On November 14, Dennis Earley, former financial secretary of Communications Workers of America Local 87140, pleaded guilty in Hennepin County Court of Minnesota to theft by swindle of more than $5,000 from the Minneapolis-based union. He then was sentenced to 10 days in a work house and three years of probation, and ordered to pay a $500 fine. Earley had been charged in August. The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
