me State. “I’ve already talked to a number of legislators…
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