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\nA top official \u2013 Steven T. Thomas \u2013 at the Laborer\u2019s International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 500 in Ohio was fired for spending thousands of dollars on personal entertainment using the union\u2019s credit card.\n<\/p>\n

\nOf course, the credit card debts are paid by forced dues-paying workers the union local supposedly \u201crepresents.\u201d And according to this union boss, there\u2019s apparently no better way to represent the working interests of those employees than to spend the money in multiple gentlemen\u2019s clubs.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Toledo Blade<\/i> reports<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t[Steven T. Thomas] charged the union $17,414 for 96 separate visits in 2004 to Scarlett\u2019s in Toledo and Kahoots Gentlemen’s Club in Columbus, according to report obtained by The Blade.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nThomas, the business manager of the union local, was removed in May 2007 for the misuse of funds.\n<\/p>\n

\nBut in an ironic twist, Judge Nadine S. Pettiford of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission recently ruled that Thomas was not fired with just cause from his job and ordered that Thomas\u2019 unemployment benefits be reinstated.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe outcome of this story is entirely amazing, as it highlights yet another reason why compulsory unionism and corruption<\/a> go hand-in-hand and why labor bosses often barely receive a slap on the wrist<\/a> when they misuse union dues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nA top official \u2013 Steven T. Thomas \u2013 at the Laborer\u2019s International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 500 in Ohio was fired for spending thousands of dollars on personal entertainment using the union\u2019s credit card.\n<\/p>\n

\nOf course, the credit card debts are paid by forced dues-paying workers the union local supposedly \u201crepresents.\u201d And according to this union boss, there\u2019s apparently no better way to represent the working interests of those employees than to spend the money in multiple gentlemen\u2019s clubs.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Toledo Blade<\/i> reports<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t[Steven T. Thomas] charged the union $17,414 for 96 separate visits in 2004 to Scarlett\u2019s in Toledo and Kahoots Gentlemen’s Club in Columbus, according to report obtained by The Blade.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nThomas, the business manager of the union local, was removed in May 2007 for the misuse of funds.\n<\/p>\n

\nBut in an ironic twist, Judge Nadine S. Pettiford of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission recently ruled that Thomas was not fired with just cause from his job and ordered that Thomas\u2019 unemployment benefits be reinstated.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe outcome of this story is entirely amazing, as it highlights yet another reason why compulsory unionism and corruption<\/a> go hand-in-hand and why labor bosses often barely receive a slap on the wrist<\/a> when they misuse union dues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\nLIUNA Union Official Spent Nearly $20,000 in Union Dues at Strip Clubs - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/liuna-union-official-spent-nearly-20-000-in-union-dues-at-strip-clubs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LIUNA Union Official Spent Nearly $20,000 in Union Dues at Strip Clubs - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A top official \u2013 Steven T. 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