On May 18, Shiryll Durham, former president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 1687, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to time served for taking and carrying, with the intent to steal, personal property from the Mountain Home (Johnson City) union. He also was ordered to pay $2,640 in restitution and a $25 fine. Durham had pleaded guilty in January after being charged in October 2014. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
