A powerful retail union led by Amazon murderer Stuart Aperbaum has spent $ 1.9 million to buy a vacant luxury Midtown condo. rice field.
A subsidiary of a retail, wholesale and department store union plunged cash in a two-bedroom condo on 325 Fifth Avenue in 2017, city records show.
The 41-storey building on 32nd Avenue has a swimming pool, spa and screening room.
The purchase was made by RWDSU Realty Corp. and was not overseen by the union's board, according to Ted Hunt, who is leading a local union in Michigan and is trying to expel Aperbaum as president. did.
"Somehow spending union money on a luxury lifestyle while we are losing members is somehow accepted and tolerated by existing leaders. Our members are confident that they will find this extravagant spending morally corrupt, "Hunt said on theSaveTheRWDSU website.
He told the post that the board approved the purchase only after former union officer Allen Maine warned the Federal Ministry of Labor, which had begun the investigation.
Meinu, who was in charge of collective bargaining, told the post that he had been illegally dismissed from the union and reached a settlement agreement.
Appelbaum said in a memo in April 2022 that a "dissatisfied ex-employee" made "unfounded claims" about the union's activities investigated by the Ministry of Labor. He said his agency did not find any fraud and ended the case.
As evidence, he enclosed a letter from the Kozen O'Connor law firm hired by the union, stating that the problem had been resolved.
"The Ministry of Labor has not provided a document showing that nothing has been removed," Hunt disputed.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Labor did not return a request for comment from the post.
The union stated that the condominium was purchased with income from the sale of another property and was considered an investment.
"RWDSU has a long history of successful union growth. We have a history. We raise money by investing wisely in real estate through RWDSU Realty Corp, "Appelbaum said in a statement to The Post. “This arrangement will put the union in the best financial position ever and will allow the union to fund organizing efforts over the years to come.”
Union spokesman Mann said the apartment was used by union officers and staff outside the town when he came to New York for business, "significantly saving" hotel and dining costs.
City records show that the cost of an apartment for an apartment with annual property tax alone is $ 34,385.
Aperbaum, 69, a member of the Democratic National Committee, has led 50,000 members since 1998. A city that would have created 25,000 jobs. Aperbaum was one of Cuomo's biggest supporters, but after the transaction offell toin 2019, former Governor Andrew Cuomo's officeblew up RWDSU. did.
Hunt, 45, who works at the Post Foods plant in Battle Creek, Mississippi, said he wanted to bring more accountability to the union.
