WICHITA — The former president of a troubled union district office in Wichita has been banned from holding an officer position for five years.
The Wichita Eagle reports that the ban affecting Frank Molina follows a union determination of “financial mismanagement.” International Association of Machinists spokesman Frank Larkin says Molina can appeal.
Molina is the former leader of the union’s District 70. It represents 8,000 Machinists members in the Wichita area.
Earlier this year, the IAM took over the operations of the District 70 office under a process it calls trusteeship. Larkin says the trusteeship could be lifted following an election of new officers, but it isn’t clear when that would happen.
Molina and another fired union employee previously sued for wrongful termination, breach of contract and defamation.
