Rural Letter Carriers Association (RLCA)

RLCA's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Rural Letter Carriers Association National Headquarters	Alexandria, VA	106,404
Rural Letter Carriers Association State Association	Texas Burleson, TX	6,864
Rural Letter Carriers Association State Association	Florida Floral City, FL	5,257
Rural Letter Carriers Association State Association	Georgia Ellaville, GA	5,046
Rural Letter Carriers Association State Association	North Carolina Maiden, NC	4,850
Rural Letter Carriers Association State Association	Pennsylvania Schaefferstown, PA	4,599
Rural Letter Carriers Association State Association	Michigan Jackson, MI	4,468
Rural Letter Carriers Association State Association	Ohio Dellroy, OH	4,421
Rural Letter Carriers Association State Association	Illinois Illiopolis, IL	4,396
Rural Letter Carriers Association State Association 51	Wisconsin Marion, WI	3,720

» See All Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

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: $36,150,174.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $5,193,714.00 (14.37%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $1,235,489.00 (3.42%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• General Overhead^?: $335,003.00 (0.93%)
• Union Administration^?: $6,129,824.00 (16.96%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $1,533,955.00 (4.24%)
• To Union Employees^?: $2,575,877.00 (7.13%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 106,404

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
		$261,349.00
JEANETTE DWYER	RESIDENT OFFICER	$187,778.00
DON CANTRIEL	RESIDENT OFFICER	$185,011.00
CLIFFORD DAILING	RESIDENT OFFICER	$183,573.00
STEVEN TRAYLOR	NON RESIDENT OFFICER	$178,923.00
RONNIE STUTTS	RESIDENT OFFICER	$177,943.00
JOEY JOHNSON	RESIDENT OFFICER	$175,271.00
SUSAN KNAPP	NON RESIDENT OFFICER	$157,628.00
KEN PARMELEE	EMPLOYEE	$152,792.00
ROBERT HORNE	NON RESIDENT OFFICER	$145,946.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $3,795,350.00 (0.6832)

Republicans: $1,716,250.00 (0.3089)

RLCA's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
National Rural Letter Carriers Assn	$5,555,600.00

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $4,585,000.00

RLCA's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying
Labor, Antitrust & Workplace	$3,685,000.00
Postal	$1,525,000.00
Taxes	$805,000.00
Fed Budget & Appropriations	$625,000.00
Fuel, Gas & Oil	$625,000.00
Retirement	$625,000.00

RLCA Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
National Rural Letter Carriers Assn	$4,585,000.00

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
RLCA Local Missouri	3	Full Audit Text
RLCA Local 14	4	Full Audit Text
RLCA Local Massachusetts	1	Full Audit Text
RLCA Local Arizona	4	Full Audit Text

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	132
Other Allegations	21
Disparagement of Employee	2
Union Security Related (including Beck)	1
Lawsuits	1
Threatening Statements	1
Coercive Statements	1

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
Silgan Containers Pension Plan for Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Can Plant Employees Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation	174
Greater Wisconsin Multi-Employer Retirement Income Board of Trustees Greater Wisconsin Employer-Union Pension Trust Fund	2,706	79.60
Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Retirement Plan B Wisconsin Power and Light Company	2,411
Wisconsin State Afl-Cio Employees Pension Plan Wisconsin State Afl-Cio	60
Wisconsin Energy Corp. Legacy Retirement Account P Wisconsin Electric Power Company	1,684
B and G Foods, Inc. Stoughton, Wisconsin Union Pensi Plan B and G Foods, Inc.	149
Isola Usa Corp. Retirement Plan for Lacrosse, Wisconsin Bargaining Unit Employees Isola Usa Corp.	218
Wisconsin Energy Corporation Retirement Account Plan Wisconsin Electric Power Company	8,229

Source: Internal Revenue Service.