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Rank and file members of the union local at the Metrobus transit service in St. John's are greeting an audit into their local's spending with outrage.

The audit -- which led the Amalgamated Transit Union to dismiss the local executive this July -- found the St. John's local had spent about $89,000 on credit card expenses alone during a period between January 2002 and April 2006.

Of that amount, about $31,000 was spent on entertainment expenses including bar tabs, strip clubs, alcohol purchases and meals.

The audit found "significant control breakdown," including a lack of receipts and heavy use of the local's credit card, which did not require the approval of a second person.

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Metrobus union audit appalling, member says

[ 23 September 2006: Message edited by: CUPE_Reformer ]