Three Officers of UFCW Local in New York Charged in $2.4M Scam
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 348 in New York City for more than three decades has been a family affair - a Fazio family affair. And right now the family needs a good lawyer. On October 26,...
View ArticlePennsylvania UFCW Ex-District Council President Sentenced for Embezzlement
On May 1, Ernest Milewski, former president of United Food and Commercial Workers, Northeast District Council, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to 18 months...
View ArticleWalmart Black Friday Protests: We Told You So
The anti-Walmart protests today organized by the United Food and Commercial Workers union are the clearest evidence yet that the company's campaign of appeasement of left-wing activist groups is...
View Article'Worker Centers' Target Retail, Restaurant Sites for Organizing
When is a union not a union? Apparently, it's when members say it isn't. Yet a change in terminology can't alter reality. Over the past several years, hundreds of organizations, known as ‘worker...
View ArticleCincinnati-Area Food and Commercial Workers Local Secretary Indicted
On January 8, Chad Petras, former secretary-treasurer of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 342C, was indicted in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio on one count of funds from the...
View ArticleWalmart Sues UFCW and 'Worker Center' Allies for Florida Store Disruptions
Union activism at retail chain stores has come to blur the line between persuasion and harassment. But one retailer — Walmart — is pushing back, underscoring its failed campaign to appease left-wing...
View ArticleLabor Secretary Perez Asked to Decide if 'Worker Centers' Are Unions
Thomas Perez is the nation's newest Secretary of Labor. And given his track record of political radicalism, this ought to be more than a little troubling. Perez insists he will be even-handed in his...
View ArticleUFCW President in Louisiana Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Calvin Sanders was more than just careless. And that's why he faces a potential five-year prison sentence. Sanders, who had served as president of Local 638C of the United Food and Commercial Workers...
View ArticleLouisiana UFCW Local President Sentenced for Embezzlement
On December 17, Calvin Sanders, former president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 638C, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana to three years of probation...
View ArticleNew Report Reveals Worker Center Union Alliances, Funding Sources
Union Corruption Update several times during the past year has noted the fast-rising profile of 'worker centers.' Anyone doubting that these nonprofit groups often function as unions under assumed...
View ArticleUFCW Secretary-Treasurer in Louisiana Pleads Guilty to Theft; Sentenced
On February 3, Patrick Parker, formerly secretary-treasurer of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 638C, pleaded guilty in the 16th Judicial District Court, St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, to theft...
View ArticlePresident of Michigan Retail Workers Local Charged with Embezzlement
On December 11, Edward Feld, former president of Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 374, was charged in the 10th District Court of Calhoun County, Michigan, with one count of...
View ArticleCincinnati UFCW Secretary-Treasurer Pleads Guilty; Sentenced
On October 27, Chad Petras, former secretary-treasurer of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 342C, pleaded guilty in the Hamilton County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas to one count of attempted...
View ArticleUFCW Goes to Pot; Northern California Organizer Indicted
Marijuana has become a labor issue as well as a legal and commercial one. In one union, that means corruption. On September 17, Daniel Rush, an organizer for the United Food and Commercial Workers,...
View ArticleThe $15 an Hour Minimum Wage: A Bad Idea with a Union Label
It began at the fringes. And almost at warp speed, the campaign for a $15 an hour federal minimum wage has taken center stage. The Democratic Party has made it part of its platform. Presidential...
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