Transportation Communication Union (TCU)

TCU's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Transportation Communication Union National Headquarters	Rockville, MD	48,723
Transportation Communication Union System Board Of Adjustment 86	Conrail Wilmington, DE	5,970
Transportation Communication Union System Board Of Adjustment 500	American Rail and Airway Supervisors Santa Clara, UT	3,661
Transportation Communication Union Joint Protective Board 50	Burlington Northern Rwy Lincoln, NE	3,189
Transportation Communication Union Joint Protective Board 410	Seaboard Coast Line-Georgia Rr Woodstock, GA	2,669
Transportation Communication Union District 1908	Allied Services Division Orlando, FL	2,310
Transportation Communication Union System Board Of Adjustment 3	Scl-L&n Southeastern Jacksonville, FL	2,252
Transportation Communication Union Lodge 5101	Union Pacific Consolidated Lodge Hershey, NE	2,087
Transportation Communication Union System Board Of Adjustment 46	Consolidated Burlington Northern Fridley, MN	1,921
Transportation Communication Union Joint Protective Board 600	Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Chicago, IL	1,203

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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 2010: $39,149,215.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $7,619,482.00 (19.46%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $514,618.00 (1.31%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $85,921.00 (0.22%)
• General Overhead^?: $9,380,006.00 (23.96%)
• Union Administration^?: $1,341,855.00 (3.43%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $2,282,868.00 (5.83%)
• To Union Employees^?: $8,367,844.00 (21.37%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 48,723

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
ROBERT SCARDELLETTI,	INT'L PRES	$693,819.00
RUSSELL OATHOUT	IST	$367,883.00
JOSEPH CONDO	INTER'L VP	$332,599.00
RICHARD JOHNSON	INTER'L VP	$324,337.00
JOEL PARKER	SPECIAL ASST TO IP/INTER'	$300,078.00
DAVID STEELE	INTER'L VP	$289,985.00
JOHN LYDON	INTER'L VP	$286,832.00
RONALD KLOOS	INTER'L VP	$259,863.00
CARL TINGLE	CARMEN-VP	$233,960.00
JOSEPH DERILLO	INTER'L REP	$214,948.00

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FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $1,655,150.00 (0.8973)

Republicans: $183,000.00 (0.0992)

TCU's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
Transportation Communications Union	$1,844,650.00

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $5,682,000.00

TCU's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying
Government Issues	$5,502,000.00
Fed Budget & Appropriations	$5,482,000.00
Transportation	$5,462,000.00
Labor, Antitrust & Workplace	$5,082,000.00
Taxes	$4,742,000.00
Retirement	$4,402,000.00
Railroads	$4,132,000.00
Education	$2,490,000.00
Energy & Nuclear Power	$650,000.00
Environment & Superfund	$100,000.00

TCU Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
Transportation Communications Union	$5,682,000.00

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
TCU Local 6004	3	Full Audit Text
TCU Local 6385	10	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: 13

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
13-RD-02599	Premium Services Management, LLC Allied Services Division. Transportation Communications International Union	June 4th, 2008
27-RD-01196	Pocatello Railroad Federal Credit Union Transportation Communications International Union	November 22nd, 2006
29-RD-01045	Best Temp Mechanical Corp. United Service Workers of America, TCU, Local 355, AFL-CIO, CLC	April 18th, 2005
02-RD-01511	E-Z Bus L.L.C Transport Workers Union - Local 100, AFL-CIO	June 14th, 2004
27-RD-01129	First Transit Transportation Communications International Union	July 7th, 2003
14-RD-01790	Professional Transportation, Inc. United Service Employees Union Local 1222	April 10th, 2003
29-RD-00979	Lockheed Martin Local 1222, Transportation, Communication Union	April 1st, 2002
34-RD-00293	Harte Nissan, Inc. United Service Workers, Local 355, TCU, AFL-CIO	February 28th, 2002
29-RD-00969	Polymer Plastics Corp. Local 955, United Service Workers of America, TCU, AFL-CIO,CLC	October 3rd, 2001
03-RD-01355	Paul Smith's College USEU, Local 1222, TCU, AFL-CIo	June 6th, 2001

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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	45
Other Allegations	21
Statements	5
Union Security Related	4
Time/Place of Picketing	3
Union Security Related (including Beck)	3
Threatening Statements	3
Picketing/Strike Actions	2
Actions of Picketers	2
Refusal to Furnish Information	2
Resignation of Membership (Patternmakers)	2
Unknown	1
Requiring Payments other than dues	1
Lawsuits/Grievances	1
Coercive Statements	1
Language on Picket Sign/Handbill	1
Hiring Halls	1
Disparagement of Employee	1