by WFI Staff While members of the Metal Polishers Local union were brushing off the fallout of an economic disaster known as the Great Recession, President-at-the-time Hector Lopez was living it up in the Jersey suburbs like a jingle from … Continue reading
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By WFI Staff The U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee is raising serious questions about National Labor Relations Board nominee and unconstitutional recess appointee Richard Griffin. Griffin, a former general counsel for the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), is … Continue reading
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NLRB member Richard Griffin, whose appointment to the board bypassed the Senate through a recess appointment (even though the Senate was not in recess), is the former chief counsel for the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE). During his time at IUOE, a variety of union members were convicted of crimes ranging from tax evasion, connections to the mob, embezzlement, forgery and fraud. Continue reading
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