Money might be missing from union treasury

Thursday, February 14, 2008  Jersey Journal

HOBOKEN - The union that represents school cooks, maintenance workers and building engineers are meeting with members tomorrow over concerns that money may have gone missing from the organization's coffers, school officials confirmed yesterday.

The Hoboken School Employees Association is scheduled to meet with auditors today and then with the union membership tomorrow to discuss "what they have learned," said Steve Baker, a spokesman for the New Jersey Education Association, to which the HSEA is affiliated.

The Jersey Journal began looking into the matter after an outraged union member called the newspaper concerned there might be a cover-up.

Specific allegations could not be confirmed, but sources within the school district said the meeting with the auditor relates to money missing from the union's treasury.