An AFSCME local has been placed under “emergency administratorship” after its local leadership has repeatedly been unable to make dues payments to the International. This means that the International is going to run the show for a bit while they figure out what local leadership has been doing with its members’ money.
The former president of the Michigan Union of Healthcare Workers pleaded guilty last month to embezzling $140,498 from his union. Word on the street is that much of that stolen money was spent on personal jet travel.
Also last month, the former president of the Carpenters and Joiners Local 926 was convicted of multiple counts for soliciting bribes from hundreds of prospective members.
