American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO Council 31,AFL-CIO AFSCME, Council 31 took my Union fees for 7 years, then allowed City Colleges to fire me when I exposed ghost student grades corruption, the AFSCME used my fees to hire a law firm to sustain my firing -instead of protecting my job. Springfield Illinois

This sounds typical.  I have had a fair bit of dealing with AFSCME people  which I will post some stuff in the near future.

From my experiences with AFSCME, their goal is to bloat government budgets, subvert statutes, violate contracts and help managers in government actions remain insulated and unaccountable for fraud waste and abuse of public funds on all levels.  My experience and research leads me to that in a AFSCME workplace a worker is almost guaranteed reprisal by management  for reporting any concern of a violation.

They use any  tactic of disinformation to avoid accountability. I have seen that if there is a complaint against management, they usually see that the manager is illegally promoted to bolster  their credibility.  And the person that makes the report of a violation  soon has a systematic retaliation campaign launched against them that may include conspiracy, retaliatory reassignment/transfer, vexatious litigation, perjury and extortionate threats.  Of course they act confused about the violation that lead to the complaint and refuse at all steps to file a grievance.

What really they do is  donate millions of dollars to the Hillary Clinton Campaign long after it was known that she could not muster enough votes in the electoral college.  They donate to numerous other campaigns of their political friends of both parties, but mostly D's of course.

As this person has expressed, AFSCME is a truly parasitic organization. They take money extorted from the workers' every single  check, do not represent them, and when it comes down to finger pointing they use that money against the employee's best interests.  Their violations are funded by the perpetually renewed source; out of other employee's hard earned money.

Their  main purpose seems to be 'organizing' and most of the upper echelon AFSCME officials are involved in political agendas and have no experience and  nothing to do with representing employees. and most of their Business Agents appear to lack any knowledge of Collective Bargaining  contracts  and EEOC guidelines. 

Another purpose of the AFSCME  is to provide revolving door  employment for political appointees and HR managers who leave government, or are ousted by incoming republican administrations.  More often than not these employment  changes violate state conflict of interest laws;  more outrageous is when, for the purpose of eliminating conflict of interest,  stipulations are drafted and the BM/BA agrees to not represent their bargaining unit for a period of years before and after their date of leaving the state's employment.  It results in  the employee denied acess to the grievance process, while management cooks up a sham case for termination.

Nikos,

You have a pretty good grasp on what went on there.

I would suggest, if the statute of limitations has not passed, pursuing claims for wrongful termination, violations of the National Labor Relations Act, possibly RICO violations, civil conspiracy, and violations of the Whistleblower's Protection Act.

I'm not sure how monay of those claims would fly, but they would be worth a shot. Bear in mind that unions came about in a time where children were forced to spend countless hours a day slaving away for pennies, and where the worker basically had no rights.

Nowadays, the union has become somewhat of a drain on society, although I still see them as a necessary evil. When they cross the line to protecting the interests of management over employees, however, something needs to change.

Best of luck, and accolades for your honesty.

Nikos,

You have a pretty good grasp on what went on there.

I would suggest, if the statute of limitations has not passed, pursuing claims for wrongful termination, violations of the National Labor Relations Act, possibly RICO violations, civil conspiracy, and violations of the Whistleblower's Protection Act.

I'm not sure how monay of those claims would fly, but they would be worth a shot. Bear in mind that unions came about in a time where children were forced to spend countless hours a day slaving away for pennies, and where the worker basically had no rights.

Nowadays, the union has become somewhat of a drain on society, although I still see them as a necessary evil. When they cross the line to protecting the interests of management over employees, however, something needs to change.

Best of luck, and accolades for your honesty.

Nikos,

You have a pretty good grasp on what went on there.

I would suggest, if the statute of limitations has not passed, pursuing claims for wrongful termination, violations of the National Labor Relations Act, possibly RICO violations, civil conspiracy, and violations of the Whistleblower's Protection Act.

I'm not sure how monay of those claims would fly, but they would be worth a shot. Bear in mind that unions came about in a time where children were forced to spend countless hours a day slaving away for pennies, and where the worker basically had no rights.

Nowadays, the union has become somewhat of a drain on society, although I still see them as a necessary evil. When they cross the line to protecting the interests of management over employees, however, something needs to change.

Best of luck, and accolades for your honesty.

Nikos,

You have a pretty good grasp on what went on there.

I would suggest, if the statute of limitations has not passed, pursuing claims for wrongful termination, violations of the National Labor Relations Act, possibly RICO violations, civil conspiracy, and violations of the Whistleblower's Protection Act.

I'm not sure how monay of those claims would fly, but they would be worth a shot. Bear in mind that unions came about in a time where children were forced to spend countless hours a day slaving away for pennies, and where the worker basically had no rights.

Nowadays, the union has become somewhat of a drain on society, although I still see them as a necessary evil. When they cross the line to protecting the interests of management over employees, however, something needs to change.

Best of luck, and accolades for your honesty.