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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
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Quick Facts
- Members: 5,019
- Assets: $8,918,477.00
- Employees: 44
- Primary Industry: Communications
Address
5850 ELIZABETH AVENUE
ST LOUIS, MO 63110
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
Assets (Change from previous report)
Liabilities
- Loans Payable?: $0.00
- Accounts Payable?: $0.00
- Other Liabilities?: $162,293.00
- Mortgages?: $0.00
Income
- Dues?: $5,096,235.00
- Per Person Tax?: $0.00
- Investments?: $1,354,000.00
- Supplies?: $28,912.00
- Loan Repayment?: $0.00
- Interest?: $222,022.00
- Dividends?: $5,702.00
- Rents?: $0.00
- Fees and Fines?: $51,327.00
- Loans Obtained?: $0.00
- Other Receipts?: $48,776.00
- Affiliates?: $0.00
- Members?: $291,494.00
- Reinvestments?: $0.00
- All Others?: $42,776.00
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: $7,086,754.00
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Spending Breakdown
- Representational?: $1,527,366.00 (21.55%)
- Political Activities and Lobbying?: $37,915.00 (0.54%)
- Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $75,913.00 (1.07%)
- General Overhead?: $543,214.00 (7.67%)
- Union Administration?: $973,095.00 (13.73%)
- Strike Benefits?: $0.00 (0.00%)
- To Union Officers?: $230,764.00 (3.26%)
- To Union Employees?: $923,610.00 (13.03%)
- 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: 5,019
Membership Trend
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 5,467 |
| 2003 | 5,410 |
| 2004 | 5,264 |
| 2005 | 5,208 |
| 2006 | 5,210 |
| 2007 | 5,402 |
| 2008 | 5,600 |
| 2009 | 5,562 |
| 2010 | 5,260 |
| 2011 | 5,019 |
Income per Member: $1,414.31
Dues
PLUS 2% OF WAGES per MONTH
Source: Office of Labor Management Standards
Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012
Officers and Employees
- Average Total Compensation: $42,971.95
- Total Employees: 44
- Employees Making more than $75,000: 1
Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders
| Name | Title | Total Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| DENNIS MURPHY | FINANCIAL SECRETARY | $80,800.00 |
| MATTHEW LAMPE | BUSINESS AGENT | $80,577.00 |
| $80,346.00 | ||
| WILLIAM WOODFIN | BUSINESS AGENT | $75,886.00 |
| DANIEL KING | BUSINESS AGENT | $75,589.00 |
| ERIC MILLER | BUSINESS AGENT | $75,354.00 |
| STEPHEN LICARI | BUSINESS MANAGER | $75,038.00 |
| WILLIAM WALZ | BUSINESS AGENT | $74,822.00 |
| JOSEPH COUSIN | BUSINESS AGENT | $73,641.00 |
| TIMOTHY SCHOEMEHL | BUSINESS AGENT | $73,326.00 |
» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History
Source: Office of Labor Management Standards
Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012
Union Decertifications
Unionized employees can elect to revoke a union's right to represent them through a process called a decertification. In order to decertify a union, a majority of the unionized employees must vote to remove the union in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Total Decertification Petitions: 5
Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System
Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Allegations
Unionized employees, business owners, managers, and others often bring labor law charges against unions. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) oversees the porcess of determining if the union violated the National Labor Relations Act.
Please notes a single case may fall into multiple allegation categories.
Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System