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Startling revelations about the Service Employees International Union indicate the president of a Los Angeles local, which represents home-care workers, cared more about himself than his workers.
The local paid $177,000 last year to a video-production firm run by the wife of union boss Tyrone Freeman. It also has paid more than $90,000 annually to a child-care firm run by Mr. Freeman's mother-in-law. And it handed out $16,000 to a basketball team coached by Freeman's brother-in-law, reports The New York Times.
This is the same local that paid more than $400,000 to sponsor a golf tournament -- including $100,000 to a former football star and his charity -- that spent more than $100,000 than it took in. At least Mr. Freeman refunded $9,856 the union paid to a cigar lounge following published reports of that outrage. His members make, on average, about $9 an hour.
The stench reaches the highest union levels. SEIU President Andy Stern put Freeman in charge of the local. And Mr. Stern cannot claim ignorance. Another SEIU local boss told The Times that, "We and many others in California and beyond have long been expressing concerns to Stern about the leadership of the long-term-care union here."
The feds must thoroughly investigate Freeman's local, as well as Stern's SEIU. After all, these union members need someone to look after their best interests.
(pittsburghlive.com)