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25 LOUISIANA AVENUE NW
WASHINGTON, DC 200012130

IBT's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

UnionUnit Name/LocationMembers
Teamsters National Headquarters
Washington, DC		1,326,972
Teamsters Joint Council 42
Covina, CA		127,682
Teamsters Joint Council 16
New York, NY		99,245
Teamsters Joint Council 25
Park Ridge, IL		92,024
Teamsters Conference Pennsylvania Conf of Teamsters
Harrisburg, PA		83,417
Teamsters Joint Council 7
San Francisco, CA		76,715
Teamsters Conference Brewery and Soft Drink Workers
Washington, DC		61,266
Teamsters Conference Bakery and Laundry
Manchester, NH		60,000
Teamsters Joint Council 53
Philadelphia, PA		59,159
Teamsters Joint Council 10
Manchester, NH		56,947
» See All Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Year Covered: 2010 Last Updated: March 20th, 2011

Financial Information

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.

Total Assets Trend

Basic Financials

  • Total Assets?: $196,979,916.00
  • Total Liabilities?: $88,371,439.00
  • Total Income?: $179,143,053.00
  • Total Spent?: $212,281,824.00

» See Historical Financial Information

Assets (Change from previous report)

  • Cash?: $12,164,612.00 (-73.3%)
  • Accounts Receivable?: $19,353,145.00 (-5.4%)
  • Investments?: $117,088,253.00 (+97.3%)
  • Fixed Assets?: $44,924,335.00 (+97.3%)
  • Treasury Securities?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Other Assets?: $1,472,344.00 (-19.1%)
  • Loans Receivable?: $1,977,227.00 (+14.9%)

Liabilities

Income

  • Dues?: $0.00
  • Per Person Tax?: $160,077,028.00
  • Investments?: $0.00
  • Supplies?: $488,294.00
  • Loan Repayment?: $0.00
  • Interest?: $521,413.00
  • Dividends?: $5,430,175.00
  • Rents?: $0.00
  • Fees and Fines?: $2,688,304.00
  • Loans Obtained?: $0.00
  • Other Receipts?: $9,744,234.00
  • Affiliates?: $0.00
  • Members?: $0.00
  • Reinvestments?: $193,605.00
  • All Others?: $218,881.00

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2010 Last Updated: March 20th, 2011

Spending

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 2010: $212,281,824.00

Search All Spending

Spending Breakdown

  • Representational?: $49,538,300.00 (23.34%)
  • Political Activities and Lobbying?: $5,634,416.00 (2.65%)
  • Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $1,822,040.00 (0.86%)
  • General Overhead?: $17,298,286.00 (8.15%)
  • Union Administration?: $23,062,760.00 (10.86%)
  • Strike Benefits?: $1,421,830.00 (0.67%)
  • To Union Officers?: $2,575,945.00 (1.21%)
  • To Union Employees?: $29,864,701.00 (14.07%)
  • Education?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Fees?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2010 Last Updated: March 20th, 2011

Membership

Total Members: 1,326,972

Membership Trend



YearMembers
20021,350,000
20031,328,000
20041,350,000
20051,396,174
20061,398,573
20071,423,038
20081,402,878
20091,364,059
20101,326,972

Income per Member: $135.00

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2010 Last Updated: March 20th, 2011

Officers and Employees

  • Average Total Compensation: $74,158.05
  • Total Employees: 630
  • Employees Making more than $75,000: 190

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
JAMES HOFFAGen President$368,000.00
C KEEGELGen Sec-Treasurer$348,603.00
FORREST JOHNSONIntl VP/Trade Div Dir$224,056.00
CHARLES DEANERAssistant To General Pres$217,707.00
ROBERT BOUVIERInternational VP$217,357.00
GARY WITLENDepartment Director$215,497.00
RICHARD BELLExec Asst To The GST$211,591.00
RICHARD HALLIntl VP/Trade Div Dir$202,466.00
JAMES MCCALLSpec Counsel$199,995.00
WILLIAM SMITHExec Assit to GP$198,358.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2010 Last Updated: March 20th, 2011

Political Activities

FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $18,474,196.00 (0.9342)
Republicans: $1,114,945.00 (0.0564)

IBT's Political Action Committees

Political Action CommitteeTotal Contributed
Teamsters Union$16,092,047.00
Chauffers, Warehousemen & Helpers Union$3,355,212.00
Teamsters Local 745$84,500.00
Teamsters Union/Ohio$83,276.00
Teamsters Local 1150$31,500.00
Teamsters Local 115$28,000.00
Teamsters Local 830$17,850.00
Teamsters Local 500$16,300.00
Teamsters Joint Council 53$13,500.00
Teamsters Local 650$12,384.00
Teamsters Local 959$10,000.00
Teamsters Joint Council 25$9,010.00
Teamsters Local 111$5,726.00
Teamsters Local 1/Carolina$5,000.00
Teamsters Local 20$4,345.00
Teamsters Local 42$2,107.00
Teamsters Local 623$2,000.00
Teamsters Local 886$1,500.00
Teamsters Local 523$500.00

Source: Federal Elections Commission by way of the Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

State-level Political Operations

Democrats: $14,934,896.97
Republicans: $1,621,515.54

Source: National Institute on Money in State Politics by way of Transparency Data.

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

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: $2,957,191.00

IBT's 527 Committee(s)

527 CommitteeTotal Spent
Teamsters Joint Council 25$1,813,958.00
Teamsters Local 541$304,262.00
Teamsters Union$237,083.00
Teamsters Union/California$186,691.00
Teamsters Local 317$175,399.00
Teamsters Union/Washington State$112,368.00
Teamsters Local 456$102,085.00
Teamsters Local 150$14,720.00
Teamsters Local 79$10,625.00

Source: Internal Revenue Service by way of the Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Lobbying

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $18,219,500.00

Lobbying Expenditures Trend

IBT's Major Issues

IssueTotal Spent Lobbying
Fed Budget & Appropriations$12,840,000.00
Retirement$12,530,000.00
Labor, Antitrust & Workplace$12,337,500.00
Roads & Highways$11,864,000.00
Aviation, Airlines & Airports$11,725,000.00
Immigration$11,401,000.00
Energy & Nuclear Power$10,794,000.00
Trade$10,338,000.00
Government Issues$9,900,000.00
Health Issues$9,453,000.00

IBT Lobbying Groups

ClientTotal Spent Lobbying
Teamsters Union$17,274,500.00
Brotherhood of Maint of Way Employ Div$825,000.00
Western Conf of Teamsters Pension Trust$120,000.00
Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters$0.00

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Crime, Corruption, and Racketeering

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 ActivityNumber of Incidents
Criminal Charges16
Criminal Convictions6
Embezzlement Charges41
Guilty Pleas43
Indictments16
Officials Sentenced22

Some incidents may be accounted for in multiple categories.

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Financial Audits

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.

LocalViolationsView Audit
IBT Local 5891Full Audit Text
IBT Local 8371Full Audit Text
IBT Local 1452Full Audit Text
IBT Local 493Full Audit Text
IBT Local 1042Full Audit Text
IBT Local 3647Full Audit Text
IBT Local 4691Full Audit Text
IBT Local 2008Full Audit Text
IBT Local 4211Full Audit Text
IBT Local 2590Full Audit Text
IBT Local 191Full Audit Text
IBT Local 633Full Audit Text
IBT Local 2001Full Audit Text
IBT Local 1149Full Audit Text
IBT Local 964Full Audit Text
IBT Local 159Full Audit Text
IBT Local 1414Full Audit Text
IBT Local 238Full Audit Text
IBT Local 91Full Audit Text
IBT Local 491Full Audit Text
IBT Local 190Full Audit Text
IBT Local 135Full Audit Text
IBT Local 491Full Audit Text
IBT Local 636Full Audit Text

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: January 1st, 2010

Union Decertifications

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: 1869

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case NumberName/UnionDate Filed
19-RD-03826Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
Teamsters Local 839		March 9th, 2009
19-RD-03825Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
Teamsters Local 763		March 9th, 2009
19-RD-03824Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
Teamsters Local 763		March 9th, 2009
19-RD-03823Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
Teamsters Local 763		March 9th, 2009
19-RD-03821Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
Teamsters Local 763		March 9th, 2009
13-RD-02614Glen Ellyn Storage Corp.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 673		March 6th, 2009
19-RD-03820Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
Teamstrs Local 252		March 5th, 2009
13-RD-02613Lockwood Dairy
Teamsters Local No. 179		February 27th, 2009
13-RD-02612United States Cold Storage
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 781		February 27th, 2009
19-RD-03819Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
Teamsters Local 760		February 26th, 2009

» See All Decertifications

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System

Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Allegations

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.

AllegationCases Filed
Duty of Fair Representation5558
Other Allegations2154
Union Security Related (including Beck)602
Threatening Statements306
Union Security Related291
Coercive Statements277
Actions of Picketers270
Statements233
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)224
Hiring Halls220
Picketing/Strike Actions191
Refusal to Furnish Information128
Hiring Hall Related127
Violence/Assaults114
Refusal to Bargain (Succeeding Contract)108
Time/Place of Picketing104
Failure to Sign Agreement91
Harassment88
Resignation of Membership (Patternmakers)80
Repudiation/Modification of Contract65

Please notes a single case may fall into multiple allegation categories.

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System

Recent Strikes

Employer/LocationUnionDays on StrikeEmployees on Strike
Stepan Company
Elwood, IL		IBT Local 17963211
F E Wheaton & Co (ProBuild)
Yorkville, IL		IBT Local 6735166
Penske Truck Leasing Co (Fuelers)
Braintree, MA		IBT Local 2564
Aggregate Industries - Northeast Region Inc.
Watham, MA		IBT Local 251770
Aggregate Industries - Wilmington MA
Wilmington, MA		IBT Local 170014
Duramix Concrete Corporation
Bayonne, NJ		IBT Local 56019412
Trucking Office Products
s LIC, NY		IBT Local 8142315
Coyne Textile Services
Ashland & Betsy, 		IBT Local 50523812
Professional Transit Management of Tucson Inc.
Tuscon, AZ		IBT Local oc6450
All General Construction (2)
Gary, IN		IBT Local 14228700

» See all strikes

Source: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.