More typical union activity

[el Gusano]

And no surprise, the Teamsters are involved:

NEW YORK — Investigators in New York City raided circulation offices at some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a union corruption probe, a law enforcement official said.

Police officers working with the Manhattan district attorney's office searched circulation offices of The New York Times in Queens, the New York Post and the Daily News in Manhattan, and El Diario in Brooklyn, the official said, speaking to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

Investigators were seeking paperwork related to the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union, which packages and delivers newspapers across the region.

Calls to the union's headquarters were not answered Tuesday. The news deliverers' parent union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, referred inquiries to the local union.

New York Newspaper Offices Raided in Corruption Probe

[el Gusano]

At least those higher up the food chain, while thieving low-lifes, aren't as stupid as those who aren't as high up the food chain:

A Pennsylvania union leader has come under fire after threatening legal action against the city of Allentown for allowing a Boy Scout to voluntarily clear a walking path in a local park.

Nick Balzano, president of the Service Employees International Union's Allentown chapter, said last week that the union might file a grievance against the city for allowing 17-year-old Kevin Anderson to clear the hiking trail, instead of paying some of the 39 recently laid-off SEIU members to do the work.

Pennsylvania Union Leader Criticized for Threatening Legal Action Over Boy Scout's Volunteerism

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No say it ain't so. Corruption in unions who would have thunk it.

[el Gusano]

This one is absolutely asinine.