International Association of Machinists (IAM)

On February 20, Robert Stephenson, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 2903, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to one year of supervised probation, including six months of home confinement, for filing false reports related to his theft of more than $18,000 in funds from the Westville, Ind.-based union. He also was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. Stephenson had pleaded guilty in November. The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.

On December 17, Mark Morgan, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 2584, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to three years of probation, including eight months of home detention, for embezzling funds from the formerly Fremont, Ind.-based union. He also was ordered to pay $17,616.70 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. Morgan had been charged in May, and pleaded guilty in August. The actions follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.

On November 13, Robert Stephenson, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 2903, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to omitting information on union financial reports related to his embezzlement of approximately $18,000 in local funds he diverted to his own personal use. The union is based in Westville, Ind., part of the Michigan City-LaPorte area, near Lake Michigan. The guilty plea follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.

On September 24, Robert Hill, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 1271, was charged in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts with embezzling $8,650 from the Billerica union. The charge follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.