Secretary-Treasurer of Machinists Local in Illinois Charged

On November 19, Amber Blake, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 124, was charged in an information count in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois with making a false entry in the financial records of the Channahon (near Joliet), Ill. union. The charge follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.