On December 3, Kristie McClarren, former financial secretary-treasurer of United Auto Workers Local 3061, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio with embezzling $152,639 in funds from the Crestline (near Mansfield), Ohio-based union, which represents employees at the Pittsburgh Glass Works plant in nearby Shelby. The charge follows a joint probe by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards and Office of Inspector General.
