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Transportation Union

UTU

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24950 COUNTRY CLUB BLVD. SUITE 340
NORTH OLMSTED, OH 440705333

UTU's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

UnionUnit Name/LocationMembers
Transportation Union National Headquarters
North Olmsted, OH		61,410
Transportation Union State Legislative Board 5California
Sacramento, CA		9,239
Transportation Union State Legislative Board 35New York
Albany, NY		5,629
Transportation Union State Legislative Board 16Illinois
Chicago, IL		5,261
Transportation Union State Legislative Board 48Legislative Board Lo-048
Austin, TX		5,002
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 953Union Pacific Rr Eastern
Topeka, KS		4,279
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 49General Committee Go-49
Jacksonville, FL		4,012
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 898Southern Railway
Maryville, TN		3,010
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 245Burlington Northern
Arvada, CO		2,932
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 887Southern Pac Tr Co-Western Lines-Rd
Bakersfield, CA		2,679
» 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?: $35,050,061.00
  • Total Liabilities?: $7,974,969.00
  • Total Income?: $74,000,178.00
  • Total Spent?: $70,901,941.00

» See Historical Financial Information

Assets (Change from previous report)

  • Cash?: $12,721,726.00 (+32.2%)
  • Accounts Receivable?: $2,379,541.00 (+47.4%)
  • Investments?: $15,395,754.00 (+230.3%)
  • Fixed Assets?: $588,150.00 (+230.3%)
  • Treasury Securities?: $3,230,042.00 (-75.3%)
  • Other Assets?: $734,848.00 (+151.5%)
  • Loans Receivable?: $0.00 (0.0%)

Liabilities

Income

  • Dues?: $17,068,904.00
  • Per Person Tax?: $0.00
  • Investments?: $6,778,060.00
  • Supplies?: $8,333.00
  • Loan Repayment?: $0.00
  • Interest?: $525,409.00
  • Dividends?: $149,426.00
  • Rents?: $0.00
  • Fees and Fines?: $0.00
  • Loans Obtained?: $0.00
  • Other Receipts?: $18,741.00
  • Affiliates?: $18,306,868.00
  • Members?: $31,144,437.00
  • Reinvestments?: $0.00
  • All Others?: $18,741.00

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: $70,901,941.00

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Spending Breakdown

  • Representational?: $5,287,303.00 (7.46%)
  • Political Activities and Lobbying?: $481,817.00 (0.68%)
  • Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $7,621.00 (0.01%)
  • General Overhead?: $9,103,147.00 (12.84%)
  • Union Administration?: $869,191.00 (1.23%)
  • Strike Benefits?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • To Union Officers?: $3,355,861.00 (4.73%)
  • To Union Employees?: $7,731,048.00 (10.90%)
  • 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: 61,410

Membership Trend



YearMembers
200267,901
200367,215
200465,593
200581,180
200684,679
200775,878
200874,682
200969,989
201061,410

Income per Member: $1,205.01

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

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

Officers and Employees

  • Average Total Compensation: $73,912.73
  • Total Employees: 150
  • Employees Making more than $75,000: 45

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
MALCOLM FUTHEY JRINTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT$315,397.00
CLINTON MILLER IIIGENERAL COUNSEL$303,990.00
STUART COLLINSEXEC DIR FINANCE$239,051.00
JOHN PREVISICHVICE PRESIDENT$234,802.00
$224,598.00
JAMES STEM JRNATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRE$223,853.00
KIM THOMPSONGENERAL SECRETARY & TREAS$211,544.00
ARTHUR MARTIN IIIASSISTANT PRESIDENT$211,524.00
ROBERT KERLEYVICE PRESIDENT$208,481.00
DELBERT STRUNK JRVICE PRESIDENT$207,339.00

» 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: $7,791,925.00 (0.8838)
Republicans: $974,000.00 (0.1105)

UTU's Political Action Committees

Political Action CommitteeTotal Contributed
United Transportation Union$8,815,925.00

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

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

State-level Political Operations

Democrats: $3,217,616.33
Republicans: $316,792.76

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

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Lobbying

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $14,120,375.00

Lobbying Expenditures Trend

UTU's Major Issues

IssueTotal Spent Lobbying
Railroads$12,898,668.00
Transportation$8,010,393.00
Labor, Antitrust & Workplace$2,113,069.00
Fed Budget & Appropriations$1,913,633.00
Government Issues$1,060,000.00
Trade$1,038,987.00
Economics & Econ Development$931,905.00
Health Issues$670,660.00
Energy & Nuclear Power$602,831.00
Environment & Superfund$507,000.00

UTU Lobbying Groups

ClientTotal Spent Lobbying
United Transportation Union$14,120,375.00

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 Charges11
Criminal Convictions1
Embezzlement Charges25
Guilty Pleas18
Indictments5
Officials Sentenced12

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
UTU Local 15323Full Audit Text
UTU Local 2817Full Audit Text
UTU Local 174110Full Audit Text
UTU Local 12522Full Audit Text
UTU Local 10332Full Audit Text
UTU Local 13460Full Audit Text
UTU Local State Legislative Board Local 12Full Audit Text
UTU Local 13933Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1134Full Audit Text
UTU Local 7814Full Audit Text
UTU Local 7852Full Audit Text
UTU Local 10332Full Audit Text
UTU Local 12612Full Audit Text
UTU Local 12215Full Audit Text
UTU Local 3241Full Audit Text
UTU Local 64Full Audit Text
UTU Local 15488Full Audit Text
UTU Local 49610Full Audit Text
UTU Local 6303Full Audit Text
UTU Local 19174Full Audit Text
UTU Local 0Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1716Full Audit Text
UTU Local 4120Full Audit Text
UTU Local 12990Full Audit Text
UTU Local 13795Full Audit Text
UTU Local 15941Full Audit Text
UTU Local 19771Full Audit Text
UTU Local 12415Full Audit Text
UTU Local 300Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1544Full Audit Text
UTU Local 118Full Audit Text
UTU Local 94Full Audit Text
UTU Local 335Full Audit Text
UTU Local 101Full Audit Text
UTU Local 430Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1556Full Audit Text
UTU Local 759Full 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: 14

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case NumberName/UnionDate Filed
31-RD-015677UP/RC Bottling Company
United Industrial, Services, Transportation, Professional & Government Workers (UIW)		January 4th, 2007
16-RD-01526Herzog Transit Services, Inc.
United Transportation Union		October 13th, 2004
16-RD-01505Herzog Transit Services, Inc.
United Transportation Union		May 28th, 2003
22-RD-01362One Bus Company
United Transportation Union Local 759		January 23rd, 2003
28-RD-00871Star Transit, LLC (dba Star Trans)
United Transportation Union		April 1st, 2002
21-RD-02719Laidlaw Education Services
United Transportation Union		March 20th, 2002
20-RD-02319Renzenberger, Inc.
United Transportation Union		August 2nd, 2001
17-RD-01616Renzenberger Inc.
United Transportation Union		June 29th, 2001
31-RD-01440Renzenberger, Inc.
United Transportation Union		April 24th, 2001
04-RD-01903Delco School Bus Service, Inc.
United Transport Union		February 28th, 2001

» 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 Representation57
Other Allegations18
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)2
Harassment1
Lawsuits/Grievances1
Union Security Related (including Beck)1
Coercive Statements1
Time/Place of Picketing1
Disparagement of Employee1

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

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System