Graphic Communications (GCIU)

GCIU's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Graphic Communications National Headquarters	Washington, DC	81,093
Graphic Communications District Council 2	Southern California Printing Specialists Fullerton, CA	8,835
Graphic Communications Local 388	Fullerton, CA	6,886
Graphic Communications District Council 4	Carol Stream, IL	5,317
Graphic Communications District Council 1	Milwaukee, WI	5,107
Graphic Communications District Council 3	Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	3,538
Graphic Communications District Council 9	Philadelphia, PA	3,433
Graphic Communications District Joint Council	Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska Kansas City, MO	2,131
Graphic Communications Local 1	Upper Midwest St. Paul, MN	1,482
Graphic Communications Local 583	San Francisco, CA	1,455

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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: $8,467,183.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $1,498,661.00 (17.70%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $23,818.00 (0.28%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $2,089.00 (0.02%)
• General Overhead^?: $1,132,049.00 (13.37%)
• Union Administration^?: $1,824,382.00 (21.55%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $94,935.00 (1.12%)
• To Union Officers^?: $381,887.00 (4.51%)
• To Union Employees^?: $1,416,162.00 (16.73%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 78,145

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
GEORGE TEDESCHI	PRESIDENT	$201,039.00
ROBERT LACEY	SECRETARY-TREASURER	$186,005.00
JOSEPH OCONNOR	VICE PRESIDENT	$152,980.00
		$145,206.00
RICHARD WHITWORTH	EXEC ASST TO PRESIDENT	$143,170.00
MARTIN KEEGAN	ORGANIZER	$135,066.00
JAMES ROBERTS	REPRESENTATIVE	$129,716.00
NICHOLAS CARUSO	REPRESENTATIVE	$127,497.00
MICHAEL HUGGINS	REPRESENTATIVE	$126,458.00
RICKEY PUTMAN	ORGANIZER	$120,432.00

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FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $167,250.00 (0.9970)

Republicans: $500.00 (0.0030)

GCIU's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
Graphic Communications Union	$167,750.00

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	1
Embezzlement Charges	5
Guilty Pleas	3
Indictments	2
Officials Sentenced	2

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
GCIU Local 29-C	3	Full Audit Text
GCIU Local 404M	2	Full Audit Text
GCIU Local 144-B	5	Full Audit Text
GCIU Local 1B	8	Full Audit Text
GCIU Local 16-C	3	Full Audit Text
GCIU Local 38	3	Full Audit Text
GCIU Local 235-M	0	Full Audit Text
GCIU Local 27		Full Audit Text
GCIU Local		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: 93

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
13-RD-02604	General Packaging Products, Inc. Graphic Communications International Union, Chicago Local 458M	December 3rd, 2008
08-RD-02120	Franzen Graphics Ohio, LLC Graphic Communications International Union, Local No. 546	August 25th, 2008
05-RD-01435	Richmond Times - Dispatch The Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 40-N	January 15th, 2008
13-RD-02581	Teamsters Local 743 Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 43071	January 10th, 2008
18-RD-02630	The Star Tribune Graphic Communications Conference	December 13th, 2007
08-RD-02091	Franzen Graphics Graphic Communications Workers	July 11th, 2007
08-RD-02075	Franzen Graphics-Ohio, LLC Graphic Communications	April 2nd, 2007
04-RD-02107	Cenveo Graphic Communications Conference IBT Local 14-M	March 2nd, 2007
10-RD-01458	Dow Jones and Co., Inc. Atlanta Graphics Communications Union Local 8M	November 3rd, 2006
12-RD-01019	Interstate Container of Miami Graphic Communications International Union, Local 628-S	September 25th, 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
Duty of Fair Representation	308
Other Allegations	98
Union Security Related (including Beck)	45
Union Security Related	22
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	13
Refusal to Furnish Information	12
Refusal to Bargain (Succeeding Contract)	10
Coercive Statements	9
Statements	8
Failure to Sign Agreement	6
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Initial Contract)	5
Threatening Statements	5
Picketing/Strike Actions	5
Lawsuits	4
Actions of Picketers	4
Repudiation/Modification of Contract	4
Resignation of Membership (Patternmakers)	3
All Allegations	2
Time/Place of Picketing	2
Hiring Halls	2

Employer/Location	Union	Days on Strike	Employees on Strike
Sandy Alexander Inc. CLIFTON, NJ	GCIU Local	24	45
Greystone Graphics Kansas City, KS	GCIU Local 16C	18	31
IPI GRAPHICS , MD	GCIU Local 72	802	35
Gussco Manufacturing BROOKLYN, NY	GCIU Local 447	34	84

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