<HTML>In a message dated 8/26/2002 9:27:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bsheppard@bari.iww.org writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I found this interesting: Thomas Havey, an auditor of more than 700 union-bargained benefit plans, plead guilty on Aug 22 "to helping leaders of the iron workers international union hide dlrs 1.5 million in entertainment and dining expenses on annual disclosure reports to the Labor Department." Sue Hensley of the Labor Dept said, "In the age of Enron, this is evidence that loose accounting practices extend beyond corporate America." It was noted that "The investigation also coincides with the recent string of corporate accounting scandals that many unions have decried." The article by AP labor reporter Leigh Strope mentions what was done with some of the embezzled 1.5 million dollars: </BLOCKQUOTE> Let me get this straight - 140,000 workers, $1.5mln, 6 years - or roughly $1.79 per person per year. Well, that puts the billions of dollars the top executive crooks embezzled out of their companies into perspective. Someone should sign Hensley up for a math class, on proportions. Nomi</HTML>