Tom Bailey

Ex-WI Secy.-Treas. Sentenced for $60K Theft

Submitted by David Kendrick on Mon, 09/16/2002 - 00:00

On September 6, 2002, in the U.S. Dist. Ct. for the East. Dist. of Wisc., David Dobry, former Secy.-Treas. of Boilermakers Lodge 177, was sentenced to five months imprisonment followed by five months of home detention followed by three years of supervision. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $61,510. He pled guilty to embezzling $61,510 in union funds on July 2, 2002, following an investigation by the Milwaukee branch of the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Ofc. of Labor-Mgmt. Standards. [DOL OLMS 9/12/02]

Indicted West Virginia Boss Resigns, Accused of Playing Favorites in Job Assignments

Submitted by Michael Nelson on Mon, 02/18/2002 - 01:00

Indicted union boss Tom Bailey, facing internal pressure from his union, agreed to resign from the Am. Fed'n of Musicians Local 136's eight-member board of directors effective Dec. 31. He remains a member of the Charleston, W. Va., based local. In Dec., Bailey and his wife, Deborah, were indicted on federal union embezzlement charges and accused of embezzling some $15,000 from the local. Their criminal trial is scheduled for Mar. 26.

New local president Brad Bradley held a meeting Feb. 10 to tell members about changes that will be made in the local. "We're going to try to redirect the union focus back to a more service-friendly organization," Bradley said. "We're really wanting to change things around."

West Virginia Boss, Wife Accused of $15,600 Theft

Submitted by Michael Nelson on Mon, 12/17/2001 - 01:00

A federal grand jury indicted Thomas C. "Tom" Bailey, president of Am. Fed'n of Musicians Local 136 in Charleston, W. Va., and his wife for embezzling some $15,601 from union coffers. Bailey's wife, Deborah S., was office manager for the local. Their theft of dues and other revenues allegedly occurred between Jan. 1997 and June 5, 2001. The union president is also accused of filing a false annual financial report with the Dep't of Labor in Jan. 2001. Bailey was elected president of Local 136 in 1985, after previously serving as vice president. He was reelected in Jan. 2001.

Bailey, a saxophone player, was a longtime organizer of a local event called the "Charleston Sternwheel Regatta." Last year, Bailey alleged that the now-defunct Charleston Festival Comm'n owed Local 136 nearly $10,000 for the 1997-99 Regattas. However, unlike other vendors owed by the Comm'n, Bailey could not produce receipts for the debt when asked to by city officials. The Comm'n collapsed under mounting debts, and was replaced by the Charleston Regatta Comm'n. Bailey served on the boards of both organizations.

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