Linda Holden

Former Officials of Philadelphia Local Plead Guilty to Thefts

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 07/16/2007 - 00:00

On June 11 and 12, Lawrence Marable and Deborah Powell, respectively, the former president and treasurer of American Federation of Government Employees Local 1793, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to one count of conspiracy, five counts of property theft, and one count of making a false statement.  Marable and Powell had conspired to convert $184,129.85 in dues and union checks for their personal use.  The local represents employees at the VA Medical Center in Philadelphia.  The guilty pleas follow a joint investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards and the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General.  (OLMS, 7/5/07).   

 

Michigan Local Treasurer Secretary Sentenced for Theft

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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