On or a little before May 9, Bud Sherwood, former secretary-treasurer of Transportation Communications Union Lodge 6546, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio with embezzling about $10,800 in funds from the Bellevue (near Sandusky)-based union, which represents railroad and other transportation employees. The alleged offenses occurred during February 2014-November 2016. TCU is an affiliate of the International Association of Machinists. The action follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
