On June 1, Charles Kenney, president of the Independent Store Employees Union, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri for embezzling $15,596 from the O’Fallon, Mo.-based labor organization. He immediately pleaded guilty afterward. On the same date, the union’s treasurer, Joyce Wheeler, was indicted for embezzling $30,544. The charges follow an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
