On August 7, Brandon Kent, former treasurer for United Steelworkers Local 12-1097, pleaded guilty in the State of Oregon, Circuit Court of Clatsop County (in the northwest corner of the state), to two counts of theft from the Westport, Ore.-based union. He then was sentenced to 30 days in prison and three years of supervised probation, and was ordered to pay $19,911 in restitution and a $200 fine. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
