Fighting credit card fraud the Wal-Mart way

Jeff Crosby

AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

The recent investigations into several local and state SEIU leaders by their national leadership, the U.S. Department of Labor and others into financial irregularities raise questions not only for the largest and most important union in the United States, but for all of us in the labor movement. A little more than a year ago, the head of the New York City Central Labor Council was removed for similar betrayal and financial misdeeds. A Communications Workers of America (CWA) local president in New Jersey is in receivership, in part, as a result of a financial investigation. We know these problems are not the norm, and they harm the huge majority of union members whose leaders’ work is done with little personal financial reward.

According to press reports and the union’s own internal investigation, the local leaders were collecting salaries in an annual range of $200,000 and also using union funds for questionable purposes, either paying family members for doing union business or spending union funds for unacceptable personal expenses. In some cases the local leaders represented workers who make little more than minimum wage. The union is assessing methods of addressing the problem.

~~ Notice where it says that “In some cases the local leaders represented workers who make little more than minimum wage.”!!  It has been stated here many times, that when you ‘go union’, you will make “good wages”, is “little more than minimum wage”, ‘good wages’?  Unions can’t always deliver what they promise!!  Wal-Mart workers already make more than a “little more than minimum wage.”, so why do they need to pay someone to get what they already have?

“It has been stated here many times, that when you ‘go union’, you will make “good wages”, is “little more than minimum wage”, ‘good wages’?"~Bob(RDS)

Once again we are reading half truths.
As stated earlier...most in retail start near the bottom. The difference is places like Walmart keep you near the bottom.
Good for them because it creates turnover (to discourage unionization). If this was not the case then how do you justify your rants about unions putting companies out of business due to wages? We are smarter than that Bob.

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Stick a Fork in McCain… “He’s done!

As the political pundits continue to weigh in on last night’s debate, many of them are calling it John McCain’s best performance.  I suppose after making a remark like “that one,” there’s no where to go but up.

I must have watched a different debate than all of these “analysts” and “talking heads.” I thought John McCain came across as fidgety, shifty-eyed, and snarky.  His tendency to interrupt was outright annoying.  Obama was clearly the winner of the split screen images.

Wasn’t it reassuring that McCain spent almost as much time talking about “Joe the Plumber” as he did about the issues?What gave him the right to speak of “Joe the Plumber” as “my old buddy?” I bet the children across this land are wondering if McCain is good friends with “Bob the Builder” too!

The only tool hanging on John McCain’s “tool belt” these days is a hammer, and every problem America faces looks like a nail to him.  He doesn’t get it.  That’s why he’s proposing to cut the capital gains tax rate, from 15% to 7.5%, and tax health care benefits.  He’s out of touch with the “little people”.  Besides, how many people are going to worry about capital gains this year?

This brings us to the John McCain Quote for today:

“It’s easy for me to go to Washington and, frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have.” ~McCain in New York, Sept. 11, 2008

screwed by the old geezer mccain has no plans to cut taxes for the middle class at all.

Screwed:What gave him the right to speak of “Joe the Plumber” as “my old buddy?” ~~~~~~~Screwed~~NOTE: When McCain referred to my old buddy “the Plumber”,I thought he was talking about G Gordon Liddy,of Watergate Infamy. They(Nixon,et.al.) referred to him as a “plumber”,also.

RDS: What is the date on your AFL-CIO story above? Is that current?

ddrb,

“What is the date on your AFL-CIO story above? Is that current?”

The story is dated September 30, 2008!!  If you want to check it out for yourself, because your side rarely believes anything we post, go to:

http://blog.aflcio.org/category/diaries/?aid=22