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Transport Workers, Local 575 - Dfw/lax

criminal 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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January 2nd, 2013On January 2, 2013, in the State of Texas, 396th District Court in Tarrant County, Kady Tucker, former office secretary for Transport Workers Local 575 (located in Euless, Tex.), was charged with one count of intent to defraud or harm another, possess with intent to pass a forged writing knowing such writing to be forged. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas District Office.