Government Security Officers (UGSOA)

UGSOA's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Government Security Officers National Headquarters	Westminster, CO	13,845
Government Security Officers Local 304	Harrisburg, PA	383
Government Security Officers Local 43	Alexandria, VA	350
Government Security Officers Local 19	Millstone Clinton, CT	214
Government Security Officers Local 223	Sacramento, CA	190
Government Security Officers Local 21	Westminster, CO	170
Government Security Officers Local 309	Lakewood, CO	170
Government Security Officers Local 52	San Bernardino, CA	167
Government Security Officers Local 20	St. Louis, MO	145
Government Security Officers Local 12	Macungie, PA	140

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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 2011: $2,074,341.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $756,424.00 (36.47%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $730.00 (0.04%)
• General Overhead^?: $217,891.00 (10.50%)
• Union Administration^?: $294,798.00 (14.21%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $335,176.00 (16.16%)
• To Union Employees^?: $138,398.00 (6.67%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 12,132

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
DESIREE SULLIVAN	PRESIDENT	$99,653.00
TAMMY BOWIE	SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT	$84,908.00
MIKE BURKE	DHS VICE PRESIDENT	$60,913.00
JEFF MILLER	EAST COAST REGIONAL DIR	$60,156.00
ERIC MCMILLEN	CENTRAL REGIONAL DIR	$57,212.00
LARONNY VANCE	STAFF	$44,593.00
REBECCA KUNZLER	STAFF	$37,514.00
JOHN NOVAK	NRC VICE PRESIDENT	$34,017.00
BONNY RAMSEY	STAFF	$28,482.00
LARRY FERRIS	STAFF	$21,090.00

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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
UGSOA Local 219	3	Full Audit Text
UGSOA Local 44	5	Full Audit Text
UGSOA Local 19		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: 30

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
19-RD-03791	Securitas Security Services UGSOA	May 27th, 2008
19-RD-03774	HWA, Inc. UGSOA Local 234	August 24th, 2007
17-RD-01756	AKAL UGSOA	July 31st, 2007
19-RD-03769	AKAL Security UGSOA Local 118	July 25th, 2007
26-RD-01141	Akal Security, Inc. United Government Security Officers of America, Local 167	July 23rd, 2007
26-RD-01139	AKAL Security Inc. United Government Security Officers of Americal Local #68	July 3rd, 2007
37-RD-00418	AKAL Security United Government Security Officers of America, International Union	June 5th, 2007
09-RD-02133	AKAL SECURITY INC. UNITED GOVERNMENT SECURITY OFFICERS OF AMERICA LOCAL #114	January 4th, 2007
14-RD-01878	The Wackenhut Corporation United Government Security Officers of America, Local #11	December 19th, 2006
11-RD-00691	Akal Security, Inc. United Government Security Officers of America	October 10th, 2006

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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	110
Other Allegations	76
Union Security Related (including Beck)	19
Union Security Related	13
Coercive Statements	8
Harassment	7
Repudiation/Modification of Contract	5
Threatening Statements	3
Refusal to Bargain (Initial Contract)	3
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	3
Refusal to Furnish Information	3
Actions of Picketers	3
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Initial Contract)	2
Statements	2
Denial of Access	2
Disparagement of Employee	2
Lawsuits	2
All Allegations	2
Statements/Threats	1
All Allegations against a Labor Organization	1