Uproar Over CA Union President Giving Out Gift Cards To Members

(Sacramento, CA) — A California union president is being reprimanded for giving 25-dollar gift cards to her members. President Shukimba Carlis of AFSCME Local 2620, which represents therapists and social workers, sent them with a note of appreciation. The Sac Bee reports union leaders were annoyed she was taking credit for the cards, and some say she was using them to advance a re-election campaign. She was charged with violating the union’s constitution. She was also accused of misappropriating union funds, but that charge was later dropped because she didn’t gift herself the money.