By lavishly doling out forced-dues-funded “in-kind” support for their favored candidates, crooked union bosses like Marita Crawford (second from left, pictured here with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) make many friends in high places. (Credit: Ted Merriman/Wikimedia Commons) Decade…
On November 15, a federal jury found that Philadelphia union kingpin John Dougherty, commonly referred to as “Johnny Doc,” had for years furnished a salary, benefits, and tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of sporting event…
"Of course," said Mr. Mix, "Johnny Doc, Bobby Henon, and the rest of the IBEW gang all have a right to their day in court...
Philadelphia electricians union bigwigs aren’t curtailing their partisan political activism the least bit as they face a federal trial scheduled for January on charges they colluded to embezzle more than $600,000 from rank-and-file workers. Photo credit: John McDevitt/KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia).
In September, Philadelphia AFL-CIO chief Pat Eiding (pictured standing on a parade float) hosted a “summit” at which six 2020 Democrat presidential hopefuls pledged their fealty to Big Labor. Now Eiding is publicly helping solicit $15,000 contributions for the legal…
Although federal prosecutors have accused electricians union boss John Dougherty and half a dozen of his cohorts of stealing at least $600,000 from the union rank-and-file in recent years, Dougherty et al apparently plan to continue collecting their forced union…