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Laborers, Local 1140

Guilty Pleas

Office of Labor-Management Enforcement

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts both civil and criminal investigations of alleged violations of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) and related laws.

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.

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October 1st, 2004On October 1, 2004, in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, the Court denied a motion filed by Leonard J. Schaefer, former secretary-treasurer of Laborers Local 1140, to reduce the LMRDA section 504 thirteen-year bar on holding union office or employment. He filed the motion to reduce the thirteen-year bar less than a year before it terminates under the statute. The 13-year bar results from his guilty plea to one count of making false statements on January 7, 1992, following an investigation by the OLMS Kansas City Resident Investigator's Office.