{"id":202,"date":"2008-02-08T13:51:38","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T13:51:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:21:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:21:33","slug":"washington-teachers-union-bosses-convicted-of-seven-year-orgy-of-greed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/washington-teachers-union-bosses-convicted-of-seven-year-orgy-of-greed\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Teachers Union Bosses Convicted of \u201cSeven Year Orgy of Greed\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit <a href=\"http:\/\/pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov\/docs\/common\/opinions\/200802\/06-3088a.pdf\" title=\"US Court of Appeals Decision\" target=\"_blank\">affirmed a district\u2019s court ruling<\/a> to sentence local union bosses Gwendolyn Hemphill and James Baxter to jail.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe court called their case a \u201cseven-year orgy of greed.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBetween 1995 and 2002, the conspirators stole millions of dollars from Washington Teachers Union (an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers union).  As a result, a federal judge convicted two union bosses of multiple counts, including embezzlement, money laundering, false pretenses, and conspiring to commit such crimes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere are some of the expensive goodies these union bosses bought using money from the union dues treasury:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A $50,000 Tiffany silver set<\/li>\n<li>A wedding reception for Hemphill\u2019s son<\/li>\n<li>$29,000 in dental work for Hemphill and her spouse<\/li>\n<li>$19,000 in Washington Wizards tickets<\/li>\n<li>Car insurance<\/li>\n<li>Art d\u00e9cor for their homes<\/li>\n<li>Personal checks to themselves ($18,805 for Hemphill and $31,000 for Baxter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nAccording to court documents, in 2001, these union bosses stole so much money (using union dues) that the WTU union paid $925,000 to cover the credit card bills.  By 2002, the union went broke and could not pay its membership fees to the AFT union.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the end, Hemphill was sentenced to 11 years in prison and Baxter 10 years.  Barbara Bullock, WTU union\u2019s president during this period, and her chauffeur, Leroy Holmes, both pled guilty before trial.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis astonishing example of union boss greed is exactly why forced association with unions breeds corruption.  Unfortunately, heinous crimes like these are sure to continue until compulsory unionism ends.<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit <a href=\"http:\/\/pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov\/docs\/common\/opinions\/200802\/06-3088a.pdf\" title=\"US Court of Appeals Decision\" target=\"_blank\">affirmed a district\u2019s court ruling<\/a> to sentence local union bosses Gwendolyn Hemphill and James Baxter to jail.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe court called their case a \u201cseven-year orgy of greed.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBetween 1995 and 2002, the conspirators stole millions of dollars from Washington Teachers Union (an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers union).  As a result, a federal judge convicted two union bosses of multiple counts, including embezzlement, money laundering, false pretenses, and conspiring to commit such crimes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere are some of the expensive goodies these union bosses bought using money from the union dues treasury:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A $50,000 Tiffany silver set<\/li>\n<li>A wedding reception for Hemphill\u2019s son<\/li>\n<li>$29,000 in dental work for Hemphill and her spouse<\/li>\n<li>$19,000 in Washington Wizards tickets<\/li>\n<li>Car insurance<\/li>\n<li>Art d\u00e9cor for their homes<\/li>\n<li>Personal checks to themselves ($18,805 for Hemphill and $31,000 for Baxter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nAccording to court documents, in 2001, these union bosses stole so much money (using union dues) that the WTU union paid $925,000 to cover the credit card bills.  By 2002, the union went broke and could not pay its membership fees to the AFT union.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the end, Hemphill was sentenced to 11 years in prison and Baxter 10 years.  Barbara Bullock, WTU union\u2019s president during this period, and her chauffeur, Leroy Holmes, both pled guilty before trial.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis astonishing example of union boss greed is exactly why forced association with unions breeds corruption.  Unfortunately, heinous crimes like these are sure to continue until compulsory unionism ends.<\/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-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Washington Teachers Union Bosses Convicted of \u201cSeven Year Orgy of Greed\u201d - 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\/washington-teachers-union-bosses-convicted-of-seven-year-orgy-of-greed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Washington Teachers Union Bosses Convicted of \u201cSeven Year Orgy of Greed\u201d - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit affirmed a district\u2019s court ruling to sentence local union bosses Gwendolyn Hemphill and James Baxter to jail.   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