UNITE HERE (UNITHE)

UNITHE's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
UNITE HERE National Headquarters	New York, NY	229,823
UNITE HERE Local 226	Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, NV	47,098
UNITE HERE Local 6	New York, NY	21,808
UNITE HERE Local 11	Los Angeles, CA	14,816
UNITE HERE Local 2	San Francisco, CA	13,837
UNITE HERE Local 54	Atlantic City, NJ	13,706
UNITE HERE Local 1	Chicago, IL	12,516
UNITE HERE Local 5	Honolulu Honolulu, HI	9,547
UNITE HERE Local 737	Orlando, FL	8,289
UNITE HERE Local 100	New York, NY	7,672

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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: $168,504,364.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $36,180,619.00 (21.47%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $1,404,590.00 (0.83%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $1,772,705.00 (1.05%)
• General Overhead^?: $47,826,816.00 (28.38%)
• Union Administration^?: $3,546,354.00 (2.10%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $546,485.00 (0.32%)
• To Union Officers^?: $3,273,435.00 (1.94%)
• To Union Employees^?: $14,216,456.00 (8.44%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 233,542

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
		$528,399.00
JOHN WILHELM	PRESIDENT	$390,958.00
NICK WORHAUG	EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT	$295,281.00
SHERRI CHIESA	SECRETARY TREASURER - IU	$233,364.00
KARL LECHOW	INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESID	$214,706.00
WILLIAM LEWIS	CHIEF INFORMATION OFICER	$193,102.00
DONALD TAYLOR	GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT	$187,439.00
HENRY TAMARIN	EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT	$175,809.00
MATTHEW WALKER	INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESID	$173,609.00
JEF EATCHEL	INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESID	$166,754.00

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FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $8,499,696.00 (0.9586)

Republicans: $308,004.00 (0.0347)

UNITHE's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
UNITE HERE	$6,354,505.00
Culinary Workers Union Local 226	$2,203,233.00
UNITE HERE	$234,736.00
Unite Here Local 5	$59,676.00
UNITE HERE/Philadelphia	$14,250.00

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: $18,524,815.00

UNITHE's 527 Committee(s)

527 Committee	Total Spent
UNITE HERE	$12,657,838.00
UNITE HERE	$5,603,993.00
UNITE HERE Independent	$200,186.00
UNITE HERE Local 8	$62,798.00

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $4,250,000.00

UNITHE's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying

UNITHE Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
UNITE HERE	$4,250,000.00

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 Activity	Number of Incidents
Embezzlement Charges	1
Guilty Pleas	1

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
UNITHE Local 4	99	Full Audit Text
UNITHE Local 108	6	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: 332

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
18-RD-02674	Pickwick Unite Here, Local 99	February 26th, 2009
25-RD-01525	MONARCH TEXTILE RENTAL SERVICES, INC. UNITE HERE, LOCAL 319C	February 23rd, 2009
14-RD-01922	Tony's Lounge, Inc. Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 74	February 9th, 2009
13-RD-02606	The Blackstone, A Renaissance Hotel UNITE HERE Local 1	January 30th, 2009
14-RD-01921	Casino One Corporation d/b/a Lumiére Place Casino & Hotels UNITE HERE, Local 74	January 27th, 2009
08-RD-02131	McKinley Grand Hotel, LLC UNITE HERE	December 9th, 2008
04-RD-02144	Chartwell @ Lower Dauphin High School UNITE HERE/SEIU Local 2552	November 17th, 2008
08-RD-02130	Angelica Textiles Services UNITE HERE, Local 2765	November 14th, 2008
27-RD-01215	Imperial Headwear UNITE HERE Local 63h	October 27th, 2008
19-RD-03805	13 Coins Acquisition, LLC UNITE HERE! Local 8	October 14th, 2008

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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	2081
Other Allegations	536
Hiring Halls	75
Coercive Statements	73
Threatening Statements	73
Union Security Related (including Beck)	72
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	63
Actions of Picketers	57
Harassment	48
Union Security Related	45
Hiring Hall Related	37
Picketing/Strike Actions	33
Handbilling	29
Statements	27
Refusal to Furnish Information	27
Violence/Assaults	24
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Initial Contract)	21
Time/Place of Picketing	20
Refusal to Bargain (Succeeding Contract)	19
Language on Picket Sign/Handbill	18

Employer/Location	Union	Days on Strike	Employees on Strike
ANGELICA CORPORATION Los Angeles, CA	UNITHE Local 52	65	300
Interface Solutions Inc Fulton, NY	UNITHE Local 701	58	140
LA Hotel Employer's Council Los Angeles, CA	UNITHE Local 11	2	2400
Angelica Textile Services Batavia, NY	UNITHE Local 168	0	141
INNOVATIVE PLASTICS Orangeburgh, NY	UNITHE Local	4	120

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Pensions

Pensions Linked to the Union

Pension Name/Sponsor	Members	Funding Percentage
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Interntional Union Welfare Fund Employees Pension Plan H.e.r.e.i.u. Welfare Fund	420

Source: Internal Revenue Service.