There was no evidence of any tears being shed among local labor leaders over the arrest of longtime Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association President Kenneth Wynder July 13 on charges that he embezzled more than $500,000 from his union's welfare fund and members' individual retirement accounts.
It wasn't so much his flamboyant style that turned off a couple of the labor leaders who said that he had gotten what he deserved. Rather, it was Mr. Wynder's past attempts to poach their members. Because LEEBA is not affiliated with the AFL-CIO, it is not bound by its no-raiding policy, and while Mr. Wynder has had some successes in bargaining and through arbitration for his 600-plus members, his rivals claim he has tried to get some of their members to decertify by making promises he couldn't possibly fulfill.
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