Something Smells
According to the San Francisco Weekly: [I]n the 1990s some $76 million was siphoned from union worker benefit funds under the influence of San Francisco labor boss Larry Mazzola. More than $50 million of that money was used to prop…
Steelworkers Win -- Union Prosecuted
Thanks to the efforts of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, workers at an Ohio Goodyear Tire plant who suffered a wave of harassment from the union hierarchy can live life easier. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)…
Lies, Kickbacks, and Union Corruption
Forbes Magazine had an interesting article last month about a lawsuit, “which is seeking class action status . . . ,” that “accuses ING . . . Life Insurance and the New York State United Teachers of ripping off…
Laborers Local 91 Racketeer Sentenced
The Tonawanda News recently reported that Laborers Local 91 official, Randall “Randy” Butler, 40, was finally sentenced to 34 months behind bars and two years of supervised release, “for his role in the fire bombing of a residence where non-union…
Union Treasurer Gambling with Elder and Child Care Dollars?
According to The Oregonian, something appears to be fishy at the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757: Two years ago, TriMet [Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon] filed an unfair labor complaint after it couldn’t find out whether a union-run program…
Union Boss Runs “Salary Kickback” Scheme?
In any election, the truth tends to get lost in the mud. But the truth behind the charge and countercharge in the contest for President of Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers needs to be cleaned off…
New York Union Boss Sentenced for Role with “Goon Squads”
According to a Newsline article, a U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York judge, on December 20, “sentenced former Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 91 president Mark Congi to 15 years in federal prison for…
New York Times: Union Boss Sentenced
The New York Times reported that the former manager of a pension fund for New York City’s main union of school bus drivers, who pleaded guilty last August to obstructing justice, was sentenced yesterday to five months in prison…
Maritime Union Bosses Sunk
According to the Associated Press, two “national maritime union bosses accused of spending organizational funds on personal luxuries, including a bachelor party, have been convicted of corruption charges.” Michael and Robert McKay were found guilty Friday of racketeering conspiracy and…