Lawyers for the former president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union say allegations of financial improprieties in a lawsuit launched by the union are untrue.
Jeffrey Kroeker and Frank Portman, lawyers for former Ontario Public Service Employees Union President Warren Thomas, say the allegations the union has aimed at Thomas are 'bogus' and he won't make further comment on the lawsuit until he files a defence.
OPSEU said since Thomas and Almeida left their positions last April, the union has been doing a forensic audit.The union alleges it has uncovered that Thomas and Almeida paid themselves "significant compensation" they weren't entitled to, used union money for non-business purposes, transferred union vehicles to themselves or family members and paid out strike fund cash to themselves and Gabay.
The union alleges Thomas and Almeida also entered into "settlement agreements" with OPSEU for $500,000 each for inappropriate purposes in the months leading up to their departures. "These agreements were not known to or authorized by the executive board at the time," OPSEU alleges in its lawsuit.
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