Posts tagged Union
National Right to Work Foundation Submits Comments Opposing Proposed DOL Rule Loosening Union Financial Disclosures
August 1, 2025 // Rule will let huge number of unions escape meaningful scrutiny over how union bosses spend worker funds while providing no tangible benefits
Unveiling Financial Transparency Failures in Labor Organizations
July 24, 2025 // In 2024 alone, the DOL recorded 177 union enforcement actions involving fraud, embezzlement, wire fraud, and falsified records. These are only the crimes that rise to the level of federal prosecution. Far more ethical violations, financial misuses, and questionable behaviors fall below the radar leaving union members in the dark and are quietly buried through internal repayments, hush resignations, or legal threats — all without any formal DOL investigation or public accountability. Despite 16 years as a union official, I did not become aware of the existence of LM-2 financial disclosure filings until our local filed a lawsuit against our state affiliate. Imagine that: even as a union president and past treasurer, I was unaware that both our state and national unions were required to submit LM-2 forms to the Department of Labor. If someone like me — deeply engaged in union governance — was kept in the dark, how can we expect average members to know their rights, much less exercise them?
Louisiana Poultry Employee Challenges Federal Labor Policy Preventing Coworkers From Voting Out UFCW Union
July 24, 2025 // Worker submitted petition in which over half of his colleagues demanded vote to remove union, but so-called ‘contract bar’ kept union in power
Kaiser Nurse Hits CA Nurses Union With Federal Charges for Forcing Nurses to Fund Union Politics
July 23, 2025 // Because California is not a Right to Work state, UNAC chiefs can enforce union monopoly bargaining contracts that require Warthemann and her fellow nurses to pay union dues to keep their jobs, but Beck limits this amount to only the portion of dues that UNAC officials use for bargaining functions. In contrast, in Right to Work states like neighboring Arizona and Nevada, union membership and all union financial support are strictly voluntary. “The radical political agenda promoted by the UNAC union is something I do not—and should not—be compelled to support,” Warthemann commented. “While I’m required to pay union dues to remain employed at the hospital, that obligation should not include funding extreme political activities. It is both unethical and, in my view, illegal.”
Probation officer claims mental illness contributed to $160,000 theft from union
July 17, 2025 // The majority of the transactions in Rollins' account were regular purchases, such as childcare, mortgage payments, groceries and gas, according to Koznek's testimony. She also settled more than $17,000 of credit card debt for around $13,000 - something Sanger argued was accrued as a result of impulsive spending. Rollins spent hundreds - possibly more than $1,000 - on groceries each month and in at least one month spent nearly $1,000 on gas for her vehicle, Blumenthal said. Rollins' purchase of a Tesla - one of her largest purchases - was also not impulsive, Blumenthal argued.
Former Union Official in $15K Embezzlement Case Seeks Probation Citing Alcoholism, Redemption
July 17, 2025 // According to federal prosecutors, Wolf exploited his post as financial secretary for United Steel Workers Local 623 in Freedom, Beaver County from 2013 until he was ousted in a 2021 election. A subsequent audit uncovered a pattern of misappropriation: checks written to himself, ATM withdrawals from union accounts, and personal charges—including alcohol and meals—on the union’s debit card.
Sheriff Corpus denies retaliating against sergeant
July 17, 2025 // San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus denied Monday (July 14) that she suspended a sergeant because he provided evidence to outside investigators who concluded she was mishandling deputy misconduct complaints. But the sergeant’s union says it’s part of her pattern of retaliation. Sgt. Joe Fava was placed on administrative leave on July 7 for “matters of accountability,” according to a statement from Corpus, who is the subject of two efforts to remove her from office for misconduct. But Sergeants’ Union President Hector Acosta said Corpus only enforces accountability when it suits her narrative.
NHL, NHL Players’ Association ratify 4-year Collective Bargaining Agreement
July 14, 2025 // The National Hockey League Players’ Association’s full membership and the National Hockey League’s Board of Governors today ratified a four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement, more than a year before the expiration of the current contract. The new agreement runs through the 2029-30 season.
A quiet victory: Trump rule protecting federal workers survives Biden’s presidency
July 13, 2025 // Despite the Biden administration’s commitment to promoting unions, our arguments must have carried the day, as President Trump was re-inaugerated in January 2025 without the FLRA taking any further action and the pro-worker rule from his first term still in place. As a result, federal employees today continue to have more control over their paychecks and there’s one less item on the new administration’s to-do list.
Indiana Duke Energy workers could soon go on strike
July 9, 2025 // If the union decides to strike, Wilson fears there will be rolling blackouts and people will be left without power longer after storms. He pointed to record temperatures and the heighted storm season. "There's just not enough qualified individuals to [respond to] that," he said. "It's going to be while before we get to that point where we push to full on go on strike. We're going to give the company every opportunity to make it right with the members. That's the direction we're trying to get squared away."