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Elba Esther Gordillo, one of Mexico’s powerful old-time union bosses, speaks during a news conference regarding the court ruling freeing her of criminal charges, in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. The flamboyant former leader of Mexico's powerful teachers union was arrested in 2013 on corruption and money laundering charges that were dismissed this month. Her fall allowed President Enrique Pena Nieto to push through a reform requiring teacher testing. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Old-time union boss returns triumphant in Mexico

Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Friday July 14, 2006, file photo, teachers' union head Elba Esther Gordillo gestures as she arrives to attend a meeting with education workers a day after being expelled from Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, file)

WILSON: Obama’s dangerous love of unions

By Bill Wilson

** FILE ** In this Friday July 14, 2006, file photo, teachers' union head Elba Esther Gordillo gestures as she arrives to attend a meeting with education workers a day after being expelled from Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, file)

Union leader in Mexico charged with embezzling dues for plastic surgery

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times