Election Fundraising Fraud: Granite State Union Bosses Illegally Divert Worker's Dues Money to Union PAC

Anthony Riedel — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:41:31 -0400

When Nashua, New Hampshire postal worker Philip Wakeman paid dues to the National Post Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU), a division of the Laborers' International Union, he had no idea that union bosses would illegally launder his money into their political coffers.

In July 2006, Mr. Wakeman gave a check to the NPMHU union for the full amount of his annual union dues. On the "Memo" line at the bottom of the check, he wrote "Union Dues." A union official later acknowledged receipt of the dues and everything seemed fine – that is – until he received a bizarre phone call.

Annals of Union Corruption, Vol. XXXVIII . . .

Will Collins — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:12:56 -0400

A recent U.S Court of Appeals ruling found several National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) union officials guilty of violating the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. The decision resolved a 1994 suit brought by David Noble, a postal worker who alleged union officials -- including a former NALC president -- funneled workers' dues into unmonitored expense accounts.

Judge Williams' concurrence features some particularly choice tidbits on the NALC's corrupt practices:

"Placing union money in the officers’ hands, solely on those same officers’ bland assurances that it will be used for union business, completely subverts the [NALC constitution] clause’s obvious goal of preserving accountability."

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Election Fundraising Fraud: Granite State Union Bosses Illegally Divert Worker's Dues Money to Union PAC

Annals of Union Corruption, Vol. XXXVIII . . .