North Carolina Local Office Manager Pleads Guilty to Theft
On October 24, Krista Yeatts, former office manager of International Association of Machinists Local 2444, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to embezzling...
View ArticleTexas Office Manager Charged with Embezzlement, Conspiracy
On December 16, Sarah Crafts, former office manager of the Austin-based TexasBuilding and Construction Trades Council, was charged in U.S. District Court with one count each of embezzlement and...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Theft, False Statements
Peter Rhein’s ride is over. Rhein, former treasurer of American Federation of Teachers Local 3845, pleaded guilty on February 3 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to six...
View ArticleWashington, D.C. Local Officials Sued for Fraud, Intimidation
The Washington Teachers Union’s reputation couldn’t have sunk any lower than several years ago. Its chieftain, Barbara Bullock, and close allies in and out of the union from 1995-2002 ran their union...
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Philadelphia Teachers Union Treasurer Sentenced for Embezzlement
On May 5, Peter Rhein, former treasurer of American Federation of Teachers Local 3845, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to five years probation and ordered...
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Montana Teachers Union Local President Charged with Embezzlement
On September 22, Laura Brown, formerly president of American Federation of Teachers Local 5095, was charged in federal court with embezzling $7,700 in funds from the Butte, Montana union, which...
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Teachers Union Local President in Montana Pleads Guilty
Laura Ann Brown headed a union representing employees at a youth mental health facility. What rank and file didn't know is that their boss had serious issues of her own. Brown, formerly president of...
View ArticleFormer Business Manager of Detroit Teachers Local Charged
Sherri Patrick isn't the communicative type. She'll likely become one, however, not long from now. Patrick's former employer, the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), an affiliate of the American...
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Montana Teachers Local President Sentenced for Embezzlement
Laura Ann Brown's ruse ended last fall. Now she'll have five years to think about it. Brown, formerly president of American Federation of Teachers Local 5095 in Butte, Montana, was sentenced on March...
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Maine Healthcare Local President Pleads Guilty to Theft
On August 27, Benardette Beal, former president of Downeast Federation of Healthcare Professionals Local 5073, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, pled guilty in U.S. District Court...
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Former President of Maine Health Care Local Sentenced
Denial isn't an option for Benardette Beal anymore. On February 24, Beal, former president of Downeast Federation of Healthcare Professionals Local 5073, an affiliate of the American Federation of...
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Wisconsin Recall Vote Exposes Vulnerability of Public-Sector Unions
To his sworn enemies, Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker's victory last Tuesday over Democratic challenger Tom Barrett by 53 to 46 percent has been hard to spin and to accept. The biggest...
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Broward County, Florida Teachers President Charged with Massive Thefts
Pat Santeramo enjoyed the perks of running a union. Unfortunately, evidence suggests he couldn't tell legal from illegal ones. Last Tuesday, July 10, Santeramo, former president of the Broward Teachers...
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Detroit Teachers Union Business Manager Charged with Fraud
Those questioning the State of Michigan's decision in March 2012 to take control of 15 Detroit city schools should consider the people working for the union representing its teachers - people, at...
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Two Florida Teachers Charged with Embezzlement from Union
For more than five years, Sheryl Daniels and Rhoshonda Herring stole from their union without detection. Now they're getting more than their share of unwanted attention. On August 2, the two women,...
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Suburban NYC Teachers Union Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Nearly $800K in Thefts
Educators normally aren't the kinds of people who steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. Frank Gluberman is the exception to the rule. On August 13, Gluberman, formerly teacher and then assistant...
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Arizona Court of Appeals Curbs Public-Sector Union 'Release Time'
Conducting union business and performing employment duties are two activities that don’t, and shouldn’t, overlap. Yet in a number of jurisdictions, taxpayers are being forced to pay for both. In...
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South Florida Teachers Boss Convicted of Fraud, Theft
Educators have been responsible for some of the more flagrant cases of union corruption in recent years. Patrick Santeramo, for one, doesn’t need any reminders of that. On January 20, Santeramo,...
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Broward County Teachers Boss Sentenced for Fraud, Kickbacks
Patrick Santeramo’s union career ended over four years ago. The fallout continues. On April 22, Santeramo, who had run the Broward Teachers Union for a decade, was sentenced in Fort Lauderdale...
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