Originally Posted by
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I asked these I have it on high authority that ALPA paid Katz and had to be approved by ALPA national. The CAL MEC doesn't actually have a checkbook and they have no authority to hire anyone. ALPA National must appropriate all legal expenses, so I disagree with your opinion. If katz wasn't good enough, ALPA national should have made sure he was. That's why I pay dues. I pay my dues to ALPA national, not the CAL MEC.
You, or your source, have it precisely backwards.
This is why each individual MEC had a special merger assessment specially to cover the expenses of their side of the process. General ALPA dues could not be used for the very reason (conflict of interest) that you blame. Each MEC hired its own legal council.