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In this issue:
Union Bailout Update Bill Would Permit Merit Pay in Union Shops Machinists Striking Once a Member Always a Member Labor Relations Insight, Sticky Fingers and more…
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Labor Relations Insight by Phillip Wilson
What have we learned in the first week of the “ambush election” rules?
There are two questions I’ve been asked a lot over the last couple of months, and especially in the last week:
Will petitions increase after the new “ambush election” rules go into effect? How far will election times decrease under the new “ambush election” rules?
Here’s what we’ve seen
Continue reading INK May 10, 2012
Current charges or sentences of embezzling union officials:
Tammy Greene – CWA: $31,076 John Gianonne – IBT: $11,900 Renita Dompier – IAM: $8,726 Edward Kozusko – APWU: $12,613 Frank Rysz – NALC: $12,515 Kevin McKnight – UTU: $68,000 Kevin Threat – NAGE: $15,505 Paul Morales – UTU: $22,829 Jose “Chepito” Caraballo-Figueroa – SOUS: $450,000 Cynthia Collier – UBC: $2,053 William Dempsey – IAFF: $20,000 Denise Tull – NEA: $100,000 Nancy Kumbler – NALC: $3,505 Neil Cardoso – APWU: $75,000 Terry Wagner – AFGE: $7,845 Steven Bako – LIUNA: $1,000,000 Robert Carr – UA: $120,000 John McNamee, Jr. – IATSE: $250,000 Thomas Conley – ATU: $15,432 Mary Lynn Otten – AFM: $5,033 Claude Huff – ATU: $100,000 Christina Carr – APWU: $4,000
http://www.nlpc.org/union-corruption-update
  
Sticky Fingers
Current charges or sentences of embezzling union officials:
Laura Dixon UBC
$170,000
John Morton Watson CFA
$150,000
Robert Misuraca USW
$17,566
Curtis Reed USW
$3,694
Cassandra Briggs LPU
$11,000
Kelly Dull AFGE
$32,119
Joseph Barnes SEIU
$4,380
Michael Bechtold RAFA
$63,000
Marqueeta Tibbs UBC
$84,903
Brianna Gates USW
$3,975
John Wayne Walker AFGE
$16,058
Ronald Witt IUOE
$150,000
http://www.nlpc.org/union-corruption-update
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Current charges or sentences of embezzling union officials:
Michael Martin APWU $11,320.61 Carole Reeves sheet Metal Workers $19,000.00 Raymond Norville ILA $100,000.00 Linda Favela USW $12,510.00 Sandra Jungbluth IUOE $450,000.00
http://www.nlpc.org/union-corruption-update
  
Current charges or sentences of embezzling union officials:
Natasha Bever CWA
$117,378
Pamela Hinzman APWU
$26,261
Joseph Ray Gonzalez, Jr. IGUA
$13,800
Amy Pullen NALC
$4,876
Kenneth Schmidt BLET
$1,373
Federck Petro AFGE
$100,000
Graven Townsend USW
$100,000
Gerardo and Vincent Fusella, Jr. IBT
$1,000,000
Kenneth Aurecchia UA
$125,000
Joseph Meizlik SPFPA
$9,122
http://www.nlpc.org/union-corruption-update
  
Current charges or sentences of embezzling union officials:
Alfred Jenkins USW
$4,737
Sherry Thompson SPFPA
$17,579
Tommy Harris UTU
$68,000
Kevin Clor NYSTE
$211,000
http://www.nlpc.org/union-corruption-update
  
Current charges or sentences of embezzling union officials:
Ann Kelly AFGE
$38,396
William Geisler GMP
$4,295
Derek Klingman UTU
$9,355
John Giannone IBT
$11,900
David Daugette, IAM
$6,740
Vernell Reynolds MCPBA
$200,000
Victor Davis AFGE
$5,000
Ann Kelly AFGE
$38,396
William Geisler GMP
$4,295
Derek Klingman UTU
$9,355
John Giannone IBT
$11,900
David Daugette, IAM
$6,740
Vernell Reynolds MCPBA
$200,000
Victor Davis AFGE
$5,000
Ann Kelly AFGE $38,396 William Geisler GMP $4,295 Derek Klingman UTU $9,355 John Giannone IBT $11,900 David Daugette, IAM $6,740 Vernell Reynolds MCPBA $200,000 Victor Davis AFGE $5,000
http://www.nlpc.org/union-corruption-update
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In this issue:
• Union Bailout Update • Yes, America, the Unions Are Killing Your Twinkies • Will the Unions Screw Up the Superbowl? • Laborers Vow Never to Forget Keystone • Picket Line Do’s and Don’ts • Teamsters Watch, Sticky Fingers and more…
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Union Bailout Update
The NLRB held a “meet and greet” on Jan. 12 between lawmakers and the three newly sworn in Board members at the center of the latest NLRB firestorm. Members of Congress were denied the chance to question or even scan the resumes of Richard Griffin and Sharon Block as the two Democrats’ names were only first
Continue reading INK January 19, 2012
Current charges or sentences of embezzling union officials:
James Kearney Jr. IAIW
$560,000
John McMahon SEIU
$12,460
Joseph Pavone LIUNA
$6,467
Freda Hensley USW
$38,540
Patricia Moore NUPSA
$109,866
Bruce Dow SAG
$10,000,000
Lesa Major CWA
$2,500
Jackie Darrell Whitehouse USW
$6,850
  

In this issue:
• Union Bailout Update • Occupy Does Union Bidding in Port Protests • UAW Not Targeting Nissan, Much • Teamster $150K Club • Scoreboard, SEIU Watch, Sticky Fingers and more…
Union Bailout Update
Breaking News:
President Obama announced late Wednesday evening that he plans to nominate two lawyers to the National Labor Relations Board. The Board will no longer be able to issue decisions or create major new rules without a three member quorum and Craig Becker’s recess appointment ends on Dec. 31.
The president will nominated Sharon Block, deputy secretary for congressional affairs at the Department of Labor, and Richard Griffin, who is the general counsel for the International Union of Operating Engineers. Both would be considered
Continue reading INK December 15, 2011
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