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Longshore & Warehouse, Local 10

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 12th, 2002On June 12, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Robin Neither, former bookkeeper for Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10, was sentenced to five years probation and six months home confinement with electronic monitoring and was ordered to pay full restitution of $42,487. Neither had earlier pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds following an investigation by the OLMS San Francisco District Office.