On November 14, Jason Brown, former shop chairman of Communications Workers of America Local 87140, was charged in Hennepin County (Minn.) Court with one count of theft of $3,905 from the Minneapolis union during September-December 2012. He isn’t the first official of Local 87140 with legal problems. In November 2012, Dennis Earley, former local financial secretary, pleaded guilty in Hennepin County Court for stealing more than $5,000 from the union and was sentenced immediately thereafter. The charge against Brown follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
