{"id":802,"date":"2011-07-19T10:36:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T10:36:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:35:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T16:35:18","slug":"worker-why-i-sued-labor-secretary-hilda-solis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/worker-why-i-sued-labor-secretary-hilda-solis\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker: Why I sued Labor Secretary Hilda Solis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Mosquera, a Maryland county government employee filed a federal lawsuit in May with free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys to stop the Obama Administration from allowing union bosses to conceal lavish and corrupt union expenditures from workers.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>, Mosquera discussed why he filed the lawsuit against Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\tAs a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers union, I&#8217;m more knowledgeable than most about the ins and outs of union finance.<\/p>\n<p>\tIn fact, I&#8217;ve learned some interesting things about my own local&#8217;s spending habits over the years. Like the $2 million office condo they bought in Gaithersburg, or the fact that the president of my local makes over $200,000 a year, plus other undocumented benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\tDisclosure is a simple but effective tool for fighting corruption and encouraging accountability. If union officials know their spending habits are part of the public record, they&#8217;ll be less interested in expensive getaways and more interested in effectively managing their members&#8217; hard-earned dues.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/op-eds\/2011\/07\/why-i-sued-labor-secretary-hilda-solis\">Click here to read the entire op-ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more of the Foundation&#8217;s coverage of the union-boss disclosures here, <a href=\"\/en\/free-tagging\/lm-2\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Foundation relies completely on voluntary contributions from its supporters to provide free legal aid.  To make a tax-deductible contribution in whatever amount, please <a href=\"http:\/\/righttoworkfoundation.org\/ldfdonate.aspx?pid=0719\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Mosquera, a Maryland county government employee filed a federal lawsuit in May with free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys to stop the Obama Administration from allowing union bosses to conceal lavish and corrupt union expenditures from workers.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>, Mosquera discussed why he filed the lawsuit against Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\tAs a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers union, I&#8217;m more knowledgeable than most about the ins and outs of union finance.<\/p>\n<p>\tIn fact, I&#8217;ve learned some interesting things about my own local&#8217;s spending habits over the years. 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