As a 29-year member of the NPMHU, a 2-term union branch officer at Local 301(and a registered Republican living in Massachusetts,) I'd like to offer readers a few points to consider while reading the histrionic language of the article:

Anything can be asserted on the WWW -- which is why stupid claims of impropriety such as this one get the attention they do. Most claims are under the cloak of anonymity -- the mystery research prompting this claim is all too pedestrian.

While the American free market has allowed for us our enviable lifestyle and personal freedoms-- ANY human endeavor (including those by capitalists and labor leaders) requires checks against abuse. In this case, the abuser is the self-styled watchdog of unions.

This claim of an illegal diversion of $429 by an organ with a multi-million dollar budget is a laughable farce. There's no there, there. (Produce the cancelled check, "Brother" Wakeman.)

All bargaining unit jobs of the USPS are 'open-shop': There is no compulsory nature to employment. Thus, there is no requirement for union membership -- There can be no "compulsory unionism abuses" as per the mission statement of NRTW.

Hell, because of CBA Articles 15, 17 & 18, the NPMHU's stewards are generally paid by the employer, can not organize strikes and must ultimately resort to arbitration (an expensive proposition)to resolve disputes with the USPS.

The NPMHU has a stellar record of cleaning its own messes because of a strong constitution and an active membership. I have personally witnessed such corrections at the Branch, Local and National levels over these past 29 years.

In this case, there is no mess to clean.

Therefore, there is no basis for NRTW involvement, here -- unless there is a driving desire for using malicious mischief to attack a relatively small union.