Bricklayers (BAC)

BAC's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Bricklayers National Headquarters	Washington, DC	86,046
Bricklayers State Conference	Long Island City, NY	11,363
Bricklayers District Council 1	Illinois Elmhurst, IL	5,937
Bricklayers Local 21	Elmhurst, IL	5,923
Bricklayers District Council	Ohio Administrative District Council Hudson, OH	5,243
Bricklayers Local 1	Long Island City, NY	4,795
Bricklayers Council	Administrative District Council Nj Bordentown, NJ	3,657
Bricklayers Local 4	Indiana and Kentucky Anderson, IN	3,607
Bricklayers Local 3	Eastern Massachusetts Charlestown, MA	3,544
Bricklayers State Conference 99	California Bakersfield, CA	3,467

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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.

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: $32,586,737.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $8,841,731.00 (27.13%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $120,526.00 (0.37%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $763,521.00 (2.34%)
• General Overhead^?: $7,270,109.00 (22.31%)
• Union Administration^?: $2,993,530.00 (9.19%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $910,017.00 (2.79%)
• To Union Employees^?: $7,287,143.00 (22.36%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 81,357

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
JAMES BOLAND	PRESIDENT	$324,850.00
HENRY KRAMER	SECRETARY/TREASURER	$295,985.00
KEN LAMBERT	EXECUTIVE VP-BOARD	$273,463.00
TIMOTHY DRISCOLL	EXECUTIVE VP-BOARD	$272,897.00
GERARD SCARANO	EXECUTIVE VP-BOARD	$266,469.00
BRIDGET O'CONNOR	GENERAL COUNSEL	$201,271.00
ROBERT AITKEN	ASST TO PRES, CN AFFAIRS	$200,403.00
JENNIFER PENOSO	DIRECTOR, FMU	$186,069.00
JOHN MASON	IU REGIONAL REP.	$165,291.00
DAVID SHEPPARD	REGIONAL DIRECTOR, WEST	$158,209.00

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FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $5,175,524.00 (0.9653)

Republicans: $142,056.00 (0.0265)

BAC's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
Bricklayers Union	$4,782,247.00
Bricklayers Union	$539,458.00
Bricklayers Union Local 3	$22,550.00
Bricklayers Union/Rhode Island	$14,725.00
Bricklayers Union Local 1 of Missouri	$2,600.00

527 Spending

A union's 527 committee makes contributions to political candidates and other organizations for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election. Unlike Political Action Committees, which are strictly regulated by the Federal Election Commission, 527s are regulated by the IRS. These committees are often considered a form of "soft money."

Total 527 Expenditures: $1,321,092.00

BAC's 527 Committee(s)

527 Committee	Total Spent
Bricklayers Union Local 1	$1,017,185.00
Bricklayers Union Local 1 of Illinois	$228,955.00
Bricklayers Union	$39,152.00
Bricklayers Union Local 4	$21,600.00
Bricklayers Union Local 4	$14,200.00

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $2,411,000.00

BAC's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying
Fed Budget & Appropriations	$0.00

BAC Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
Bricklayers Union	$2,411,000.00

Corruption and Embezzlement Charges

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts investigations to determine if violations of the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) provisions have occurred.

Investigations are initiated based on various sources such as complaints from union members; information developed by OLMS as a result of reviewing reports filed; information developed during an OLMS audit of a union’s books and records; and information obtained from other government agencies. Investigations may involve civil matters (such as an election of union officers) or criminal matters (such as embezzlement of union funds).

Type of Criminal Activity	Number of Incidents
Criminal Charges	18
Criminal Convictions	3
Embezzlement Charges	22
Guilty Pleas	20
Indictments	8
Officials Sentenced	10

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.

Local	Violations	View Audit
BAC Local 16	3	Full Audit Text
BAC Local 3	4	Full Audit Text
BAC Local Wisconsin	9	Full Audit Text
BAC Local 1	7	Full Audit Text

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: 20

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
18-RD-02650	Syverson Tile & Stone Tilesetters of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsman Union Local #1	September 12th, 2008
21-RD-02848	Brinderson Constructors, Inc. Industrial, Professional and Technical Workers International Union	May 8th, 2008
18-RD-02635	Northwestern Marble & Granite, Inc. Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local Union 1 Minnesota/North Dakota	February 1st, 2008
10-RD-01469	Wise Alloys, LLC Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 6 LA, MS, AL	November 2nd, 2007
25-RD-01503	RICK THOMAS MASONRY INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BRICKLAYERS, LOCAL 4	March 30th, 2007
07-RD-03563	B.C. Tile & Marble Co. Inc. Local 1 Bricklayers & Alllied Craftworkers	March 27th, 2007
07-RD-03562	Chase Nedrow Mfg. Local 1 Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers	March 27th, 2007
07-RD-03554	Stambaugh Masonry Restoration I.U.B.A.C, Local 9	December 27th, 2006
07-RD-03553	Stambaugh Masonry Restoration Local 9 BAC	December 13th, 2006
07-RD-03552	Stambaugh Masonry Restoration, Inc. Local 9 Int'l Union BAC	December 13th, 2006

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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.

Allegation	Cases Filed
Other Allegations	218
Actions of Picketers	123
Duty of Fair Representation	74
Statements	69
Reserved Gate Issues	36
Time/Place of Picketing	28
Coercive Statements	25
Hiring Halls	23
Threatening Statements	15
Language on Picket Sign/Handbill	12
Handbilling	12
All Allegations against a Labor Organization	11
Union Security Related	10
Union Security Related (including Beck)	9
Lawsuits/Grievances	8
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	8
Picketing/Strike Actions	8
Hiring Hall Related	8
Repudiation/Modification of Contract	6
Waiver of Fees/Dues (Savair)	5

Employer/Location	Union	Days on Strike	Employees on Strike
Seedorf Masonry Inc. Cedar Rapids, IA	BAC Local 3 Cedar Rapids	6	170
Associated Building Contractors of Lafayette, Inc. Lafayette, IN	BAC Local Chap 11	1	200
Terrazzo and Mosaic Association of Northern California see remarks, CA	BAC Local 1	19	30
MASON CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO Cleveland, OH	BAC Local 5	7	900
Seedorf Masonry Des Moines, IA	BAC Local 3	3	0

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Pensions

Associated Pension Funds

These pension funds are tied to the union according to their name only. There is no formal system for identifying all pension funds associated with a union. As a result, some of these pension fund may not be associated with the union.

Pension Name/Sponsor	Members	Funding Percentage
Southern California Floor Covering Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees,	1,104
Southern California Local 831 - Employer Pension Fund Board of Trustees, Southern California Local 831 -	2,940	76.0
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund	12,886	78.40
National Cement Company of California, Inc. National Cement Co California Inc	157
Construction Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Southern California Board of Trustees, Construction Laborers Pension	27,201
Sheet Metal Workers Pension Plan of Northern California Board of Trustees Sheet Metal Workers Pension Trust	12,309	67.50
Southern California, Arizona, Colorado, and Southern Nevada Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glass Workers Pension Plan Board of Trustees, Sc, Az, Co and So. Nevada Glaziers, Architectural	4,829	10.0
Gte California Incorporated Plan for Hourly- Paid Employees Verizon California Inc.	11,955
Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan Southern California Gas Company	13,771
Ufcw - Northern California Employers Joint Pension Board of Trustees, Ufcw No. Calif. Employers Joint Pension Plan	121,527	67.60
Northern California Tile Industry Defined Benefit Pension Plan Bd of Trustees, Northern California Tile Industry Pension Trust Fund	1,840	108.2
Big West of California Contracted Employees Pension Plan Big West of California, Llc	146
Spreckels Sugar Company California Union Employees Pension Plan Spreckels Sugar Company	1,255
Rsr Hourly Pension - California Rsr Corporation	264
Itt Pension Plan for Hourly Employees at Vertical Pump Division, City of Industry, California Goulds Pumps, Inc.	179
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan Board of Trustees of No. California Pipe Trades	3,511	88.70
California Portland Cement Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees at the Rillito Plant Calportland Company	296
California Portland Cement Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees at the Colton Plant Calportland Company	301
California Winery Workers Pension Plan Trust Trustees of California Winery Workers Pension Plan Trust	5,734	61.60
Northern California Plastering Industry Pension Plan Board of Trustees - Northern California Plastering Industry Pension Pl	1,755	75.6

Source: Internal Revenue Service.