On January 15, Ray Horton, a former employee of United Steelworkers of America Local 9443 in Robards, Ky., was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky to three years probation, including four months of community confinement, for embezzlement and mail fraud from the union. He also will have to pay $43,816.29 in restitution and $200 in court costs. He had pleaded guilty in October to stealing nearly $20,000 in local funds. The sentencing follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
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 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.
Christina Geathers
On January 28, Johnny Banes, formerly financial secretary of United Steelworkers of America Local 2401, was indicted in the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia on one count of theft of $38,329 in funds from the Mableton, Ga. union. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On January 21, Jacqueline Kiedrowicz, former president of United Steelworkers of America Local 1200, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio with one count of making false entries in financial records of the Canton union. The charge follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On October 30, Norman Stefanik, former treasurer of United Steelworkers of America Local 1450, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York to a year and a day in prison for embezzling $46,013 from the Watertown union, which represents employees of Knowlton Technologies. The original reported sum was $25,808.29. He pled guilty in May. The sentencing follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
