(This article appeared in the September/October 2026 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) If your local or state fiscal year begins on or after July 1, 2026, you are required to file your Labor- Management (LM) report using the new electronic forms. The Department of Labor has issued a new rule that changes the … Read more
September 16, 2026 JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Altoona, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of embezzlement and falsification of an annual financial report, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. On September 15, 2026, Nicole DeStefano, 52, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Stephanie L. Haines to one count of … Read more
OLMS LM-2 Report for APWU National HQ – Fiscal Year 2025: Source: OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS (OLMS)
On December 17, 2025, in the United States District Court for South Carolina, Columbia Division, LaTanya Gadson, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 795 (located in Sumter, S.C.), was charged with one count of embezzlement of union funds of at least $11,474 and one count of falsification of records, in violation of … Read more
On November 24, 2025, in the Circuit Court of Manatee County, Florida, Kathleen Kaplan former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 7136 (located in Tallevast, Fla.), was sentenced to 366 days in state prison, 120 months of community control, and 323 months of probation. Kaplan was also ordered to pay $230,000 in restitution. … Read more
Miller served as treasurer of the Lancaster-based labor union from at least 2011 through December 2022.
June 28, 2022 ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Tuesday sentenced the former president of a local postal workers union to five years of probation and six months of house arrest for embezzling $80,000. Scott E. Rodgers, 51, was also ordered to repay the money. Rodgers embezzled a total of $80,756. … Read more
Dear APWU members, The DOL has released the 2021 LM2 report. The report lists staff and officer salaries, and other expenditures. Here’s the PDF if you’re interested in seeing how our dues money is being spent. Jon Kelley 2021 LM-2 Report First Name: Jon Last Name: Kelley Email: jtills76@gmail.com Union/Local: APWU – Oshkosh Area Local … Read more