QUOTABLE QUOTE
"This union has been run by a small group for their own benefit...
It's time for the good members to rise up and revolt against the self-serving
little men in charge."
-U.S. District Judge David N. Edelstein on Teamsters, expelled president
Ron Carey & acting president Tom Sever in a Jul. 28 statement.
In addition to the unions and organizations covered in this Union Corruption Update, readers can look forward to news and information on the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, United Farmer Workers, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and other corrupt and abusive unions in future editions.
All back issues of the Union Corruption Update can be viewed at NLPC's website (www.nlpc.org). Also available is a union by union index of all Union Corruption Update articles.
If you have ideas or suggestions for future editions of Union Corruption Update, please email NLPC at nlpc@nlpc.org. Thank you.
Union Corruption Update is part of NLPC's Organized Labor Accountability
Project which is investigating and exposing corruption and extremism in
the Teamsters, LIUNA, AFL-CIO and many other union organizations. NLPC
is a nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation promoting ethics and accountability
in government through research, education and legal action.
Complete Edition Union Corruption Update (August 10, 1998 -- Vol.1 Issue 5)
Union Corruption Update Article Index