GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)
Offical, Audits for All N.Y.C. Locals
The long expected audit of all 56 locals within Am. Fed. of State,
County & Municipal Employees Dist. Council 37 in N.Y.C. by the national
union was announced Oct. 26. This is on top of the Manhattan Dist. Attorney's
wide-ranging investigation into embezzlement and kickbacks. AFSCME's ethically-challenged
national president, Gerald W. McEntee, who has been linked to the Teamsters'
Ron Carey scandal, said of the audits he ordered: "This unprecedented action
by the international union will give us a clear understanding of the financial
integrity of the council and its local unions. Should any financial improprieties
be uncovered in this investigation, they will be dealt with severely and
quickly." [N.Y. Times 10/27/98]
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