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Maintenance Of Way Employees, Lodge 389

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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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January 4th, 2013On January 4, 2013, in the Superior Court of Washington, County of Pierce, Katrina Hall, former Secretary-Treasurer of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Lodge 389 (located in Puyallup, Wash.), was charged in an information with one count of theft in the 1st degree, in violation of WA RCW 9A.56.020 (1)(b)/9A.56.030 (1)(a). The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Seattle District Office.