National Legal and Policy Center -- Organized Labor Accountability Project
 
UNION CORRUPTION UPDATE
 
October 28, 2002 -- Vol. 5, Issue 22


For Influential Leaders & Important Decision Makers:
Information on America's most corrupt & aggressive unions


 
GOVERNMENT WORKERS (AFSCME)
Yet Another Guilty Plea in DC 37 Scandal in NYC
Helen Greene, the frmr. no. 2 official in Dist. Council 37 of the Amer, Fed. of State, County & Municipal Employees pled guilty on Oct. 24 to falsification of union records, and was sentenced to 5 yrs. probation.

Until her Apr. 25, 2001, indictment, Greene was the only top DC37 boss to emerge unscathed in a string of rigged contract votes and elections, along with nearly $6 million in kickbacks and other thefts, that have led to more than 30 convictions of DC37 officials. Appearing before Justice Michael Orbus in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Greene agreed to repay the $13,000 her crimes cost the union. [NY Newsday 10/25/02]


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