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A former official from the Postal Worker’s Union pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark today to conspiring to embezzle up to $200,000 from the organization.
John McGovern, 54 of Hawthorne, told U.S. District Judge Faith S. Hochberg he conspired with the former president of Local 190 of the North Jersey Division of the American Postal Workers International Union to steal the money from 2000 to 2002.
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McGovern was arrested in 2006 with Gary Weightman, 53, of Keansburg, who pleaded guilty in 2008. They were elected to their posts in 1992 and admitted embezzling the money from the union’s payroll accounts.
McGovern faces between 18 and 24 months in prison under the terms of his deal with prosecutors, said V. Grady O’Malley, an assistant U.S. attorney. The judge scheduled his sentencing for Feb. 8.
McGovern’s lawyer, Linda Foster, a federal public defender, declined to comment after the hearing.
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The most evil thing about "unions" is the "unions" themselves. The rank and file should re-invent their relationship with them and make them know who actually is in charge. All too often members take whatever the union feeds them. Wrong move, particularly under the current employment environment.