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Transport Workers, National Headquarters

Basic Information

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Address

TRANSPORT WORKERS
1220 19th STREET NW
Washington, DC 20036

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.

Basic Financials

Total Assets $62,779,271
Total Liabilities $289,313
Total Income $50,669,616
Total Spent $49,120,479

Total Assets Trend

Assets (Change from previous report)

Cash $11,621,776 (+15.4%)
Accounts Receivable $15,256 (0.0%)
Investments $47,536,758 (-4.7%)
Fixed Assets $2,043,462 (-4.7%)
Treasury Securities $1,088,691 (-17.4%)
Other Assets $119,508 (0.0%)
Loans Receivable $353,820 (-7.1%)

Liabilities

Loans Payable $0
Accounts Payable $0
Other Liabilities $289,313
Mortgages $0

Income

Dues $0
Per Person Tax $26,734,613
Investments $994,450
Supplies $0
Loan Repayment $27,024
Interest $66,215
Dividends $1,640,167
Rents $7,950
Fees and Fines $0
Loans Obtained $0
Other Receipts $1,541,099
Affiliates $19,631,403
Members $26,695
Reinvestments $17,976,704
All Others $117,226

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2022  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

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.

Spending Overview

Spending Breakdown

Representational $10,079,984 (20.52%)
Political Activities and Lobbying $2,464,455 (5.02%)
Contributions, Gifts, and Grants $303,511 (0.62%)
General Overhead $3,407,558 (6.94%)
Union Administration $6,817,752 (13.88%)
Strike Benefits $0 (0.00%)
To Union Officers $2,492,873 (5.08%)
To Union Employees $3,037,415 (6.18%)
Education $0 (0.00%)
Fees $0 (0.00%)

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Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2022  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

Membership

Membership Trend

YearMembers
2002110,000
2003110,000
2004120,000
2005125,398
2006117,683
2007115,145
2008123,480
2009119,663
2010118,481
2011117,822
2012115,902
2013115,261
2014116,199
2015116,691
2016122,032
2017131,844
2018134,022
2019140,352
2020139,686
2021131,223
2022139,993

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2022  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

Leaders & Salaries

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
JOHN SAMUELSENPRESIDENT$383,020
JEROME LAFRAGOLAINT'L SECY/TREAS$355,431
CARL MARTININT'L REP TRANSIT$339,206
ALEJANDRO GARCIAINT'L EXEC VP$338,861
CURTIS TATEINT'L ADMIN VP$282,912
JOHN O'DONNELLCHIEF OF STAFF-AIR DIV$279,701
MICHAEL MAYESINT'L ADMIN VP$276,951
THEOTIS JAMESEXEC BOARD$252,325
THOMAS MCDANIELVP$248,537
JOHN FELTZVP$243,145

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2022  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

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