Utility Workers (UWU)

UWU's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Utility Workers National Headquarters	Washington, DC	50,000
Utility Workers Local 1	New York, NY	9,431
Utility Workers Local 223	Dearborn, MI	3,842
Utility Workers Local 132	Whittier, CA	3,808
Utility Workers State Council	Michigan Lansing, MI	3,511
Utility Workers Local 369	Braintree, MA	3,272
Utility Workers Council	Nj State Council Utility Workers Newark, NJ	2,348
Utility Workers Local 601	Bloomfield, NJ	1,396
Utility Workers Local 555	Valley View, OH	1,182
Utility Workers Local 270	Valley View, OH	1,173

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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 2010: $17,914,207.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $3,671,643.00 (20.50%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $329,538.00 (1.84%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $64,020.00 (0.36%)
• General Overhead^?: $2,498,910.00 (13.95%)
• Union Administration^?: $1,601,618.00 (8.94%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $1,180,083.00 (6.59%)
• To Union Employees^?: $1,794,866.00 (10.02%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 50,000

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
JOHN DUFFY	VICE PRESIDENT	$235,903.00
STEVEN VANSLOOTEN	EXEC VICE PRES	$234,141.00
MICHAEL LANGFORD	PRESIDENT	$233,522.00
GARY RUFFNER	SECRETARY-TREASURER	$231,292.00
SAM WEINSTEIN	ASST TO PRES	$181,975.00
GEORGE MANOOGIAN	STRATEGIC PLANNING DIR.	$169,067.00
STEWART ACUFF	CHIEF OF STAFF	$164,007.00
LEONIDAS LABELLE	ORGANIZER - NATIONAL REP	$163,948.00
DONALD OPATKA	REGIONAL DIRECTOR	$160,697.00
MARK BROOKS	SENIOR RESEARCHER	$159,304.00

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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
Indictments	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
UWU Local 223	7	Full Audit Text
UWU Local 600	4	Full Audit Text
UWU Local 555	2	Full Audit Text
UWU Local 310	4	Full Audit Text
UWU Local 537	3	Full Audit Text
UWU Local 126	6	Full Audit Text
UWU Local 492	9	Full Audit Text
UWU Local 544	1	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: 11

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
01-RD-02088	RCN Utility Workers Union of of America, Local Union No. 369, AFL-CIO	December 19th, 2006
04-RD-02075	Amerigas Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO	May 15th, 2006
04-RD-02071	Amerigas Propane Company Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO	April 24th, 2006
07-RD-03525	DTE Energy Local 223 Utility Workers of America	April 21st, 2006
34-RD-00313	AQUARION WATER COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT UTILITY WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, LOCAL 384, AFL-CIO	September 7th, 2004
01-RD-02047	Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Utiltiy Workers Union of America Local 590, AFL-CIO	August 24th, 2004
06-RD-01521	Washington Greene Alternative Residential Services, Inc. Service Employees International Union, Local 668	March 3rd, 2004
01-RD-02026	Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Utility Workers Union of America, Local 369 Technical, AFL-CIO	December 24th, 2003
09-RD-01995	COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO, INC. UTILITY WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA	December 13th, 2001
31-RD-01431	AES UWUA Local 246	August 28th, 2000

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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	163
Other Allegations	40
Union Security Related (including Beck)	8
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	3
Union Security Related	3
Threatening Statements	3
Statements	2
Refusal to Furnish Information	2
Picketing/Strike Actions	2
Disparagement of Employee	2
Repudiation/Modification of Contract	2
Actions of Picketers	2
Unknown	1
Violence/Assaults	1
Denial of Access	1
Statements/Threats	1
Failure to Sign Agreement	1
Reserved Gate Issues	1
Coercive Statements	1
Handbilling	1

Employer/Location	Union	Days on Strike	Employees on Strike
NSTAR ELECTRIC & GAS CORPORATION Various, MA	UWU Local 369	17	1964

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