A high-ranking Midwest officer of the Service Employees International Union [SEIU], who had been serving as trustee of a financially troubled local, has resigned after being accused of billing the labor organization for $9,000 in personal expenses.
The Chicago-based Byron Hobbs, who also sat on the union’s national board, is the latest of several SEIU officials to lose their positions or otherwise come under scrutiny for alleged financial improprieties. Among them is Tyrone Freeman, former president of the union’s largest California local, who is the target of a federal criminal investigation.
None of these scandals have diminished the SEIU’s power in Washington, where their deep pockets trump their ethical lapses.
McDowell County Commission on Aging employee attacks NLRB policy that SEIU union and employer used to “agree” to throw out ballots already cast and block future votes to remove union
NLRB Regional Office used technicality to cancel election that Sun River Health workers requested and was previously agreed to by SEIU union and company
Brief: 1199SEIU officials engaged in backchannel communications with federal labor board to block vote; same union is facing ouster effort by NJ workers as well