Unite (UNITE)

UNITE's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Unite Joint Board	Chicago and Central States Chicago, IL	18,101
Unite Joint Board	Midwest Regional Chicago, IL	12,087
Unite Joint Board	New England Boston, MA	7,224
Unite Joint Board	New York Newark, NJ	6,867
Unite Joint Board	Disability Service and Allied Work New York, NY	4,681
Unite Joint Board	Greater Northeastern Willimantic, CT	4,058
Unite Joint Board	Western Cheektowaga, NY	1,170
Unite Local 313	Boston, MA	889
Unite Local 1999	Boston, MA	808
Unite Local 141	Boston, MA	767

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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 2004: $48,769,997.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $344,260.00 (0.71%)
• General Overhead^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Union Administration^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $809,342.00 (1.66%)
• To Union Employees^?: $5,598,196.00 (11.48%)
• Education^?: $834,948.00 (1.71%)
• Fees^?: $1,193,051.00 (2.45%)

Total Members: 201,605

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
BRUCE RAYNOR	PRESIDENT	$163,556.00
MARY OBIEN	DEPT DIRECTOR	$140,769.00
EDGAR ROMNEY	INT'L SECY TREA	$108,996.00
MARK FLEISCHMAN	EX VICE PRES	$93,953.00
WILLIAM LEE	EX VICE PRES	$89,420.00
ERNEST BENNETT	VICE PRESIDENT	$81,987.00
DAVID PROUTY	GENERAL COUNSEL	$80,477.00
NOEL BEASLEY	VICE PRESIDENT	$70,790.00
RANDI FARBER	CHIEF FIN OFFICE	$70,653.00
HAROLD BOCK	VICE PRESIDENT	$65,412.00

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FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $233,803.00 (0.9985)

Republicans: $360.00 (0.0015)

UNITE's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
Union of Needletrades Employees/Chicago	$196,330.00
Clothing & Textile Workers/Rochester	$31,733.00
Union of Needletrades Employees 23-25	$3,600.00
UNITE Mid Atlantic Regional Joint Board	$2,000.00
UNITE/Pennsylvania, Ohio & South Jersey	$500.00

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $661,240.00

UNITE's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying
Immigration	$480,000.00
Health Issues	$480,000.00
Government Issues	$480,000.00
Welfare	$240,000.00
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties	$240,000.00
Defense	$240,000.00
Bankruptcy	$240,000.00
Taxes	$240,000.00
Trade	$240,000.00
Labor, Antitrust & Workplace	$240,000.00

UNITE Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
UNITE	$480,000.00
Union of Needletrades Employees	$181,240.00

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
	32
Criminal Charges	792
Criminal Convictions	53
Embezzlement Charges	1458
Guilty Pleas	1320
Indictments	560
Officials Sentenced	806

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
UNITE Local 1700	1	Full Audit Text

Employer/Location	Union	Days on Strike	Employees on Strike
St Francis Hotel San Francisco, CA	UNITE HERE Local 2	2	594
PALACE HOTEL San Francisco, CA	UNITE HERE Local 2	2	194
Grand Hyatt Hotel San Francisco, CA	UNITE HERE Local 2	3	476
Bemis Company Inc Terre Haute, IN	UNITE HERE Local 1426	41	735
Company Store , WI	UNITE HERE Local 379	35	75
CONGRESS PLAZA HOTEL THE Chicago, IL	Unite Here Local 1	1982	130
Mechanical Contractors Association of Omaha Omaha, NE	United Assoc. of Local	7	489
Prudential Overall Supply Irvine, CA	UNITE HERE Local WSRJB	169	196
Radisson Wilshire Plaza Hotel Los Angeles, CA	Unite HERE Local 11	2	100
Lechner and Sons Uniform Rental Mount Prospect, IL	UNITE HERE Local 1557	548	40

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Pensions

Associated Pension Funds

These pension funds are tied to the union according to their name only. There is no formal system for identifying all pension funds associated with a union. As a result, some of these pension fund may not be associated with the union.

Pension Name/Sponsor	Members	Funding Percentage
Retirement Income Guarantee Plan of Xerox Corporation and the Xerographic Division Unite Here Xerox Corporation	2,648
Unite Here Staff Retirement Plan Board of Trustees Unite Here Staff Retirement Plan	6,000	95.5
Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees of Nitta Casings Inc. Rep by the Union of the New York Joint Board of Unite Here Nitta Casings Inc.	244
San Diego Unite - Here Pension Fund Board of Trustees, San Diego Unite - Here Pension	4,039	102.6

Source: Internal Revenue Service.