COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS (CWA)
Ohio Boss Accused of Embezzling $6,700 (information added 06/17/02)
Judith F. Hamilton, ex-secretary-treasurer of Int'l Union of Electronic
Workers-Communications Workers of Am. Local 713, pled guilty May 7 to embezzling
$6,766.40 in union funds. Hamilton will be barred from any office
or employment with a union as a result of her confession. The crimes
ran from Mar. 1997 to Aug. 2000. Hamilton agreed to repay $4,666.40
to the local ($6,766.40 less $2,100 in back pay the local owes her). The
case is assigned to U.S. Dist. Judge John D. Holschuh (S.D. Ohio, Carter).
[DOL 05/09/02; USAO S.D. Ohio 6/7/02]
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