Posts Tagged ‘Union Corruption’
Florida Union Bosses Indicted on Numerous Criminal Charges
Darryl Brice Payne, President, and Tianni Latrice Wade, his executive Assistant, were charged with numerous conspiracies to defraud the International Longshoremen’s Associaiton, Local 1526, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Mark Young, Browardnetonline, has the story. Payne and Brown are both charged in Count 1 with conspiracy to steal money, funds, property, and other assets of the…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Newsclips February 15, 2013
Workers win settlement against activist union Boston Herald.com, February 14, 2013 Workers caught in a battle between a local union and Lynn-based Complete Cleaning Inc. have won a federal settlement from the union after officials illegally claimed to have monopoly bargaining privileges over the employees, according to the National Right to Work Legal Defense…
Read MoreHow Much Did Andy Stern Know?
Ivan Osorio questions how much Andy Stern and the SEIU national affiliate knew about Tyrone Freeman’s illegal activities before they came to light in openmarket.org. The important question that the Labor Department needs to ask now is: What did Stern and the rest of the SEIU leadership know and when did they know it? And…
Read MoreLIUNA Bosses Wallow in Corruption
Could union bosses at the Laborers Internation Union of North America have any more sins to confess? Office staff at LIUNA headquarters have attempted to join the AFL-CIO. The District of Columbia garnered a tax lien for almost half a million dollars. LIUNA members should know where their forced dues are going. It looks like they’re…
Read MoreEx-SEIU Executive Convicted of Stealing from Low-Income Members
SEIU, one of the most notorious unions for corporate campaigns, and forcing workers with low-paying jobs into paying dues for little, if any, representation, slithers to new lows. Paul Pringle and Hailey Branson-Potts have the story in the Los Angeles Times Online. Tyrone Freeman, who represented about 190,000 homecare workers as a leader of the…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips January 25, 2013
Pay Up or Get Sued Washington Free Beacon, January 23, 2013 Steven Cook, president of the Michigan Education Association, circulated an email to local union officials and staff instructing them to monitor revenue streams in light of the right-to-work laws, which are set to go into effect on March 27, 2013. The law allows…
Read MoreTeamsters Union Accuses Minnesota Father, Son of Embezzlement
Teamster union bosses have done it again,allegedly syphoning money from rank and file forced dues. Nataleeya Boss has the story in the Twin Cities Business Magazine Online, January 17, 2013. The charges against longtime Teamsters members Bradley Slawson Sr., and his son, Bradley Slawson Jr., were brought by the Teamsters Independent Review Board (IRB), which…
Read MoreBasketball Union Boss Played Fast and Loose with Rank and File
Basketball Union Executive Director Billy Hunter managed to get his own contract approved without rank and file sanction, a violation of the union’s constitution. And rank and file basketball players lost compensation and benefits during a 5-month lockout while Hunter kept piling on the riches.That seems to just be the tip of the iceburg. Adrian…
Read MoreLabor Board Member Under Fire Over Corruption Lawsuit
The Workplace Fairness Institute is leading the call for recess appointee Robert Griffin to resign from the National Labor Relations Board, because of his alleged involvement with several corrupt unions. Dave Boyer, Washington Times has the story: “The time has come for Richard Griffin to put aside his commitment to rewarding his fellow Big Labor…
Read MoreUnion Member: “It Sounds Like We’re Getting Robbed”
Stanley Oubre, retired Boilermaker, may have been correct when he made this comment. Again, another example of union bosses’ putting their own agenda before the needs of their members. Do union bosses speak for their members? Luke Rosiak has the story in The Washington Times. There can be riches in standing up for the working…
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