Labor Department makes rules to expose union corruption

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  January 18th at 06:36 AM  | 

From Paul Pringle at the LA Times: The U.S. Labor Department, in the final hours of the Bush administration, has toughened standards to require most unions to publicly report nearly all compensation and expenses for officers and employees, the agency announced Friday. Also broadened were disclosure requirements for the sale and purchase of property, with the aim of revealing whether any union officers or employees | Read More »

CA union boss pays wife and mother out of union treasury

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  August 13th at 08:46 AM  | 

Regular readers will know that I hate corruption, especially by elected officials and unions. The press seems to love the stories about the elected officials, but rarely focuses on the unions. The LA Times breaks the mold: Advocates for low-wage caregivers called on authorities Monday to investigate the spending practices of a Los Angeles union and a related charity that have paid hundreds of thousands | Read More »