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Locomotive Engineers (BLE)

Locomotive Engineers

Local 156

BLE

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793 COUNTY ROAD 1383
FALKVILLE, AL 35622

Financial Information

The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), which is enforced by the Office of Labor-Management Standards, requires labor unions to file annual reports detailing their operations. Contained in those reports are breakdowns of each union's spending, income and other financial information.

Total Assets Trend

Basic Financials

  • Total Assets?: $24,108.00
  • Total Liabilities?: $0.00
  • Total Income?: $41,408.00
  • Total Spent?: $33,558.00

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Assets (Change from previous report)

  • Cash?: $22,332.00 (+54.2%)
  • Accounts Receivable?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Investments?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Fixed Assets?: $1,776.00 (0.0%)
  • Treasury Securities?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Other Assets?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Loans Receivable?: $0.00 (0.0%)

Liabilities

  • Loans Payable?: $0.00
  • Accounts Payable?: $0.00
  • Other Liabilities?: $0.00
  • Mortgages?: $0.00

Income

  • Dues?: $41,355.00
  • Per Person Tax?: $0.00
  • Investments?: $0.00
  • Supplies?: $0.00
  • Loan Repayment?: $0.00
  • Interest?: $53.00
  • Dividends?: $0.00
  • Rents?: $0.00
  • Fees and Fines?: $0.00
  • Loans Obtained?: $0.00
  • Other Receipts?: $0.00
  • Affiliates?: $0.00
  • Members?: $0.00
  • Reinvestments?: $0.00
  • All Others?: $0.00

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Spending

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) requires unions to report how they spent their money in a number of categories. For the first five, OLMS requires unions to provide detailed information on any recipient that received more than $5,000 per year.

Total Spent in 2011: $33,558.00

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Spending Breakdown

  • Representational?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Political Activities and Lobbying?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • General Overhead?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Union Administration?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Strike Benefits?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • To Union Officers?: $23,525.00 (70.10%)
  • To Union Employees?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Education?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Fees?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Membership

Total Members: 181

Membership Trend



YearMembers
2002187
2003197
2004239
2005221
2006220
2007211
2008173
2009203
2010222
2011181

Income per Member: $228.77

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Officers and Employees

  • Average Total Compensation: $2,659.70
  • Total Employees: 10
  • Employees Making more than $75,000: 0

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
MICHAEL D STONELOCAL CHAIRMAN$17,913.00
STANLEY S HOWSESECRETARY-TREASURER$4,025.00
ROBERT S WALKER JR.VICE LOCAL CHAIRMAN$1,829.00
JON L SLAYTONPRESIDENT$1,200.00
ERIC J COCHRANCONDUCTOR LOC. CHAIRMAN$830.00
THOMAS E HUDSONVICE LOCAL CHAIRMAN$800.00
HENRY H HAWKINSALT. SECRETARY-TREASURER$0.00
JOHN L HILL JR.CHAPLAIN$0.00
LUKE B PATEGUIDE$0.00
BYRON C MARTIN IIVICE PRESIDENT$0.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Financial Audits

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) has responsibility under the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to conduct audits to determine if unions are complying with the law.

OLMS uses a streamlined audit approach called the Compliance Audit Program (CAP) to audit local unions which utilizes specialized records review and investigative techniques to verify LMRDA compliance.

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Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: January 1st, 2010