National Legal and Policy Center -- Organized Labor Accountability Project
 
UNION CORRUPTION UPDATE
 
February 3, 2003 -- Vol. 6, Issue 3

For Influential Leaders & Important Decision Makers:
Information on America's most corrupt & aggressive unions

 
STEELWORKERS (USW)
W. Va. Computer Specialist Indicted for Embezzlement
A fed. grand jury in Charleston indicted Julia Mynes on Jan. 9 for embezzling some $4,000 from a local steelworkers union. According to the indictment, Mynes worked for United Steel Workers Local 14614 as a computer specialist, which included installing a computerized check-writing system. From  Dec. 2000 through Jan. 2001, Mynes reportedly stole about $4,001 from the South Charleston local, in violation of 29 U.S.C., Sec. 501(c). Mynes was scheduled to be arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Stanley on Jan. 30. [U.S.A.O. S. Dist. W. Va.. 1/15/03]

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