Ann E. Smith

Former Leaders of Philadelphia Local Charged with Theft

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 10/23/2006 - 00:00

On September 26, Lawrence Marable and Deborah Powell, respectively, the former president and treasurer of Local 1793 of the American Federation of Government Employees, were each charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania with five counts of property theft, one count of making false record entries, and one count of conspiracy to steal $187,000 worth of property.  The local represents employees at the VA Hospital in Philadelphia located at University and Woodland Avenues.  The charges follow a joint investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General.  (OLMS, 10/9/06). 

 

D.C. Local Ex-President Sentenced for Embezzlement

Detroit Ex-Local Secretary Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 10/09/2006 - 00:00

On August 29, Linda Holden, former financial secretary-treasurer for Local 639 of the United Steelworkers of America, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to one count of embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $74,090.  The guilty plea follows an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.  USWA Local 639 previously had been affiliated with the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE), where it was known as Local 6-639.  The change in affiliation is due to a merger, approved in April 2005, of the Steelworkers and PACE.  The new umbrella organization is known as the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union.  (OLMS, 9/25/06).

 

Former Local Business Agent in Southern Minnesota Charged

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