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‘Quite ugly stuff.’ Boilermakers president Newton B. Jones steps down amid union turmoil
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 10 months ago“They have created a smear campaign against me and against my wonderful wife,” said Boilermakers...
Boilermakers’ ousted president stole millions from KC-based union, court filing alleges
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 week ago“For the period from 2013 through July 2023, with Brown’s assistance, the Boilermakers Union paid...
Federal judge upholds ouster of Boilermakers union president by his own top executives
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Kansas City, Kansas-based union’s executive council had voted to oust Newton Jones for allegedly...
KCK-based union files suit over leader’s ouster, but some wonder who is behind action
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“My question is, who is filing this lawsuit on behalf of the union?” said a longtime member of...
Ex-Boilermakers chief of staff pleads guilty to federal racketeering conspiracy charge
Kansas City Star via AOL· 2 weeks ago“Did you realize when you did those things that what you were doing was in violation of the law?”...
Kansas City, KS-based union in turmoil as execs head to court over president’s ouster
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe battle over who’s running the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers heads to federal court...
KCK-based union execs name new president, but the leader they ousted won’t step down
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 12 months ago“Never could I have imagined finding myself faced with this kind of situation when retiring just a...
Congress steps to avert impending rail strike at Biden's ask. What do the rail workers want?
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoPresident Biden asked Congress to intervene in a labor dispute between rail workers and their...
‘This misuse is shocking.’ Kansas City, KS-based union president ousted by executive staff
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“The drastic action of removing President Jones immediately... is clearly necessary because of the...
How maritime workers challenged controversial omnibus bill in Congress
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoIn 1980, maritime workers became enraged by the maritime omnibus bill, resulting in the...