TV & Radio Artists (AFTRA)

AFTRA's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
TV & Radio Artists National Headquarters	Los Angeles, CA	68,113
TV & Radio Artists Local	Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	30,561
TV & Radio Artists Local	New York New York, NY	21,817
TV & Radio Artists Local	Chicago Chicago, IL	2,183
TV & Radio Artists Local	Washington Bethesda, MD	2,092
TV & Radio Artists Local	San Francisco San Francisco, CA	1,817
TV & Radio Artists Local	Boston Boston, MA	1,389
TV & Radio Artists Local	Nashville Nashville, TN	883
TV & Radio Artists Local	Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	853
TV & Radio Artists Local	Seattle Seattle, WA	593

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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: $51,294,227.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $9,313,823.00 (18.16%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $424,698.00 (0.83%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $63,049.00 (0.12%)
• General Overhead^?: $10,544,516.00 (20.56%)
• Union Administration^?: $8,862,202.00 (17.28%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $130,212.00 (0.25%)
• To Union Employees^?: $11,647,410.00 (22.71%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 68,113

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
KIM ROBERTS	NATIONAL EXEC DIR	$375,560.00
STEPHEN BURROW	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	$311,738.00
MATHIS DUNN	ASST NAT EXEC DIR	$255,850.00
RICHARD LARKIN	ASSOCIATE EXEC DIR	$244,351.00
WILLIAM THOMAS	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	$219,035.00
RANDALL HIMES	ASST NAT EXEC DIR	$214,980.00
THOMAS CARPENTER	DIRECTOR	$213,242.00
TERRY WALKER	DIR OF ADMINISTRATION	$208,026.00
NATASHA SHIELDS	DIRECTOR OF I.T.	$181,057.00
PETER FUSTER	ASST EXEC DIRECTOR	$180,050.00

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Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $442,500.00

AFTRA's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying
Radio & TV Broadcasting	$297,500.00
Media Information & Publishing	$160,000.00
Arts & Entertainment	$30,000.00
Utilities	$15,000.00
Aviation, Airlines & Airports	$15,000.00
Copyright, Patent & Trademark	$0.00
Computers & Information Tech	$0.00

AFTRA Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
American Fedn of TV & Radio Artists	$442,500.00

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: 21

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
21-RD-02832	Los Angeles Master Chorale American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)	April 30th, 2007
31-RD-01566	KFI Radio Lawrence Mayberry, American Federation of Television and Radio Artist (AFTRA)	December 29th, 2006
13-RD-02531	Emmis Communication American Federation of Television and Radio Artists	April 11th, 2006
36-RD-01682	Citicasters Co. d/b/a KEX 1190 AM & KPOJ 620 AM American Federation of Television and Radio Artists	April 10th, 2006
36-RD-01680	CBS Radio Stations, Inc. d/b/a KINK FM American Federation of Television & Radio Artists	April 3rd, 2006
08-RD-02039	New World Communications of Ohio, Inc. American Federation of Television and Radio Artists	December 22nd, 2005
05-RD-01383	National Broadcasting Co. American Federation of Television & Radio Artists	November 18th, 2005
01-RD-02071	Entercom American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO	November 7th, 2005
07-RD-03499	Metro Networks Communicatiions, Inc. AFTRA	October 27th, 2005
05-RD-01374	National Broadcasting Co. American Federation of Television & Radio Artists	July 6th, 2005

» See All Decertifications

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	18
Duty of Fair Representation	10
Union Security Related	7
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	5
Union Security Related (including Beck)	5
Hiring Hall Related	3
Hiring Halls	3
Threatening Statements	3
Refusal to Furnish Information	3
Refusal to Bargain (Succeeding Contract)	2
Requiring Payments other than dues	2
Coercive Statements	2
Actions of Picketers	2
Handbilling	1
Statements	1
All Allegations against a Labor Organization	1
Discipline (including charges/fines)	1
Harassment	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
Lafarge North America, Inc. Pension Plan for Hourly Compensated Employees (seattle) Lafarge North America, Inc.	83
Seattle P-I Newspaper Guild Retirement Income Plan Seattle P-I, Division of Hearst Newspapers Partnership, Lp	395

Source: Internal Revenue Service.