On April 20, Jackie Kiedrowicz, former president of United Steelworkers of America Local 1200, was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, to two years probation and 200 hours of community service for embezzling $16,782.40 in funds from the Canton union. She also will have to pay a $2,000 fine. She pleaded guilty in February. The sentencing follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On August 19, Barbara Gallagher, former financial secretary of United Steelworkers of America Local 2-1007, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to one count of making a false statement in the union's 2005 annual financial report. She then was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $8,725.11 and a $25 special assessment. The plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On July 20, Andrew Blackmon, former president of United Steelworkers of America Local 842 in Detroit, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to one count of falsifying union records. He had been charged in June. The guilty plea follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
Nickolas Weihert didn't steal for very long. But even before his thefts were discovered, his union had decided his services no longer were needed. On October 5, Weihert, formerly financial secretary of United Steelworkers of America Local 4845, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin with three counts of embezzlement totaling $450 from the union, which represents about 100 workers at the Waukesha Foundry. But it was part of an overall pattern of fraudulent transactions that netted him $17,256. Later in the week 
On June 14, Jerrold King, former president of United Steelworkers of America Local 842, pled guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to one count of concealing records from the Detroit union. He had been charged in March. The guilty plea follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On June 3, Stephanie Marhefka, former financial secretary of United Steelworkers of America Local 905, was indicted in the Ashtabula County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas on one charge of theft in an amount of slightly over $1,500 and one charge of tampering with evidence. The charges follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On May 11, Oscar Gatewood, former president of United Steelworkers of America Local 842 in Detroit, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan with an information count of concealing union records. The action follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On April 13, Joe Self, former president of United Steelworkers of America Local 771, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to five years probation and ordered to pay $37,571.09 in restitution and a $50 special assessment for destruction of union records. He pled guilty in November 2008. The local is based in Fort Worth, Texas. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management.
On March 24, Johnny Banes, former financial secretary for Local 2401 of the United Steelworkers of America, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Cobb County (Georgia) to theft of union funds in the amount of $38,329. He then was sentenced to ten years probation and ordered to pay restitution in the same amount. The union is located in Mableton, a suburb of Atlanta. The sentencing follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On March 4, Jerrold King, former president of United Steelworkers of America Local 842 in Detroit, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan with one count of records concealment. The charge follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
