Report Finds Misconduct, Faulty Safeguards at Major U.S. Union

Inadequate policies, a chilling environment and distrust of dissenters enabled a pattern of misconduct by the former president of the largest U.S. federal workers union, according to a report released Thursday.

Last month, J. David Cox, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, resigned after allegations of sexual harassment reported last fall by Bloomberg News. An independent investigation by the group Working Ideal out today has now also found “substantial evidence” that Cox subjected multiple AFGE employees to “conduct of a sexual nature and other inappropriate behavior.”

The report, based on over 70 interviews, not only found public allegations made ...