Why Do Unions Corrupt?

Unions are corrupt, was one of the statements on the class assignment survey. The response to this question was given an opinion rating of number one which was equivalent to strongly disagree. Opposingly, after conducted the research, the opinion rating provided was later changed to three undecided. Furthermore, it is sad to say that there exists corruption within unions, however, all union groups are not entirely corrupted. Unfortunately, there are some individuals representatives that are within the union who causes the union to be corrupt.

According to the Seidman (1972) book review, portions of the American labor movement has been plagued with corruption since the turn of the century. Research discovered that union representatives were wrongfully spending funds, acquired from union member dues and fees (Seidman, 1972). Union representatives were also looting funds from the treasury department as well as stealing funds from employers who paid strike insurance dues. (Seidman, 1972). Furthermore, Union Representatives in a corrupt system would accept bribes in exchange for “failing to prosecute vigorously the interest in collective bargaining” (Seidman,1972, p277). The book review also explained that corruption in unions are caused by various levels of representation. In addition, the range of corrupt could be performed from members ranging from amateur representation, to professional criminals who were representatives that was able to determine a quick, get rich scam opportunity. …show more content…
This statement received an opinion rating of number two which is equivalent to disagree. After doing research on this statement, the opinion rating was later changed to number four which is equivalent to