On September 19, John Burgess, former president of Pacific Stainless Products Employee Association Local 304, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon on one count of embezzling about $35,000 in funds from the St. Helens-based union and one count of concealing the thefts. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
