AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer in Indiana Charged with Theft

On August 28, Eleanor Harvey, former secretary-treasurer of American Federation of State, County and Local Employees Local 3826, was charged in Marion County, Indiana Superior Court with two counts of theft of funds from the Indianapolis union totaling between $750 and $50,000 following a grand jury indictment. The charge follows a joint investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards and the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.