On April 9, Richard Ikerd, former secretary-treasurer of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2568, was sentenced in the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Wayne County, Michigan to 90 days in jail and five years probation for embezzling funds from the Melvindale, Mich.-based union in an amount between $1,000 and $20,000. He also was ordered to pay $16,065 in restitution plus fees totaling $1,198. Ikerd pled guilty last October after being charged in July. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On April 4, Annie Walker, former vice president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2730, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to eight months of home confinement and five years of probation for wire fraud against the St. Louis-based union. She also was ordered to make pay $27,098.62 in restitution and a $100 special assessment, and participate in a financial education program. Walker pled guilty in November. The guilty plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On March 27, Lyle Vance, former president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 412-U, pleaded no contest in Rock County, Wisconsin District Court to theft from the Beloit-based union and was ordered to pay $794.56 in restitution plus a $250 fine and court costs. The conviction and sentencing follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On March 1, Jill Ragland, former president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Ohio Association of Public School Employees Chapter 782, was sentenced in Ross County Court of Common Pleas to one day in jail, one year of probation and 40 hours of community service for theft of funds from the Chillicothe-based union. She also will have to pay $1,385 in restitution and a $250 fine. Ragland pled guilty in December and was indicted in April. The actions follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On January 28, Doris Taylor, former secretary-treasurer of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2730, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to five years of probation for wire fraud in the amount of $27,098.62. She also will have to pay restitution plus a $100 assessment. Taylor had pleaded guilty in November. The guilty plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
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On November 29, Annie Walker, former vice president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 2730, pled guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to one count of wire fraud in the amount of $19,774.13 against the St. Louis union. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On November 1, Doris Taylor, former secretary-treasurer of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2730, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to one count of wire fraud in an unspecified amount against the St. Louis-based union. The plea follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
"The unbridled growth of crony unionism and government corruption will destroy the United States as we know it." This statement may strike many as sheer hyperbole. But its author, Mallory Factor, a political scientist at The Citadel, knows whereof he writes. His new book, 
On October 10, Richard Ikerd, former secretary-treasurer of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2568, pleaded guilty in the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Wayne County, Michigan to one count of embezzlement in an amount of between $1,000 and $20,000 from the Melvindale, Mich. union. He had been charged in July. Sentencing is scheduled for January. The actions follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
