Enevitably, when you mention unions, comments start flying about "corruption" and the "mafia", another corporate talking point. Now, when I say "myth", I don't mean that there aren't individually corrupt union leaders or even whole unions that have had serious corruption problems at points in time, just that it's a myth that corruption is systematic throughout the union movement or that it's a serious issue in terms of overall union finances, even in the handful of unions with some corruption problems.
A refresher on the facts from some old posts:.......
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