Source: Josh Shaffer, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/28/20


The former president of Local 1208, the meatpackers’ union representing workers at the massive Smithfield Foods plant, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to helping embezzle more than $250,000 in union money. Keith Ludlum, who led more than 3,600 workers in eastern North Carolina, was indicted in a conspiracy to steal their funds dating from 2012 to 2015, using the union debit card and checks. 

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