Since last year, top Washington (D.C.) Teachers' Union officials have been under investigation for having embezzled more than $5 million and using those funds to purchase luxury goods for themselves. On January 22, the American Federation of Teachers, the parent organization of the WTU, assumed control over day-to-day operations of the union - the first time the AFT has taken over a local affiliate since the union's founding in 1917. This week, federal prosecutors filed the first criminal charges in the case against union chauffeur Leroy Holmes.
"Charges filed in union scandal," by Justin Blum and Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, January 28, 2003
"D.C. Union Taken Over By Parent Federation," by Justin Blum and Craig Timberg, The Washington Post, January 23, 2003
"On Outrage and Double Standards," by Chester E. Finn, Jr., Education Gadfly, January 16, 2003