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Member transparency: financial reports from your union online!

ILA Corruption: By Hook or By Crook - No Comments » - Posted on April, 21 at 4:51 pm

Most unions have to submit annual financial statements to the US Department of Labor. These financial reports are called LM-2 forms, and they will tell you: when the next union election is, how many members the union has, the salaries of officers and staff, and more.
The statements for 2008 are now available online at http://erds.dol-esa.gov/query/getOrgQry.do.
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Pier Pressure Spring Issue Preview: President Richard Hughes took home $1.23 million in 2008

ILA Corruption: By Hook or By Crook, News - No Comments » - Posted on April, 17 at 7:03 pm

ILA heads toward bankruptcy while executive officers reward themselves
Four top executive officers of the ILA are supposed to resign August 1, 2009. John Bowers, President Emeritus; Bobby Gleason, Secretary-Treasurer; Gerald Owens, General Organizer; and Bunny Holland, General Vice-President were asked to step down as a result of their high salaries. All are past their retirement […]

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