Delbert Steward

Northwest Airline Attendants Vote Teamsters Out

Submitted by David Kendrick on Mon, 06/23/2003 - 00:00

A year after being placed under trusteeship by the Intl. Bhd. of Teamsters (IBT), 11,000 Northwest Airlines flight attendants voted, 55%-45%, to replace the Teamsters with an independent union, the Professional Flight Attendants Assn. (PFAA).  The vote was conducted by telephone over a period of weeks, but the results were announced on June 19.

One year ago, IBT president James Hoffa replaced the leadership of Local 2000, based in Minnesota, with a trustee when he judged that the leaders were not resisting the PFAA's organizing efforts enough.  This is the second time in five years that Northwest workers have opted for an independent union.  In 1998, the mechanics, cleaners and custodians rejected the Intl. Assn. of Machinists in favor of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn. [Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 6/20/03]


More Arrests in Post-9/11 Looting of Credit Union ATM

Ex-Treasurer Must Pay Back $28K to AZ Govt. Union

Submitted by Michael Nelson on Mon, 07/22/2002 - 00:00

On July 3, 2002, in the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, Maricopa County, Mary Katherine Johnson, former treasurer of American Federation of Government Employees Local 2552, was sentenced to incarceration for four months followed by five years probation and was ordered to make full restitution to the union of $28,853.69. She had pled guilty on June 3, 2002, to attempted theft following an investigation by the OLMS Los Angeles District Office. [DOL]


Indiana Official Admits to Forgery
On June 25, 2002, in Marion County (Indiana) court, Mack Dykes, former president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 1411, pled guilty to two counts of forgery in the amount of $7,100. He had been indicted on March 21, 2002, following an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office. [DOL]

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