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:: Thursday, December 18, 2003 ::

Boehner, Johnson Statement on AFL-CIO Lawsuit Targeting the U.S. Department of Labor for Implementing New Reforms to Enhance Union Financial Transparency Press Release
House Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-OH) and Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) today issued the following statement on a lawsuit filed by leaders of the AFL-CIO targeting the U.S. Department of Labor for implementing long-overdue changes to the current LM-2 form that will empower union members with more detailed information about the financial activities of their unions.

“It is a shame that union bosses in DC are so consumed by partisan politics that they're willing to run their union into the ground to wage a political war at the expense of their members,” said Boehner. “With no accountability whatsoever, union leaders have regularly squandered their members’ dues and refused to disclose how they spent this money.”

“The new LM-2 forms are critical because they represent the last line of defense in keeping union leaders honest and accountable to the members they claim to represent,” Boehner added. “The Labor Department should be commended for its efforts to enforce new standards of financial disclosure and transparency so that we can ensure that the democratic rights of working American union members are protected under the law.”

"Leave it to big labor bosses to file frivolous lawsuits that will only harm their rank-and-file members,” said Johnson. “It’s time big labor honchos stopped worrying about their own hides and started caring about the hard-working men and women who make up their membership. It is the same rank-and file members who want, need and deserve these reforms."

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