Posted by
Playful Walrus on Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:27:31 PM
Here's an article from a few weeks back when I got pulled away from spending much time on this blog. Paul Pringle reported in the Los Angeles Times.
The former president of the union that represents Los Angeles County government workers has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and tax charges in connection with an alleged scheme to collect illicit consulting payments from a labor-related nonprofit, officials said Thursday.
Alejandro Stephens, a longtime leader of the Service Employees International Union local, signed an agreement to plead guilty to one count of filing a false income tax return and two counts of mail fraud, the U.S. attorney's office said.
This guy was supposedly leading government employee unions. It is especially troubling when there is corruption there.
Stephens lost his union presidency in 2007 when his SEIU chapter, Local 660, merged with several others.
The county later fired him from his job, alleging he had refused to return to work after a lengthy leave.
Do you know where your union dues are? Kudos to the Los Angeles Times for covering this, and the authorities who go after corruption.