Posts tagged union funds

    Op-ed / Commentary Research ● Labor Unions

    Commentary: Blatant Lawlessness

    August 7, 2025 // A new Yankee Institute report, Blatant Lawlessness: How the CT Department of Labor & Union Leaders Disrespect Union Workers and Ignore the Law, highlights the Connecticut Department of Labor’s (CT DOL’s) failure to enforce vital state laws. These laws require unions to provide financial transparency to their members, and the state’s non-enforcement leaves dues-paying workers vulnerable to potential mismanagement and corruption. Enacted in 1959, Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 31-77 mandates that unions representing public and private sector employees submit verified annual financial reports to the CT DOL and make them available to members.

    Connecticut Connecticut Department of Labor corruption Embezzlement fraud Labor misconduct mismanagement Ned Lamont Transparency Union union funds

    UAW president stoking members’ anger against auto executives

    October 12, 2023 //

    AFL-CIO anti-executive Big Three Automakers Bill Ford Jr. embezzle Ford GM labor movement Mary Barra Shawn Fain Stellantis Strike UAW union funds work stoppage

    News Article ● Corruption Unions

    Judge eyes shorter sentence for ex-NYC jails union boss

    April 20, 2022 // But he also said the former head of the New York City Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association did not deserve a new trial. Prosecutors said he accepted $60,000 in bribes in 2014 to funnel $20 million in union funds to a risky hedge fund.

    bribes co-conspirators correction officers' union corruption hedge fund Jail jail time largest correction officers' union New York City Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association Norman Seabrook race sentence U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein Union Boss union funds