See no evil, hear no evil; evil is a “Republican” word—Part Two.
2,548 bottles of beer found at union office
The stash of alcohol found at a United Steelworkers union office in Langley [British Columbia] was enough to make anyone’s head spin.
Startled auditors found 2,548 bottles of beer, 124 litres of hard liquor—including pricey bottles of 12-year-old Chivas Regal scotch, 200 bottles of wine and an eclectic selection of coolers at the Local 1-3567 office.
“I have never seen that much alcohol in any union hall and I have seen a lot of union halls,” said Steve Hunt, Steelworkers western regional director after a marathon investigation into corruption and sexual harassment at the local wrapped up Thursday.
[…] The troubled union local, which was part of the Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada until the two unions merged last year, has about 5,000 members, including 700 health-care workers on southern Vancouver Island.
[…] The findings were stunning—allegations of hundreds of thousands of dollars of questionable transactions, ranging from $29,363 paid for alcohol, with no documentation, to $252,000 improperly transferred from union accounts.
[…] However, angry union members listened in disbelief to allegations of large expenditures made without approval of the membership and perks ranging from trips to ski resorts to an attempt to get a no-limit executive medical plan, which would cover everything from laser eye surgery to Viagra.
[…] Among expenditures under scrutiny is a house on Millstream Road in Langford that was rented as a southern Vancouver Island office for the union and is rumoured to be a “party house.”
Hunt said he does not believe the house, part of which was used for visiting union members, is a party place, but an administrative team has been in Langford looking at it.
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The union makes us strong! *Burp*!
But this sentence caught my eye: “I have never seen that much alcohol in any union hall and I have seen a lot of union halls”. The implication seems to be that seeing alcohol in union offices or union halls is commonplace.
Aren’t union dues tax deductible?
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