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By Doug Cunningham

The SEIU is sending a team of investigators to California to look into allegations concerning possible financial irregularities at the United Long Term Care Workers Union - SEIU Local 6434. The Los Angeles Times reported that the union spent a six-figure amount on a video company and a day-care company run by the wife and mother-in-law of Local 6434 President, Tyrone Freeman. The paper also said the local spent $300,000 on a Four Seasons Golf Tournament, a Beverly Hills cigar club, and restaurants. Freeman says members of the union have benefitted from the money spent on the video and day care companies that his wife and mother-in-law operate from their homes. Workers in that local earn about $9 an hour taking care of elderly and disabled people in private homes. SEIU International says it takes allegations of financial improprieties seriously and its team will review Local 6434's finances.