Steelworkers Boss Wilbert Barnes Charged With False Entry

Wilbert Barnes is yet another Steelworkers union boss that has been charged with crimes.

From the Department of Labor:

On October 6, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Wilbert Barnes, former Recording Secretary of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1362 (located in Bogalusa, La.), was charged in an information with making a false entry in a union record, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 439(c). The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

To read more, please visit the DOL site here.

To stay up to date on Criminal Union Corruption, check out our 2022 U.S. DOL Criminal LMRDA Enforcement Actions page here.

And to see the previous union corruption case, go here.