On March 13, Gloria Porter, former president of National Federation of Federal Employees Local 2049, an affiliate of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico to 70 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for fraud in connection with embezzlement of union funds. In addition to serving time, Porter also will have to pay $143,457.50 in restitution plus a $300 special assessment. She had been convicted on more than 100 counts at a jury trial last June following her indictment in December 2010 for stealing about $135,000. The union represents various employees at the White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards, the FBI and the Las Cruces Police Department.
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On April 25, Jeff Agee, former business representative of International Association of Machinists Lodge 10, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in an information count with embezzling funds from the Richmond-based union in the amount of $4,181.62. The charge follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On March 14, Renita Dompier, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 283, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Northern Division, for embezzling $8,725.99 from the Baraga, Mich. (Upper Peninsula) union and falsifying local financial records to cover up the thefts. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On January 23, Tracy Ford, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists Lodge 1528, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California to five years of probation, including 10 months of home detention, for embezzling nearly $175,000 in funds from the Modesto-based union. She was ordered to pay full restitution and a $125 special assessment. Ford had been indicted in February 2011 and pleaded guilty that September. The actions follow an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
When Boeing Co. two years ago announced plans to open a plant in South Carolina to assemble many of its 787 Dreamliner commercial jets, the decision triggered an outcry by the International Association of Machinists. The IAM's unofficial partner, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), filed 
On August 23, Stephen Koski, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists Lodge 1027, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia to embezzling approximately $1,500 from the Clarksburg-based union. He had been charged in June. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On June 7, Stephen Koski, former secretary-treasurer of Lodge 1027 of the International Association of Machinists, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia with embezzling approximately $1,500 in funds from the Clarksburg-based union. The charge follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
