ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IBEW)
Illinois Local Probed for Wrongdoing
Internal union hearings will begin Sep. 27 investigating charges of
financial mismanagement of the Int'l Bhd. of Electrical Workers' Local
21 in Chicago. Jerry O'Connor, an int'l vice president for IBEW's Dist.
6, said IBEW put Local 21 in trusteeship Sep. 1 after an initial probe
of member complaints found that the local was not functioning properly.
A transcript of the hearings will be sent to IBEW in Washington, which
will decide whether to continue the trusteeship. Local 21 is the IBEW's
fourth-largest local. No word on any U.S. Atty. or Dep't of Justice
action. [Chi. Trib. 9/17/99]
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