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Operating Engineers, Local 18

Basic Information

Local 18

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Address

OPERATING ENGINEERS
3515 PROSPECT AVENUE
CLEVELAND, OH 44115

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.

Basic Financials

Total Assets $86,285,372
Total Liabilities $11,813
Total Income $20,026,959
Total Spent $68,040,541

Total Assets Trend

Assets (Change from previous report)

Cash $13,571,720 (-78.0%)
Accounts Receivable $0 (0.0%)
Investments $60,393,309 (0.0%)
Fixed Assets $12,273,911 (0.0%)
Treasury Securities $0 (-100.0%)
Other Assets $46,432 (-22.3%)
Loans Receivable $0 (0.0%)

Liabilities

Loans Payable $0
Accounts Payable $0
Other Liabilities $11,813
Mortgages $0

Income

Dues $18,758,395
Per Person Tax $0
Investments $131,260
Supplies $51,151
Loan Repayment $0
Interest $206,173
Dividends $369,048
Rents $3,410
Fees and Fines $455,754
Loans Obtained $0
Other Receipts $20,340
Affiliates $0
Members $31,428
Reinvestments $77,662,422
All Others $20,340

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2021  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

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.

Spending Overview

Spending Breakdown

Representational $5,243,818 (7.71%)
Political Activities and Lobbying $762,101 (1.12%)
Contributions, Gifts, and Grants $13,682 (0.02%)
General Overhead $2,541,653 (3.74%)
Union Administration $631,649 (0.93%)
Strike Benefits $0 (0.00%)
To Union Officers $1,619,891 (2.38%)
To Union Employees $2,899,219 (4.26%)
Education $0 (0.00%)
Fees $0 (0.00%)

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Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2021  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

Membership

Membership Trend

YearMembers
200215,035
200315,006
200415,145
200515,179
200615,239
200715,136
200814,631
200914,123
201013,827
201113,673
201213,519
201313,666
201413,947
201514,203
201614,141
201714,516
201815,035
201915,434
202015,331
202114,901

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2021  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

Leaders & Salaries

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
MICHAEL BERTOLONEBUSINESS MANAGER$179,007
THOMAS BYERSPRESIDENT$163,322
SCOTT STEVENSONTRUSTEE$145,378
JOSEPH CASTO IIIFINANCIAL SECRETARY$135,158
JEFFERSON POWELLVICE PRESIDENT$133,959
THOMAS PEREVOSNIKTREASURER$131,076
JASON BAKERAUDITOR$130,638
ROBERT HUGHESREC. -COR. SECRETARY$130,163
BRETT LAFASODISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE$129,102
RONALD KROHN JRAUDITOR$129,002

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2021  •  Last Updated: June 12th, 2023

Crime, Corruption & Racketeering

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).

Corruption and Embezzlement Charges

Type of Criminal ActivityNumber of Instances
embezzlement charges3
Guilty Pleas2
Indictments1
Officials Sentenced1

Some incidents may be accounted for in multiple categories.

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: April 8th, 2021

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.

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: November 15th, 2016

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).

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
Coercive Statements2
Duty of Fair Representation1
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)1
Failure to Sign Agreement1

Please note that a single case may fall into multiple allegation categories.

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System