Connecticut state law bans public unions from organizing strikes or similar work stoppages that could interrupt normal functioning. But when two Stamford police union officials were questioned about a statistically improbable absentee pattern over a nine day period during ongoing…
On November 30, the Pittsburgh, (PA) Tribune-Review reported two separate incidents of local union funds being embezzled. Under the headline, “Woman charged with embezzling from Pitt police union,” they reported the grand jury indictment of Carroll L. Phillips, who allegedly…
As anyone following this blog can attest, embezzling from union funds seems to be in vogue. The Kennebec (ME) Journal reported the embezzlement of more than $45,000 from the Maine Education Association, a nonprofit labor union with its headquarters in…
It appears that, once again, Big Labor Bosses are playing fast and loose with union member’s pension funds. In a criminal racketeering suit against Michael and Robert McKay, respectively, president and treasurer-secretary of the American Maritime Officers union, the Justice…
A 186-page, 44 count indictment was handed down in November on Brian McLaughlin for alleged crimes he committed during his tenure as president of the New York City Central Labor Council, and a Queens, NY assemblyman. According to the New…
There is a trial going on in Houston, Texas that brings to mind just how vulnerable union supervised voting systems are to manipulation; and might go a long way in explaining why some union officials seem to be elected for…
In late November, John T. Daley was indicted for embezzling more than $1.2 million in an alleged fraud scam he ran while acting as Chief Financial Officer of the New York State Nurses Association. “This case spotlights the vulnerability of…
In mid-November, according to the St. Louis Business Journal, Mary Love, former president of the American Federation of Governmental Employees (AFGE) union Local 96, was convicted “of two felony counts of falsifying government forms and three felony counts of theft…
Andrew Stern, the union boss of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has been touring the country promoting a new book hyping the “shake-up” of union politics. But in Los Angeles, the former head of the local SEIU is being…