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FOX: Union Bosses Rolling in Dough, But Still Seeking a Bailout?

June 30th 2010   ·   0 Comments

There’s really no explanation necessary for this:

Some people always have their hand in the cookie jar.

The New York Daily Newsconducted an audit of union bosses in the tri-state area and the abuses being conducted would make Tony Soprano cringe.

At the top of the list sits: Hector Lopez. Lopez is the president of metal polishers local 8A-28A – which ha

d a nearly $330,000 deficit in 2008.

But Lopez is doing just fine. His $148,000 salary – is $40,000 more than the union’s rules allow.

His brand new mansion is owned by a windows company that has a contract with Lopez’s  union!

Read the rest (and watch the video) here.

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