Labor Department Secures 900th Criminal Conviction Since 2001 The U.S. Labor Department last month surpassed 900 criminal convictions for union corruption dating to the start of the Bush administration. The milestone is incredible evidence that union bosses continue to lie, cheat and steal despite greater transparency of their finances. For the last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) obtained 102 convictions and 130 indictments for cases mostly involving embezzlement of union funds. Restitution totaled more than $3.2 million -- money that will be returned to dues-paying union members. Since 2001 the office has secured court orders of restitution totaling more than $91.5 million. Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Todd made this statement upon releasing the latest numbers: The triple-digit numbers of indictments and convictions obtained by OLMS in the 2008 fiscal year demonstrates that criminal activity in unions is still a major problem. This problem points to the critical role performed by OLMS in prosecuting those who steal from their members. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link.

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How much corporate corruption was there during that span?

Let's not forget that's 900 convictions out of millions of unionists in the US.

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Maybe the question should be 900 convictions among how many union officials ? It isn't the dues paying union members that are corrupt . It's the officials entrusted with the dues . There are ongoing investigations that will raise that 900 number and much corruption still hasn't been discovered .

You should know by now that you cant covince a union member that the officials are crooked .You would think that jst one out of that many that was corrupt.Get ready to retire and no money.Wonder why Hoffa wants the Goverment to help with pensions funds thats in stocks.Should make people wonder.Is my pension money still there??????? Out of the 900 how many were Teamster Union officals???

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this is a link to a more impartial news source.

Red States is a good source - but politically backed -

(kinda like asking the Aryan Nation News Network for their opinion of Obama...)

Regardless - It does not give a breakdown of infractions/indictments based on Individual Unions.


might be a research project for someone to work on.

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Faster than a 60 MPH bullet....

Just one is to many.Kind of like saying there are thousands of watermelons in the field and one has poison in it??? Which one???

The sad part about these last ten or so convictions is how light the sentences were. Pay back the money? That's not part of a punishment, it should be a given. Most of them got a year in the clink and some probation for stealing up to 70k. Heck one joker stole from the theater workers? How much dough could those poor saps have to begin with.

No wonder they have so much corruption,,,no fear of the penalty.

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You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.

by theatre workers - they are talking about set builders on movie sets and worker at TV show filmings -

average pay well over 60K

(not theatre as in the minimum wage kid taking your money for popcorn at the local cinema)

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Faster than a 60 MPH bullet....

I'm glad you clarified that, a friend of my daughter's works at a movie theater, and wondering why teenagers are union members and I didnt here anything about it. LOL

yep - those guys are the carpenters / electricians and mechanics that do all things behind the scenes when they make a movie or TV show...

I met a guy at a Teamster convention in Vegas a few years back that was a mechanic that kept the Warner Bros. Fleet of classic cars running...

they have over 1700 cars trucks and vans of all ages and makes pooled and =ready for film.

need a Pershing tank and a jeep for a war movie??? they got it.

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Faster than a 60 MPH bullet....