These investigations by OLMS District Offices involve issues such as embezzlements of union funds, union officer elections, the filing of required reports by unions and others with OLMS, and the imposition of trusteeships over subordinate unions by a parent body. These investigations may result in legal enforcement actions.
Date
Description
February 12th, 2002
On February 12, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, William Fast, former treasurer of Steelworkers Local 1013-L, was sentenced to two years probation and fined $1,000. He had pled guilty on October 22, 2001, to embezzling $3,893.71 in union funds and had previously made restitution. The charges had been brought following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
October 22nd, 2001
On October 22, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, William A. Fast, former treasurer of Steelworkers Local 1013-L, was charged in an information with one count of embezzling $3,893.71 in union funds. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
