Alejandro Stephens

September 2, 2010 – Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Weekly

Former L.A. union leader sentenced to prison for fraud

A former leader of one of California’s most powerful unions was sentenced to prison Thursday for fraud, federal authorities said.

Alejandro Stephens, Former SEIU Union Leader, Sentenced To Prison

The former president of one of California’s most-prominent unions was sentenced on Thursday… 

August 27, 2009 – Los Angeles Times

Ex-L.A. County union president to plead guilty to fraud, tax charges

December 5, 2008 – Los Angeles Times

Southern California union is probing top official’s role in ex-boyfriend’s deal

Early last year, Alejandro Stephens’ long tenure as president of one of California’s biggest union locals came to an end after the labor organization he headed merged into a larger local.

August 31, 2008 – Los Angeles Times

3rd California union leader gives up post

The Service Employees International Union’s top California officer has taken a leave of absence, and her former boyfriend has been ordered to return tens of thousands of dollars he received from the state council and Los Angeles local that she heads.



Annelle Grajeda

March 10, 2009 – Los Angeles Times

Top SEIU official in California quits three posts

The Service Employees International Union’s highest-ranking California officer has resigned that position and two other leadership posts in the wake of an internal investigation of payments to her ex-boyfriend, it was announced today.

December 5, 2008 – Los Angeles Times

Southern California union is probing top official’s role in ex-boyfriend’s deal

Early last year, Alejandro Stephens’ long tenure as president of one of California’s biggest union locals came to an end after the labor organization he headed merged into a larger local.

August 31, 2008 – Los Angeles Times

3rd California union leader gives up post

The Service Employees International Union’s top California officer has taken a leave of absence, and her former boyfriend has been ordered to return tens of thousands of dollars he received from the state council and Los Angeles local that she heads.



Tyrone Freeman

April 1, 2009 – Los Angeles Times

Union sues former executive for $1.1 million

The union of low-wage caregivers that Tyrone Freeman once headed has taken him to court to demand restitution of more than $1.1 million — dues money that allegedly financed his lifestyle of $175 glasses of cognac, $250 bottles of wine and a $3,400 trip to the NFL’s Pro Bowl in Hawaii.

December 27, 2008 – Los Angeles Times

Service workers express outrage over alleged misuse of SEIU funds

They make subsistence wages tending to the sick and elderly, minus the dues paid to the union local whose charismatic former president promised again and again to make the caregivers’ own lives better.

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Rickman Jackson

October 15, 2008 – Los Angeles Times

SEIU leader loses post over scandal

The president of the Service Employees International Union’s biggest Michigan local has been removed from office and must refund $33,500 in housing payments that have been linked to a spending scandal at the parent organization’s leading California chapter.

August 26, 2008 – Los Angeles Times

SEIU spending scandal spreads to Michigan

A spending scandal at California’s largest union local spread to a second state Monday as the head of a sister labor group in Michigan stepped aside because of a widening financial inquiry.



Sharon Frances Moore

 January 28, 2010 – San Diego Union-Tribune

SEIU-sent officials to probe complaints; Ex-labor leader’s pay deal at issue

SEIU Local 221 officials agreed to pay former president Sharon-Frances Moore a severance and hire her as a consultant after accepting her resignation this month.



James Bryant

March 11, 2009 – Los Angeles Times

Finances of charity run by SEIU official scrutinized

A Bay Area officer of the scandal-clouded Service Employees International Union has collected double salaries, one as a city transit worker and the other from a charity that receives much of its funding from the labor organization and corporate interests, records show.