On September 26, John Kauffman Jr., former president of National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Local 1442, a Machinists affiliate, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania with a one-count information for mail fraud in an unspecified sum from the Chambersburg, Pa.-based union. He then pleaded guilty. The actions follow a probe by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
