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Longshore & Warehouse, Local 5

Officials Sentenced

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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April 22nd, 2014On April 22, 2014, in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Britta Duncan, former Treasurer of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 5 (located in Portland, Ore.), was sentenced to eight months of home detention, five years of probation, mental health counseling, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $43,183 and a $500 fine. On October 8, 2013, Duncan pled guilty to three counts of embezzling union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c), and two counts of falsifying union records, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 439(c). The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Seattle District Office.