For decades, book lovers and tourists alike have flocked to the Strand Book Store in New York Cityâs Greenwich village to marvel at the 23 miles of rare, used, and new books that line the historic destinationâs shelves or to secure a Strand-branded tote bag. It would be far from an exaggeration to say that the Strand is deeply rooted in the cityâs expansive literary legend.
Like many bookstores, the Strand was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. With the loss of New York tourists, foot traffic, and hundreds of in-store events a year, the Strandâs proprietor, Nancy Bass Wyden, claimed that the store had lost 70 percent of its expected revenue relative to 2019 â a loss she claimed was unsustainable for the book business.
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U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced Monday that the United Auto Workersunion has reached an agreement to resolve a multiyear federal corruption probe into the organization launched by the Justice Department.
Under the terms of the proposed settlement, an independent monitor would be appointed that would have the authority to investigate possible fraud and corruption within the UAW and to seek discipline against the union s officers and its roughly 400,000 members before an independent ethics officer or the UAW Trial Committee.
The monitor s oversight of the union would last for six years, with possible early termination if the monitor finds that his or her work is complete and the UAW no longer needs the monitor s services or an extension if the monitor or union feels that a longer period is appropriate. Any costs associated with the monitor would be handled by the UAW, and the moni
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UAW Agrees To Independent Monitor, Reforms In DOJ Deal
Law360 (December 14, 2020, 10:19 PM EST) The United Auto Workers Union will be overseen by an independent monitor for six years, take steps to overhaul how it elects leaders and pay $1.5 million to the Internal Revenue Service to settle a yearslong corruption and fraud probe, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
The deal comes nearly six months after U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider of the Eastern District of Michigan and UAW President Rory Gamble floated union reforms that included bringing in a third-party monitor. The settlement closes out the government s criminal and civil investigation into the embattled UAW, which represents more than 400,000 automotive industry employees,.