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Unions have certainly been in the news this past year. They loomed large in discussions about the prudency of reopening schools for the nation’s children – with many states and localities ultimately caving to the unions’ desire to keep them closed. They played an outsized role in the closure of businesses who could not afford to pay the wages unions demanded amidst the pandemic.  It appears Congress will once again make them the focus of national attention with its consideration of the P...

Labor Secretary Nominee Walsh is Soft on Union Violence and Corruption Posted on Marty Walsh When Joe Biden campaigned for president, he vowed to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” He wasn’t kidding. His nominee for labor secretary, Marty Walsh, once headed a union himself. And for these past seven years, as mayor of Boston, he has displayed a tendency to look past criminal activity by certain local unions. Moreover, since his January 7 nomination, evidence has emerged...

NYC Contractor CEO, Two Others Charged in Benefit Scam Posted on Benefit fraud in the construction industry has become disturbingly common, especially in the New York City area. On July 30, Donal O’Sullivan, president and owner of Navillus Contracting, Inc., helped by two other Navillus executives, his sister Helen O’Sullivan and Padraig Naughton, respectively, treasurer and controller, were indicted in Brooklyn federal court on 11 counts related to their alleged defrauding of union benefi...

Fire Fighters Union Boss Schaitberger Accused of Skimming $6M Posted on Harold Schaitberger (in photo), longtime head of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), has a reputation for wielding unchallenged power. But that power soon may dissipate in the wake of a memo prepared by the union’s number-two man. On March 20, IAFF Secretary-Treasurer Edward Kelly circulated a 105-page internal memorandum accusing Schaitberger and Kelly predecessor Thomas Miller of misusing or outright...

A few weeks ago, U.S. Attorney for Eastern Michigan Matthew Schneider said after the sentencing of a United Auto Workers official, “We’re not done.” He wasn’t kidding. This Wednesday, FBI and IRS agents in four states raided the homes of UAW President Gary Jones (in photo) and former UAW President Dennis Williams, plus the union’s rural Michigan conference retreat/training center and a couple of other sites in search of evidence of corruption. The actions follow the convictions of sev...

Justice Department, UAW Reach Settlement on Reform Plan Posted on Dennis Williams The United Auto Workers knew a settlement was coming. Now comes the hard part: compliance. This past Monday, December 14, Matthew Schneider, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced that his office and the UAW had settled a civil suit filed earlier that day against the union based on acts of fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion committed by certain among its members. Criminal investigations ha...

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