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Unions: Taking dues from hardworking people to fight for workers' rights! Right?

From today's Denver Post editorial page:

A golden parachute with four wheels? What do you get as a gift for an ousted union leader accused of nepotism? A Ford F-350 pickup paid for with union dues, of course. 9News reporter Kyle Clark shined the light on the continuing corruption at United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, where ousted leader Ernie Duran Jr. is walking away with his union truck.

And outgoing union secretary Stan Kania is driving away in his union-purchased Ford 500. Both gifts were approved by Local 7's executive committee, and the seventh vice president — not the first through sixth, mind you — told 9News that every other departing president got a vehicle. That's great, except they didn't, according to 9News, which interviewed past presidents. What hogwash.

And don't even get us started on the board's impromptu telephone vote to endorse — and give the maximum amount of cash — to any staff member who runs for public office. Two weeks later, Duran's daughter, who also worked at Local 7, announced a statehouse run.