Crime didn’t pay for Stephen Snyder. On January 22, Snyder, financial secretary of Local 5724 of the United Steelworkers of America, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of embezzlement from his union. Prosecutors had alleged that during February 2005-August 2006 he diverted $78,893.47 from the Clarington, Ohio local’s strike benefit fund to his personal bank account. Snyder, a resident of the Wheeling, W.V. area, faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards. (WOWK-TV, 1/28/09; Associated Press, 1/28/09).
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen is about to get its fourth national president in less than three years. Paul Sorrow, head of the Teamsters-affiliated railroad employees union since last November, announced in a letter a few weeks ago that 
On April 6, Cory Carroll, secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen's Regional and Shortline Committee of Adjustment, was indicted in Minneapolis federal court for embezzlement. Prosecutors say that during February 2007-March 2009, Carroll, 39, a resident of Albert Lea, illegally diverted about $35,000 from the labor organization to his own use. The indictment follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
The reign of Edward Rodzwicz was brief. And members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) might be feeling a certain relief. On November 13, 
Scandal has a way of following the leadership of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) lately. In March 2008, Don Hahs, president of the Cleveland-based International Brotherhood of Teamsters-affiliated labor organization, was removed from his post by the Teamsters for embezzling around $58,000 in BLET funds. Now his replacement, Edward Rodzwicz, is in hot water of his own. On Tuesday, October 13, 
