UMW Secretary in Pennsylvania Indicted for Embezzlement

Mine Workers logoOn April 5, Daniel Ternitsky, former financial secretary of United Mine Workers Local 285, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on one count of embezzling $10,680 in funds from the Allison, Pa.-based union.  The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.