On May 29, Charles Webster, former president of Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers Local 284, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas with one count of failing to properly maintain financial records of the Longview-based union. He then pleaded guilty. GMP Local 284 recently reaffiliated itself with the United Steelworkers. The actions follow a probe by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
