Former Plumbers Union Officials Fined, Expelled By Independent Hearing Panel
Martin J. Maddaloni, the former president of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipe Fitters, and Thomas H. Patchell, formerly secretary-treasurer of the 325,000-member union, were fined $700,000 and $500,000, respectively, and expelled from the union under a May 24 decision from a special independent hearing panel convened by the union's general executive board.
The hearing panel concluded that the two former officers committed “serious violations of the UA constitution in connection with numerous transactions, demonstrating a pattern and course of conduct that breached their obligations to the UA and its members,” according to a summary of the panel decision obtained by BNA.