LIUNA Local 773 placed under “emergency trusteeship”

http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36316567/liuna-local-773-placed-under-emergency-trusteeship

MARION, IL – (Andrew Feather, WSIL-TV.  Please click on the link above fore the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)

A notice posted on the front door of Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 773 in Marion says the local has come under “emergency trusteeship,” meaning the national office has taken control of the local’s day-to-day operations.

The notice, signed by the union’s national president Terry O’Sullivan, outlines multiple charges of mismanagement by the branch’s leadership.

It cites multiple reports of business manager Kevin Starr carrying firearms in a threatening manner at the union hall, union staff being “fearful” and “intimidated” and improper financial conduct from the local’s board.