Steelworkers Local President in West Virginia Pleads Guilty

On December 11, James Coffey, former president of United Steelworkers Local 5-887, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia to one count of embezzling funds in the amount of $6,260 from the Newell, W.Va.-based union.  Coffey, a resident of Bergholz, Ohio, had been indicted last October for stealing $7,098 in union funds.  The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.