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Transportation Union

Basic Information

Quick Facts

Members
69,939
Assets
$28,212,351
Employees
160
Primary Industry
Transportation

Address

TRANSPORTATION UNION
24950 COUNTRY CLUB BLVD.
NORTH OLMSTED, OH 440705333

Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

UnionUnit Name/LocationMembers
Transportation Union State Legislative Board 5California  /  Sacramento, CA10,095
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 1Arvada, CO6,003
Transportation Union State Legislative Board 35New York  /  Albany, NY5,756
Transportation Union State Legislative Board 48Legislative Board Lo-048  /  Austin, TX5,616
Transportation Union State Legislative Board 16Illinois  /  Chicago, IL5,457
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 49General Committee Go-49  /  Jacksonville, FL4,362
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 953Union Pacific Rr Eastern  /  Topeka, KS3,353
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 245Burlington Northern  /  Arvada, CO3,158
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 769Conrail-pc-lines East-ple  /  Philadelphia, PA2,722
Transportation Union General Committee Of Adjustment 505Long Island Rr  /  Babylon, NY2,636
» See All Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

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.

Basic Financials

Total Assets $28,212,351
Total Liabilities $7,992,463
Total Income $77,673,513
Total Spent $80,106,303

» See Historical Financial Information

Total Assets Trend

Assets (Change from previous report)

Cash $10,288,936 (-19.1%)
Accounts Receivable $1,697,362 (-28.7%)
Investments $13,469,804 (-12.5%)
Fixed Assets $525,523 (-12.5%)
Treasury Securities $2,104,574 (-34.8%)
Other Assets $117,919 (-84.0%)
Loans Receivable $8,233 (0.0%)

Liabilities

Loans Payable $0
Accounts Payable $392,926
Other Liabilities $7,599,537
Mortgages $0

Income

Dues $16,621,499
Per Person Tax $0
Investments $9,660,490
Supplies $10,221
Loan Repayment $0
Interest $500,129
Dividends $126,845
Rents $0
Fees and Fines $0
Loans Obtained $0
Other Receipts $7,294,889
Affiliates $19,055,555
Members $24,403,885
Reinvestments $0
All Others $421,595

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

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 2011
$80,106,303

Spending Overview

Spending Breakdown

Representational $7,349,741 (9.17%)
Political Activities and Lobbying $462,127 (0.58%)
Contributions, Gifts, and Grants $63,125 (0.08%)
General Overhead $10,493,039 (13.10%)
Union Administration $689,524 (0.86%)
Strike Benefits $0 (0.00%)
To Union Officers $3,548,611 (4.43%)
To Union Employees $8,864,232 (11.07%)
Education $0 (0.00%)
Fees $0 (0.00%)

Search All Spending

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

Membership

Total Members
69,939
Income per Member
$1,111
Dues (per MO)
$25

Membership Trend

YearMembers
200267,901
200367,215
200465,593
200581,180
200684,679
200775,878
200874,682
200969,989
201061,410
201169,939
201270,606

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

Leaders & Salaries

Average Total Compensation
$77,580
Total Employees
160
Employees Making more than $75,000
50

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
MALCOLM FUTHEY JRINTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT$330,908
CLINTON MILLER IIIEMPLOYEE$295,063
STUART COLLINSEMPLOYEE$254,174
JAMES STEM JRNATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRE$247,102
DELBERT STRUNK JRVICE PRESIDENT$233,824
TONY MARTELLAEMPLOYEE$233,097
VICTOR BAFFONIVICE PRESIDENT$229,918
ARTHUR MARTIN IIIASSISTANT PRESIDENT$228,320
KEVIN BRODAREMPLOYEE$220,893
JOHN PREVISICHVICE PRESIDENT$219,313

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

Political Spending

Federal Election Donations, by Party

Donations to Democrats
$14,505,122 (89%)
Donations to Republicans
$1,582,023 (10%)
Source: Federal Elections Commission by way of the Center for Responsive Politics
Last Updated: November 5th, 2016

Political Action Committees

Political Action CommitteeTotal Contributed
United Transportation Union$16,228,172
UTU Carmen's Local 722$11,050

Lobbying

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying
$24,483,997

Lobbying Expenditures Trend

Lobbying Groups

ClientTotal Spent Lobbying
United Transportation Union$24,483,997

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: November 15th, 2016

Crime, Corruption & Racketeering

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).

Corruption and Embezzlement Charges

Type of Criminal ActivityNumber of Incidents
criminal charges31
embezzlement charges45
Guilty Pleas48
Indictments22
Officials Sentenced29

Some incidents may be accounted for in multiple categories.

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: April 8th, 2021

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.

LocalDateView Audit
UTU Local 911September 30, 2015Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1962August 24, 2015Full Audit Text
UTU Local 687August 10, 2015Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1291July 13, 2015Full Audit Text
UTU Local 185January 13, 2015Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1190July 17, 2013Full Audit Text
UTU Local 258July 2, 2013Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1929June 27, 2013Full Audit Text
UTU Local 733June 24, 2013Full Audit Text
UTU Local 14May 22, 2013Full Audit Text
UTU Local December 17, 2012Full Audit Text
UTU Local July 6, 2012Full Audit Text
UTU Local 180June 22, 2012Full Audit Text
UTU Local June 13, 2012Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1162March 28, 2012Full Audit Text
UTU Local 949March 28, 2012Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1445November 23, 2011Full Audit Text
UTU Local 386July 7, 2011Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1908June 8, 2011Full Audit Text
UTU Local 226May 26, 2011Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1358May 18, 2011Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1201February 7, 2011Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1440January 20, 2011Full Audit Text
UTU Local 145December 30, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1007October 28, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 233October 5, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 832September 27, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 2September 17, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 643September 10, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 769September 2, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 982July 13, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 782June 23, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 228June 2, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 556May 19, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 759May 12, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1003May 10, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 60February 5, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1687January 21, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1883January 14, 2010Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1280December 3, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1620November 17, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 202October 26, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 273October 8, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 204September 30, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1895August 31, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 581August 21, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1823August 17, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1597July 16, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 627July 1, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 898June 26, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 262June 23, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1405June 22, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 219June 10, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 32June 5, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 583May 20, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1011May 19, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1526May 14, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1409April 24, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local April 21, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1614March 24, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1574March 5, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 530February 4, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 160January 16, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local 522January 16, 2009Full Audit Text
UTU Local December 15, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1576December 5, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1556November 10, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 759November 7, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 430October 28, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 565October 27, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 101October 2, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 23September 23, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1200September 12, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1498September 9, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1075September 4, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 94August 14, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 903August 6, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 335July 25, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1544July 15, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 300July 14, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 118July 9, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1291July 7, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 498July 2, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 338June 11, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 471June 6, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local May 22, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local May 16, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 212May 14, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1316April 17, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 502March 25, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1348March 21, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 915February 4, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1241January 7, 2008Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1977August 3, 2007Full Audit Text
UTU Local 14July 17, 2007Full Audit Text
UTU Local 349February 22, 2007Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1299September 29, 2006Full Audit Text
Utu Local 1299September 29, 2006Full Audit Text
UTU Local 171September 22, 2006Full Audit Text
Utu Local 171September 22, 2006Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1379July 14, 2006Full Audit Text
Utu Local 1379July 14, 2006Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1594June 30, 2006Full Audit Text
Utu Local 1594June 30, 2006Full Audit Text
Utu Local June 15, 2006Full Audit Text
UTU Local June 15, 2006Full Audit Text
UTU Local 412June 14, 2006Full Audit Text
UTU Local 496October 25, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1548September 2, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 630August 31, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 6August 19, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1917August 1, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 324July 15, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1221July 6, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 785May 27, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 781May 24, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1393April 20, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1252April 7, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1346March 29, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local State Legislative Board Local 1March 21, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 113March 4, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1532January 31, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 281January 7, 2005Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1741December 2, 2004Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1261November 22, 2004Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1033October 29, 2004Full Audit Text
UTU Local 1033October 29, 2004Full Audit Text

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: November 15th, 2016

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
8

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case NumberName/UnionDate Filed
22-RD-127430COMMUNITY BUS LINES, INC.
April 28th, 2014
04-RD-002192AGE Institute of Pennsylvania, Inc., d/b/a Kingston Commons and Healthcare Services Group, Inc., a J
October 26th, 2010
34-RD-000356Futuramik Industries
September 13th, 2010
02-RD-001580Pace University
October 2nd, 2009
08-RD-002139Autumnwood
August 18th, 2009
16-RD-001574Future Foam
December 14th, 2007
04-RD-002122Future Foam
October 5th, 2007
18-RD-002605Annandale Care Center
June 6th, 2007

» 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
8(a)(5) Refusal to Bargain/Bad Faith Bargaining (incl'g surface bargaining/direct dealing)60
8(a)(1) Coercive Actions (Surveillance, etc)39
8(a)(5) Repudiation/Modification of Contract[Sec 8(d)/Unilateral Changes]38
8(a)(1) Coercive Statements (Threats, Promises of Benefits, etc.)37
8(a)(5) Repudiation/Modification of Contract [Sec 8(d)/Unilateral Changes]35
8(a)(3) Changes in Terms and Conditions of Employment34
8(b)(1)(A) Duty of Fair Representation, incl'g Superseniority, denial of access33
8(a)(3) Discharge (Including Layoff and Refusal to Hire (not salting))32
8(a)(5) Refusal to Furnish Information29
8(a)(1) Concerted Activities (Retaliation, Discharge, Discipline)25
8(a)(1) Coercive Rules19
8(a)(3) Discipline18
8(a)(1) Interrogation (including Polling)8
8(a)(4) Changes in Terms and Conditions of Employment7
8(b)(1)(A) Coercion, incl'g Statements and Violence6
8(b)(3) Refusal to Bargain/Bad Faith or Surface Bargaining5
8(a)(1) Weingarten4
8(a)(4) Discharge (including Layoff and Refusal to Hire)4
8(a)(4) Discipline3
8(a)(5) Failure to Sign Agreement3

Please note that a single case may fall into multiple allegation categories.

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System

Recent Contract Negotiations

Map of recent contract negotiations
IndustryContracts
Transportation18
Transportation and Warehousing6
Not Provided2

Source: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.