MAINTENANCE OF WAY (BMWE)
Miss. Union Chief Indicted for Using Union Funds for Personal Travel
Willie Corbett, Local Chrmn. of Maintenance of Way Employees, Lodge
616 in Union, Miss., was indicted on Sept. 23 for concealment of union
records. According to the indictment, handed down in the U.S. Dist. Ct.
for the Sou. Dist. of Miss., Corbett hid details of his travel on union
records required to be maintained under the Landrum-Griffin Act (U.S.C.
29, Sec. 436), and passed off transportation receipts for a second traveler
as union-related. The charges were brought following an investigation by
the New Orleans branch of the U.S. Ofc. of Labor-Mgmnt. Standards. [U.S.A.O.
S.D. Miss. 9/23/02, DOL OLMS 10/3/02]
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