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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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November 5th, 2020On November 5, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Douglas B. Dye, former unit chairman of United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local 12 (located in Toledo, Ohio), was sentenced to one year of probation on each of the two counts in the indictment (probation to run concurrently) and 60 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and a $125 special assessment. The court acknowledged that Dye previously paid restitution of $8,490. On July 15, 2020, Dye pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of labor union assets in the amount of $8,443 and one count of falsification of union records, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) and 439(c), respectively. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office.
October 8th, 2009On October 8, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Daniel Reynolds, former president of PACE Local 05-1737 (located in Louisville, Ky.), was sentenced to 24 months probation on one count of embezzling union funds and 24 months probation on one count of destruction of union records, to be served concurrently. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $13,130 and a fine of $125. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.
March 14th, 2007On March 14, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Judith Ann Banks Sims, former operator of Professional Employee Leasing, Inc.(PEL), an employee leasing company associated with PACE Local 03-543, was sentenced to twelve months home confinement, two years probation, and a special assessment of $100. On February 9, 2006, Sims pled guilty to one count of false statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The sentencing follows a joint investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General.
November 13th, 2006On November 13, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Lawrence McGown, former Financial Secretary for PACE Local 02-74, was convicted of one count of embezzling union funds and sentenced to two years probation, fined $1,000, and barred from union office for 13 years. McGown was also required to make full restitution in the amount of $7,041.95 and pay a special assessment of $100. The conviction and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
October 27th, 2006On October 27, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Chiquita Durr, former Vice President of PACE Local 5-832, was convicted on one count of embezzling union funds and sentenced to six months home detention and three years probation. Durr was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,744.39 and to pay court costs of $100. On July 3, 2006, Durr pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $2,244. The conviction and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.
August 4th, 2006On August 4, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Peggy Sue Carnes, former Financial Secretary-Treasurer for PACE Local 5-621, was sentenced to two years probation, three months home confinement, and ordered to pay restitution to the local in the amount of $8,019.73. On May 12, 2006, Carnes pled guilty to embezzling union funds in the amount of $8,019.73 and making false entries in union records. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
July 28th, 2006On July 28, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Mark A. Carroll, former Treasurer for PACE Local 5-962, was sentenced to three years probation, eight months home confinement with electronic monitoring, and ordered to pay restitution to the local in the amount of $3,555.05. On March 24, 2006, Carroll pled guilty to embezzling union funds in the amount of $7,380.45. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
July 20th, 2006On July 20, 2006, and on July 17, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, James Bates and Jean Paul Grennay, former Vice President and President, respectively, of PACE Local 5-712, were each sentenced to two years probation. On May 25, 2006, Bates pled guilty to embezzling $4,412 in union funds. On April 11, 2006, Grennay pled guilty to embezzling $4,412 in union funds. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
March 8th, 2006On March 8, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, William Skursky, former Secretary-Treasurer of PACE Local 2-672 was sentenced to two years probation with 6 months electronic monitoring. Skursky was also ordered to pay $1,980 in outstanding restitution to the union and a $25.00 special assessment fee. On November 8, 2005, Skursky pled guilty to making false entries in union records in order to conceal his theft of $6,050.00 in union funds. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia District Office.
January 31st, 2006On January 31, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Albert Moore, former Secretary-Treasurer for PACE Local 1-6992, was sentenced to six months home confinement, three years probation, and 400 hours of community service. Moore was also ordered to make full restitution of $36,327. Moore previously pled guilty to embezzling union funds. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Buffalo District Office.
January 17th, 2006On January 17, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, Robert Nolan Watson, former Secretary-Treasurer for PACE Local 8-748, was sentenced to four years probation and ordered to pay restitution of $7,325. Watson previously pled guilty to one count of making false entries in and concealing, withholding, and destroying union records. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Seattle District Office.
October 3rd, 2005On October 3, 2005, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, George Beck, Jr., former Secretary-Treasurer of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) Local 01-366 was sentenced to six months home confinement to be followed by two years of probation for embezzlement of union funds. He was also ordered to make restitution to the union in the amount of $26,918. Beck pled guilty to embezzling union funds on September 7, 2005. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston District Office.
September 7th, 2005On September 7, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Jenny Noah, former Financial Secretary for PACE Local 5-1250, was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of filing a false LM-3 report. Noah failed to disclose an unauthorized $500 disbursement to herself on the financial report. She was sentenced to 2 years probation, ordered to pay a $25 special assessment, and ordered to make full restitution. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
August 2nd, 2005On August 2, 2005, in the 18th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Rhonda Hughes, wife of a former PACE Local 3-537 Secretary-Treasurer, pled guilty to a three-count indictment charging her with two counts of Possession of a Forged Instrument Second Degree and one count of Forgery Second Degree. She was sentenced to five years supervised probation and ordered to pay restitution of $4,652.55 at the time of the plea. In addition, she was ordered to pay restitution to all victims at the direction of the Department of Corrections. The conviction follows an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
April 7th, 2005On April 7, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Jonathan LaSalle Quinn, former secretary-treasurer of Local 6-126, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers (PACE), was sentenced to six months of home detention and three years probation. In addition, he was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $10,394.00 and a special assessment of $125.00. Quinn had previously pled guilty to embezzling more than $10,000 in union funds and falsifying union records, following an investigation by the OLMS Detroit District Office.
February 17th, 2005On February 17, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Burnest Rose, former President of PACE Local 5-1929, was sentenced to 24 months probation, ordered to make restitution in the amount of $8,295, and required to pay an assessment of $275. He had pled guilty on November 19, 2004, to an 11-count information charging him with falsifying, concealing, withholding and destroying required union records. The information and conviction follow an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
January 20th, 2005On January 20, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Glenda A. Woods, former secretary-treasurer of Local 3-543, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Union (PACE), was sentenced to five years supervised probation and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $18,447.92. On September 30, 2004, Woods pled guilty to embezzlement and falsifying union records following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
December 1st, 2004On December 1, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Allan L. Spates, former president of Local 5-1250, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE), was sentenced for embezzlement. The sentence consists of 27 months imprisonment; 3 years supervised probation; and submission to random drug testing. Spates was ordered to make full restitution in the amount of $20,655.21. On May 28, 2004, Spates pled guilty to embezzling union funds following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
September 2nd, 2004On September 2, 2004, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Allan Cahill, former president of PACE Local 745, was sentenced to five years of probation (home confinement during the first four months) for embezzlement of union funds, and was ordered to participate in a substance abuse program. In addition, Cahill was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $9,532.19 and to pay a special assessment of $100. Cahill was previously indicted for embezzlement following an investigation by the OLMS New Haven Resident Investigative Office.
July 14th, 2004On July 14, 2004, in the Ashtabula County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas, Sellers Judkins, former president of PACE Local 5-139, was sentenced to one year of supervised release for theft. He was ordered to pay a $250 fine and all costs of prosecution. On April 30, 2004, Judkins pled guilty to one count of theft of $4,217.23 in union funds. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
April 28th, 2004On April 28, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, Rezin D. Hudkins, former financial secretary-treasurer of PACE Local 5-276, was sentenced to one year of probation for falsifying union records. He was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $2,274.38 and to pay a $25 special assessment. On January 9, 2004, Hudkins pled guilty to falsifying union records following an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
April 20th, 2004On April 20, 2004 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Ray Burns, the former secretary-treasurer of PACE Local 326, was sentenced to three years probation for embezzlement. He was ordered to pay a $100 assessment and restitution totaling $29,587. On November 13, 2003, Burns pled guilty to one count of embezzling $29,587 in union funds. The sentence follows an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia District Office.
October 23rd, 2003On October 23, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, James Cooper, former president of PACE Local 5-276, was sentenced to one day of probation for falsifying union records. He was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $5,000 and to pay a $25 special assessment. On October 9, 2003, Cooper pled guilty to falsifying union records following an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
October 9th, 2003On October 9, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, James Cooper, former President of PACE Local 5-276, pled guilty to a one count information charging him with falsifying union records. In addition to other possible costs to be determined at sentencing, the defendant agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $5,000. The information was filed on September 16, 2003, following an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
July 25th, 2003On July 25, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Steve Floyd, former secretary-treasurer of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) Local 05-152, was sentenced to three years probation. Conditions of probation included serving the first six months in home confinement and paying restitution in the amount of $27,882.00. On March 13, 2003, Floyd pled guilty to three counts of embezzling union funds following an investigation by the OLMS St. Louis District Office.
May 8th, 2003On May 8, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Jerry Lynn Seay, former president of PACE Local Union 3-501, and his wife Peggy Seay were sentenced to three years supervised probation and ordered to make restitution in the amounts of $6,940 and $1,248.30, respectively. They had previously plead guilty to embezzlement, forgery, and making false entries in required union records on May 8, 2003 following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
February 11th, 2003On February 11, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, David Koch, former secretary-treasurer of PACE Local Union #1-236, was sentenced to two years of probation and 40 hours of community service after pleading guilty to filing a false union report. Koch was ordered to continuing making restitution to the union in the remaining amount of $9,445. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Buffalo District Office.
December 2nd, 2002On December 2, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Barbara A. Ryan, former financial secretary of PACE Local 5-626, was sentenced to fifteen months in prison followed by two years of supervised probation. Ryan pled guilty on August 5, 2002, to embezzling $117,734.18 from her union and entering into a scheme to defraud her employer, BP Chemicals, of $33,578.59 for work she did not perform. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office and the FBI.
September 23rd, 2002On September 23, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Mike Bruce, former secretary-treasurer of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers (PACE), Local 5-80, was sentenced to one month of home detention followed by three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $6,923 in restitution to the union. He previously pled guilty to making false entries in required union records to conceal his embezzlement of $6,923 in union funds after he was charged in a two-count indictment following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
October 26th, 2001On October 26, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Shawn Drake, former secretary-treasurer of Local 736 of the Paper, Allied-Industrial Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement of union funds. He was sentenced to 21 months in jail, three years probation, and was ordered to make restitution of $21,376. He had been indicted on February 14, 2001 following an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis Resident Investigator Office.
September 18th, 2001On September 18, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Angela Smith, secretary-treasurer of Local 1325 of the Paper Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers (PACE), was sentenced to 120 days home confinement with four years supervised probation and was ordered to make restitution to the union in the amount of $4,524.95. She had earlier pled guilty to embezzling union funds following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.