On March 25, Tarris D. Dallas, former financial secretary-treasurer of United Steelworkers Local 9-415 in Fernandina Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida to embezzling about $105,000 in union funds. The guilty plea follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards. (OLMS, 4/21/09).