Michigan Meijer Employee Hits Supermarket with Federal Charges for Forcing Him to Join UFCW Union or Be Fired
Charges come as more Meijer workers challenge UFCW union bosses’ forced-dues power in wake of Michigan Right to Work repeal
Sean Harrigan, a union boss with the United Food and Commercial Workers, is under scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission, ProPublica reports.
In a nutshell, it appears that financial firms showered nearly $1 million in political cash on the United Food and Commercial Workers union in California while Harrigan sat on the boards of big public pension funds in the state. Harrigan’s union pulled about a third of the $3 million it raised from 2001 to 2006 from players in the financial industry. About $500,000 came from donors who had business dealings with CalPERS, then the nation’s biggest pension fund. Campaign contributions have figured in a wide-ranging investigation of pension fund kickbacks in New York, where Attorney General Andrew Cuomo issued an indictment naming several prominent investment firms that allegedly took part in a vast pay-to-play scheme.
Charges come as more Meijer workers challenge UFCW union bosses’ forced-dues power in wake of Michigan Right to Work repeal
Foundation now defending Union Kitchen workers against UFCW union attempt to overturn employee vote
Kroger worker contends that UFCW union lacks valid contract and thus can’t demand any money from workers, despite recent MI Right to Work repeal