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 organizations to theft from within,” said Albany County Assistant District Attorney Christopher Baynes. (See Times-Union.)
This is especially true of Big Labor, where many employees, who are subject to such abusive tactics by union officials, cannot withhold dues in protest – that is, stop paying for forced-union representation that is obviously contrary to their best interest – unless they are prepared to be fired from their jobs.
In 2020, Johnny Doc was recorded threatening to “beat up,” “run over,” and “put under water” any rank-and-filers who cooperated with federal prosecutors. But he still publicly claims to be all about helping workers!
For years, IBB President Newton Jones and multiple members of the IBB Executive Council have been unabashedly misusing workers’ forced dues. But late this spring they suddenly began accusing each other of wrongdoing!
Union bosses seized full dues over employees’ clear objections, despite state Right to Work laws in Virginia and Kentucky