The union that spent big to help Joe Biden win Michigan has been forced to cough up $16.5 million to settle an embezzlement probe that led to prison terms for top executives. Labor watchdogs and Republican lawmakers are fearful that Democrats will abandon anti-corruption measures that could threaten some of their largest campaign donors.
Federal authorities raided an electricians’ union headquarters in Philadelphia on Friday morning, which had a massive flag endorsing Joe Biden for president covering the front of the building.
A former union president was sentenced to more than three years in prison for violent extortion on Wednesday after he coordinated a brutal assault on a group of non-union workers at an Indiana church.
The Los Angeles teachers' union released a list of requirements that the organization says must be met to "safely and equitably" reopen schools this fall, which includes closing charter schools, implementing Medicare for All, and defunding the police.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Wednesday that Democrats have the opportunity to "rewrite our economy" after the coronavirus pandemic.
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot (D.) said that the city's police union obstructs any attempts to reform police practices and address racism in the department.
One of Joe Biden's closest labor allies inappropriately siphoned nearly $1 million from a union pension fund as the labor group suffered from a "systemic misrepresentation in financial reporting," according to an internal probe obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
A hospitality union is still demanding dues payments from workers left unemployed by the coronavirus. UNITE HERE Local 11, which represents more than 30,000 hotel employees in Southern California and Arizona, has continued to request dues from laid off workers as the pandemic halts travel across the country. The union on Tuesday sent payment reminders to members via text message, telling many unemployed workers that "It is critical for you to keep paying your dues so that we can keep fighting."
Forty-two House Democrats bucked party leadership on Thursday to pass an amendment ensuring that individuals convicted of sex crimes, terrorism, and other violent offenses cannot be employed by the TSA.
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The union that spent big to help Joe Biden win Michigan has been forced to cough up $16.5 million to settle an embezzlement probe that led to prison terms for top executives. Labor watchdogs and Republican lawmakers are fearful that Democrats will abandon anti-corruption measures that could threaten some of their largest campaign donors.
