Security Police & Guards (SPGU)

SPGU's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Security Police & Guards Local 2	New York, NY	1,200
Security Police & Guards National Headquarters	Bayonne, NJ	750
Security Police & Guards Local 18	West Hempstead, NY	450
Security Police & Guards Local 1456	Bayonne, NJ	255
Security Police & Guards Local 500	Jamaica, NY	121
Security Police & Guards Local 1852	Baltimore, MD	9
Security Police & Guards Local 1536	Trenton, NJ	1
Security Police & Guards Local 55	Bayonne, NJ	0

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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: $17,282.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• General Overhead^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Union Administration^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $4,593.00 (26.58%)
• To Union Employees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $7,350.00 (42.53%)

Total Members: 750

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
JOHN OATES	PRESIDENT	$5,000.00
PATRICK SR SANTORO	SEC/TREAS	$0.00
RAYMOND GORSKI	SGT AT ARMS	$0.00

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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: 8

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
02-RD-01568	Spectaguard Acquisition, LLC and AlliedBarton Security Services International Union of Police and Protection Employees, Local 55	June 26th, 2008
37-RD-00423	Loomis Armored US Security Police & Fire Professionals of America, Local 650	April 25th, 2008
14-RD-01845	AKAL Security, Inc. Security, Police, Fire Professionals of America	May 10th, 2005
02-RD-01513	Wackenhut Corporation United Federation of Security Officers, Inc. Local 639	July 28th, 2004
07-RD-03400	U.S. Steel, Great Lakes Int'l Union, Security, Police, Fire Prof. of America	July 10th, 2003
02-RD-01489	NYU Medical Center Local 1 Security Officers Union	March 11th, 2003
10-RD-01403	Akal Security, Inc. Federation of Police/Security and Correction Officers (FOPSCO)	October 28th, 2002
20-RD-02336	Paige's Security Peace Keepers and Security Officers Union	January 24th, 2002

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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	42
Other Allegations	24
Coercive Statements	9
Union Security Related (including Beck)	8
Threatening Statements	4
Union Security Related	3
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	2
Hiring Halls	2
Refusal to Bargain (Initial Contract)	1
Hiring Hall Related	1