GOP Panel Chair Seeks to Probe 12 Unions on Past Corruption (1)

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued wide-ranging requests to a dozen unions Friday, demanding documents related to financial crimes that allegedly occurred within each organization in recent years.

The requests amount to a pointed attempt by the Republican lawmaker to probe the internal workings of organized labor. In letters to each union, she said the committee “is concerned about fraud, embezzlement, and corruption perpetrated by union officials"—advancing a narrative espoused by many in her party that unions are a haven for malfeasance and even organized crime.

The letters include specific allegations related to each ...