Upstate New York Steelworkers Treasurer Sentenced for Embezzlement

steelworkers-logoOn October 30, Norman Stefanik, former treasurer of United Steelworkers Local 1450, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York to a year and a day in prison for embezzling $46,013 from the Watertown union, which represents employees of Knowlton Technologies. The original reported sum was $25,808.29. He pled guilty in May. The sentencing follows an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.