Subject: Laborers' International Union of North America

• Halloween VI: Election Fright!

  In the sixth congressional district, J.D. Hayworth and Steve Owens have run campaigns so devoid of content it's almost scary

  October 31, 1996

• Union Angle Goes Unreported by Arizona Republic in KB Home Lawsuit Story

  The Arizona Republic and other local media still haven't reported that the $280 million lawsuit against KB Home and Countrywide Financial was launched by a labor union. The Las Vegas Sun, on the other hand, realized its original story about the mortgage-fraud class action lawsuit had missed a main point, and published a follow-up on Saturday. Our Friday article about the union's lawsuit wasn't Deep-Throat kind of stuff: The Laborers' International Union of North America sent media outlets a ne

  May 11, 2009

• KB Homes and Countrywide Financial Sued by Group Affiliated with Construction Workers Union

  A group of homeowners affiliated with LIUNA - the Laborers' International Union of North America -- has sued KB Homes and Countrywide Mortage for allegedly conspiring to pad the value of homes to defraud home buyers.Seven West Valley homeowners who belong to the Alliance for Homebuyer Justice, a LIUNA spinoff, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the housing industry giants just weeks after filing a separate fraud lawsuit against KB Homes. Although local media coverage doesn't mention the

  May 8, 2009