Thanks. Harry needed that!

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:39:10 -0500, "P Fritz"
wrote:


"John H." wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:28:02 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Jeff Rigby wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
John H. wrote:
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:12:01 -0500, Harry Krause

wrote:


There have been more revelations about the intel the Bush
Administration
did not share with Democratic members of Congress. This is another
news
story that is going to dog Bush, who is now in the People's
Republic of
China to see how many more American jobs he can give away. Or
whatever
he is doing over there.
Your use of the term 'news story' says it all.


Yes, John, that's what they are called.

--
Real Christians are liberal.

To True, I prefer to teach a man how to fish rather than to just give
him a
fish that I magically create (government accounting practices).
Somewhere
someone pays and we don't all have direct connections to anti-entropy
(God).
I guess that makes me a enlightened liberal =
Republican-libertarian-fiscally conservative-humanist

Real people can't be labeled.




If you are going after government accounting practices, don't forget
corporate accounting practices. There are no bigger crooks than publicly
traded corporations.

Where's JimH with some more union stories?

Here are a few......................

TEAMSTERS (IBT)

Virginia Beach Ex-Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

For nearly a half decade Marcia Huizenga thought nobody would figure out how
all those extra paychecks managed to get cashed. But in the end somebody
did figure it out. Huizenga, 48, formerly bookkeeper for Teamsters Local
822, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on November 4 to embezzling more
than $47,000 in union funds. A routine audit by the local discovered that
from January 1999 to August 2003 she had prepared and cashed 77 extra
paychecks for her own personal use. Huizenga did not dispute the charge
when confronted with the evidence. Local 822 represents about 2,000 meat
cutters, barbers, warehouse workers and other tradesmen in the Virginia
Tidewater area. (Associated Press, 11/5).



LABORERS (LIUNA)

Niagara Falls Menace Sentenced; He's in Good Company

The halls of justice have claimed another member of LIUNA Local 91's
criminal old guard that for a good half-dozen years terrorized nonunion
workers at Niagara Falls-area constructions sites. This November 2,
Salvatore Spatorico, 58, received a 27-month sentence in U.S. District
Court. He'd assaulted a truck driver at the behest of local leaders back in
April 1998. Spatarico joins five local members already convicted of
racketeering conspiracy, including its president, Robert Malvestuto, Jr.,
and executive board member Patrick McKeown. (Associated Press, 11/2).



BAKERY & TOBACCO WORKERS (BC&T)

Pittsburgh-Area Benefit Fund Administrator Arraigned

Marilyn Constable must be an incurable optimist. The suburban Pittsburgh
woman in late September was indicted by a federal grand jury on 15 counts of
embezzlement. Ms. Constable, 45, allegedly wrote out a dozen illegal checks
totaling more than $7,500 from a death-benefits fund for members of Local 12
of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union. She
has pleaded not guilty. The union, which represented employees at a
now-closed Nabisco plant and elsewhere, since has merged into BC&T Local 19
in Cleveland.



The indictment charged that Constable, as the fund administrator, diverted
local funds for rent, cable TV, and other personal expenses. Additionally,
she was named last year in an ongoing Labor Department civil complaint
seeking restitution. The suit also named as defendants Local 19, two banks
and several union and bakery industry officials who acted as trustees.
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/26).



MACHINISTS (IAM)

Former Secretary-Treasurer in California Pleads Guilty

On October 21, William Good Jr., ex-financial secretary-treasurer of Local
Lodge 821 of the International Association of Machinists, pleaded guilty in
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to two counts of
embezzling union funds totaling $192,469. The guilty plea follows an
investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards
and Office of Inspector General. (OLMS, 11/10).



POSTAL WORKERS

Ex-Treasurer in Maryland Sentenced, Ordered to Pay Restitution

On October 18, Steven R. Fairfax, formerly secretary-treasurer of Branch
3939 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, was sentenced in U.S.
District Court for the District of Maryland to five years of probation and
10 months of home confinement for embezzlement of union funds. He also will
have to make restitution to the union in the amount of $53,990.04. He had
been indicted this March. The sentencing follows an investigation by the
Department of Labor (OLMS, 11/10).



GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFGE)

Oklahoma Man Indicted for Embezzlement and Check Fraud

On November 7, Jerry T. LeBlanc, a Tulsa resident and former president of
Local 2250 of the American Federation of Government Employees, was indicted
in federal court in Muskogee for union fund embezzlement and check fraud
totaling about $46,000. (Muskogee Phoenix, 11/9; other sources).



INDEPENDENT GUARDS

Ex-Local Boss in Tennessee Indicted for False Record-Keeping

On October 19, Edward Dupree, formerly president of Local 138 of the
Independent Guards Union of North America, was indicted on one count of
making false entries in union records. The indictment follows an
investigation by the Labor Department's OLMS Nashville District Office.
(OLMS, 11/10).






--
John H

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

A Famous Hypocrite


--
John H

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

A Famous Hypocrite