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8000 E JEFFERSON
DETROIT, MI 482143963

UAW's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

UnionUnit Name/LocationMembers
United Auto Workers Council National Cap
Detroit, MI		380,719
United Auto Workers Council Michigan Cap
Detroit, MI		143,911
United Auto Workers Council Region 1 Cap
Detroit, MI		46,939
United Auto Workers Council Region 1-a Cap
Detroit, MI		43,750
United Auto Workers Council Illinois State Cap
Lincolnshire, IL		31,438
United Auto Workers Council Region 3 Cap
Maumee, OH		30,898
United Auto Workers Council Region 1-D Cap
Grand Rapids, MI		26,650
United Auto Workers Council Region 1-D C.a.p.
Detroit, MI		26,650
United Auto Workers Council Region 1-C Cap
Detroit, MI		26,572
United Auto Workers Local 600
Dearborn, MI		23,593
» See All Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

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?: $1,043,684,394.00
  • Total Liabilities?: $7,136,939.00
  • Total Income?: $257,779,290.00
  • Total Spent?: $258,115,326.00

» See Historical Financial Information

Assets (Change from previous report)

  • Cash?: $1,253,482.00 (-21.1%)
  • Accounts Receivable?: $7,403,560.00 (+40.4%)
  • Investments?: $782,770,877.00 (+155.0%)
  • Fixed Assets?: $108,565,750.00 (+155.0%)
  • Treasury Securities?: $66,847,912.00 (-88.6%)
  • Other Assets?: $28,335,656.00 (-0.2%)
  • Loans Receivable?: $48,507,157.00 (+14.4%)

Liabilities

Income

  • Dues?: $0.00
  • Per Person Tax?: $122,377,196.00
  • Investments?: $42,198,740.00
  • Supplies?: $78,218.00
  • Loan Repayment?: $0.00
  • Interest?: $48,906,687.00
  • Dividends?: $3,276.00
  • Rents?: $254,933.00
  • Fees and Fines?: $30.00
  • Loans Obtained?: $0.00
  • Other Receipts?: $31,230,235.00
  • Affiliates?: $11,794,890.00
  • Members?: $19,869.00
  • Reinvestments?: $915,216.00
  • All Others?: $1,232,447.00

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

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: $258,115,326.00

Search All Spending

Spending Breakdown

  • Representational?: $105,701,851.00 (40.95%)
  • Political Activities and Lobbying?: $7,703,643.00 (2.98%)
  • Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $3,620,443.00 (1.40%)
  • General Overhead?: $14,555,132.00 (5.64%)
  • Union Administration?: $20,797,835.00 (8.06%)
  • Strike Benefits?: $5,112,772.00 (1.98%)
  • To Union Officers?: $1,363,328.00 (0.53%)
  • To Union Employees?: $48,284,037.00 (18.71%)
  • Education?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Fees?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Membership

Total Members: 380,719

Membership Trend



YearMembers
2002638,722
2003624,585
2004654,657
2005557,099
2006538,448
2007464,910
2008431,037
2009355,191
2010376,612
2011380,719

Income per Member: $677.08

Dues

n/a per n/a

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Officers and Employees

  • Average Total Compensation: $94,428.65
  • Total Employees: 887
  • Employees Making more than $75,000: 525

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
$462,408.00
JOSEPH ASHTONVICE PRESIDENT$180,678.00
ROBERT KINGPRESIDENT$176,700.00
JEFFERY PIETRZYKADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT$168,947.00
CHARLES KEARNEYASSISTANT MAJOR$167,128.00
GENERAL HOLIEFIELDVICE PRESIDENT$167,033.00
L SCOTT ADAMSREGIONAL DIRECTOR$164,684.00
AMY LOASCHINGADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT$159,431.00
DENNIS WILLIAMSSECRETARY-TREASURER$158,191.00
MARK HAASISASSISTANT MAJOR$158,137.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Political Activities

FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $37,562,282.00 (0.9705)
Republicans: $1,003,997.00 (0.0259)

UAW's Political Action Committees

Political Action CommitteeTotal Contributed
United Auto Workers$38,702,779.00

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

Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

State-level Political Operations

Democrats: $36,250.00

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

Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

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: $7,207,088.00

UAW's 527 Committee(s)

527 CommitteeTotal Spent
United Auto Workers/Illinois$2,652,916.00
United Auto Workers Region 3$2,012,409.00
United Auto Workers$968,115.00
United Auto Workers/Region 8$878,436.00
United Auto Workers/Region 5$319,500.00
United Auto Workers/Western St Rg 5$229,190.00
United Auto Workers/Wisconsin$146,522.00

Source: Internal Revenue Service by way of the Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Lobbying

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $21,001,650.00

Lobbying Expenditures Trend

UAW's Major Issues

IssueTotal Spent Lobbying

UAW Lobbying Groups

ClientTotal Spent Lobbying
United Auto Workers$21,001,650.00
National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981$0.00

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 Charges6
Embezzlement Charges13
Guilty Pleas14
Indictments1
Officials Sentenced10

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
UAW Local 6911Full Audit Text
UAW Local 7101Full Audit Text
UAW Local 1255Full Audit Text
UAW Local 7223Full Audit Text
UAW Local 6834Full Audit Text
UAW Local 21324Full Audit Text
UAW Local 18922Full Audit Text
UAW Local 5733Full Audit Text
UAW Local 11962Full Audit Text
UAW Local 9752Full Audit Text
UAW Local 212311Full Audit Text
UAW Local 9290Full Audit Text
UAW Local 7862Full Audit Text
UAW Local 7162Full Audit Text
UAW Local 23083Full Audit Text
UAW Local 23472Full Audit Text
UAW Local 8874Full Audit Text
UAW Local 5062Full Audit Text
UAW Local 23252Full Audit Text
UAW Local 7662Full Audit Text
UAW Local 18922Full Audit Text
UAW Local 23521Full Audit Text
UAW Local 847074Full Audit Text
UAW Local 83312Full Audit Text
UAW Local 4078Full Audit Text
UAW Local 23794Full Audit Text
UAW Local 5972Full Audit Text
UAW Local 8070Full Audit Text
UAW Local 2396Full Audit Text
UAW Local 4355Full Audit Text
UAW Local 4935Full Audit Text
UAW Local 14164Full Audit Text
UAW Local 16153Full Audit Text
UAW Local Full Audit Text
UAW Local 16234Full Audit Text
UAW Local 2469Full Audit Text
UAW Local 21471Full Audit Text
UAW Local 17524Full Audit Text
UAW Local 13383Full Audit Text
UAW Local 23673Full Audit Text
UAW Local 3497Full Audit Text
UAW Local 860Full Audit Text
UAW Local 3Full Audit Text
UAW Local 2Full Audit Text
UAW Local 22324Full Audit Text
UAW Local 0Full Audit Text
UAW Local 19303Full Audit Text
UAW Local 909Full Audit Text
UAW Local 163Full Audit Text
UAW Local 204Full 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: 213

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case NumberName/UnionDate Filed
09-RD-02189Ford Kentucky Truck Plant
U.A.W. Local 862		March 6th, 2009
17-RD-01784EPC Columbia, Inc.
UAW Local 710		January 27th, 2009
31-RD-01587ITT Gilfillan
International Union, United Automobiles, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 509		January 9th, 2009
07-RD-03635Metavation, LLC
Local 3032, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, AFL-CIO (UAW)		December 31st, 2008
07-RD-03634JCIM, LLC
Local 19, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union (UAW), AFL-CIO		December 22nd, 2008
03-RD-01548Jaquith Industries
United Auto Workers Local 624 Unit 5		December 1st, 2008
25-RD-01518PGW Formerly PPG INDUSTRIES
United Auto Workers, Local 3059		October 27th, 2008
08-RD-02123Powers & Sons, LLC
United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 211		October 1st, 2008
07-RD-03626Rubber Enterprises, Inc.
Local 771 UAW		September 19th, 2008
14-RD-01910St. Clair Die Casting, L.L.C. 
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Local 282		September 8th, 2008

» 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 Representation3171
Other Allegations804
Coercive Statements78
Threatening Statements64
Union Security Related (including Beck)54
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)53
Harassment43
Disparagement of Employee25
Refusal to Bargain (Succeeding Contract)24
Union Security Related19
Picketing/Strike Actions19
Refusal to Furnish Information17
Violence/Assaults16
Superseniority (Dairylea)14
Failure to Sign Agreement12
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Initial Contract)11
Statements9
Fees Excessive8
Denial of Access7
All Allegations6

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

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System

Recent Strikes

Employer/LocationUnionDays on StrikeEmployees on Strike
Light Metals Corporation
Wyoming, MI		UAW Local 19201100
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc
Hurst, TX		UAW Local 218422433
Douglas Autotech Corporation (Fuji Kiko; Japan)
Bronson, MI		UAW Local 822439146
Peterbilt Motors Company
Madison, TN		UAW Local 1832298750
Reilly Plating Company
Melvindale, MI		UAW Local Region 110931
Jaquith Industries
Syracuse, NY		UAW Local 62445237
Daido Corporation
Bellefontaine, OH		UAW Local 1224407325
Jaquith Industries
Syracuse, NY		UAW Local 62425237
General Dynamics Armament & Technical Products
Marion, VA		UAW Local 285062360
NTN BOWER CORPORATION
HAMILTON, AL		UAW Local 1990323270

» See all strikes

Source: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.