On May 29, Malvin Bergeron, former president and secretary-treasurer of Graphic Communications Conference Local 537M, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to embezzlement of $4,041.88 in funds from the Teamsters-affiliated local, formerly located in Marrero, La. Bergeron had been charged on May 3 following an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
