On April 5, Andrew Thibodeau, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 1433, was charged in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in a one-count information with embezzling more than $70,000 in funds from the Kensington-based union. He then pleaded guilty. The actions follow an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards and Office of Inspector General.
