On June 19, Stephen Royer, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 243, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to stealing funds from the East Prospect (York County), Pa. union. He had been indicted this March on one count of embezzling $130,870 and four counts of filing false financial reports. The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
