On July 23, Robert Davis, former secretary-treasurer of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Division 644, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois for embezzlement of $27,712 in funds from the Galesburg union. BLET is a Teamsters affiliate. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
