Which News Outlets Cover Stories About Iabor Union Corruption & vioIence?
Question by Huggy: Which news outlets cover stories about Iabor union corruption & vioIence?
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These are just a few cases posted by the DOL for December 2012. There are hundreds more.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/enforce_2012.htm
On December 19, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Wanda Jackson, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 4065 (located in Plano, Tex.), was sentenced to 18 months of incarceration, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $ 41,246.95 in restitution and a $ 100 assessment. On March 15, 2012, a jury found Jackson guilty of embezzling union funds in the amount of $ 41,246.95, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas District Office.
On December 18, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Gregory E. Brown, former Treasurer of Steelworkers Local 777 (located in Memphis, Tenn.), was indicted on one count of embezzlement totaling $ 6,587.57, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
On December 18, 2012, in Stearns County Court of Minnesota, James Kiser, former Directing Business Representative of Machinists District Lodge 165 (located in St. Cloud, Minn.), was charged with four felony counts of theft by swindle, in violation of Minnesota State Statute 609.52. The complaint alleges that Kiser stole $ 5,919 from Local 65 between January 2010 and February 2012. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis Resident Investigator Office.
On December 17, 2012, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Manuel Nogueira, former Recording Secretary of Steelworkers Local 4-421 (located in Auburn, Mass.), was sentenced to 18 months of probation and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $ 9,000 and a $ 200 special assessment. On April 27, 2011, Nogueira pled guilty to one count of conspiracy (18 U.S.C. 371), one count of embezzlement (29 U.S.C. 501(c)), and one count of aiding and abetting (18 U.S.C. 2). The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston District Office.
On December 17, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Mark Morgan, former Secretary-Treasurer of Machinists Lodge 2584 (formerly located in Fremont, Ind.), was sentenced to three years of probation including eight months of home detention with electronic monitoring. Morgan was also ordered to pay $ 17,616.70 in restitution and a $ 100 special assessment. On August 20, 2012, Morgan pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Detroit District Office.
On December 14, 2012, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Gloria Dickinson, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 421 (located in Washington, D.C.), was sentenced to 30 days of home confinement, five years of probation, and 40 hours of community service. She was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $ 21,713.32. On September 14, 2012, Dickinson pled guilty to one count of making false statements on an LM report, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001, in order to conceal her embezzlement. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office.
Best answer:
Answer by Locutus
I don’t think nurses and doctors will give up their unions.
Answer by Minister of Truth
Phhfffttt….spare us the trivia.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/27/glaxosmithkline-whistleblower-wins-61m
Whistle blower on big-pharma, Glaxo is awarded $ 96 million in contaminated Rx case.
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Cheryl Eckard, 51, a global compliance manager @ Glaxo, will pocket the $ 96m share of a $ 750m criminal and civil settlement between US regulators and the Glaxo British pharmaceuticals group.
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Bactroban made by Glaxo in the contaminated plant was “contaminated with a micro-organism associated with bacteraemia, urinary tract infections, meningitis, wound infection, and peritonitis.”
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Paxil and Avandia were made there, too.
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During the period surrounding whistle-blower, Cheryl Eckard’s complaint, Paxil and Avandia were in the world’s 50 top selling drug products.
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Other drugs affected included the chest infection treatment Factive; Bactroban ointment, an antibiotic used to treat skin infections in babies; Kytril, an anti-nausea injection for cancer patients; and Tagamet, for heartburn and peptic ulcers.
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Drugs of different types and strengths were found in the same bottle;
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Avandamet was shipped in tablets of the wrong strength; and court documents show.
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