The president of the International Longshoremans Association has reportedly returned over half of his salary and expenses from 2008 after the government learned he earned $1.2 million in compensation for that year. The union, long mired in accusations of racketeering, filed a report in March detailing Union President Richard J. Hughes' payment of over $700,000 as part of the union's "retirement equalization" plan, in addition to over $400,000 in salary and expenses. Although no accusations of wrongdoing on the part of Hughes have been made, the union leader returned more than half of the compensation reported for 2008 after learning of the details of the ILA's financial report, according to union sources.
See "Union head returns some of $1.2M pay", Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times, May 10, 2009