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Steelworkers, Local 1279S

embezzlement charges

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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June 20th, 2002On June 20, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Delbert Steward, former president of Steelworkers Local 1279, was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of embezzling $9,578.87 in union funds. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Detroit District Office.