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Iron Workers

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1750 NEW YORK AVE NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20006

BSOIW's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

UnionUnit Name/LocationMembers
Iron Workers National Headquarters
Washington, DC		121,940
Iron Workers District Council Greater New York and Vicinity
Tarrytown, NY		10,168
Iron Workers District Council Northern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, N West Va
Washington, PA		7,307
Iron Workers District Council Ironworkers District Council of Chi
Bensenville, IL		6,655
Iron Workers District Council Southern Ohio and Vicinity
Franklin, OH		6,130
Iron Workers District Council New England States
South Boston, MA		6,010
Iron Workers District Council Pacific Northwest
Lakewood, WA		5,433
Iron Workers District Council Philadelphia and Vicinity
Westville, NJ		4,650
Iron Workers Local 433
City Of Industry, CA		4,510
Iron Workers District Council Texas
Georgetown, TX		4,184
» See All Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Year Covered: 2012 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?: $89,277,533.00
  • Total Liabilities?: $866,683.00
  • Total Income?: $82,972,214.00
  • Total Spent?: $89,226,570.00

» See Historical Financial Information

Assets (Change from previous report)

  • Cash?: $10,464,515.00 (-37.4%)
  • Accounts Receivable?: $5,308,441.00 (+16.6%)
  • Investments?: $61,299,224.00 (-6.6%)
  • Fixed Assets?: $3,855,227.00 (-6.6%)
  • Treasury Securities?: $8,047,727.00 (+12.2%)
  • Other Assets?: $302,399.00 (+35.7%)
  • Loans Receivable?: $0.00 (0.0%)

Liabilities

  • Loans Payable?: $0.00
  • Accounts Payable?: $0.00
  • Other Liabilities?: $0.00
  • Mortgages?: $0.00

Income

  • Dues?: $0.00
  • Per Person Tax?: $0.00
  • Investments?: $0.00
  • Supplies?: $0.00
  • Loan Repayment?: $0.00
  • Interest?: $0.00
  • Dividends?: $0.00
  • Rents?: $0.00
  • Fees and Fines?: $0.00
  • Loans Obtained?: $0.00
  • Other Receipts?: $0.00
  • Affiliates?: $0.00
  • Members?: $0.00
  • Reinvestments?: $0.00
  • All Others?: $0.00

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2012 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 2012: $89,226,570.00

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Spending Breakdown

  • Representational?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Political Activities and Lobbying?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • General Overhead?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Union Administration?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Strike Benefits?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • To Union Officers?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • To Union Employees?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Education?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Fees?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

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

Membership

Total Members: 121,940

Membership Trend



YearMembers
2002135,072
2003130,928
2004127,009
2005125,437
2006127,222
2007134,134
2008140,406
2009136,010
2010126,956
2011122,671
2012121,940

Income per Member: $680.43

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

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

Officers and Employees

  • Average Total Compensation: $134,741.39
  • Total Employees: 116
  • Employees Making more than $75,000: 65

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
WALTER WISEGENERAL PRESIDENT$397,684.00
ERIC DEANGENERAL SECRETARY$338,725.00
EDWARD MCHUGHGENERAL TREASURER$289,895.00
DARRELL LABOUCAN8TH VICE PRESIDENT$253,272.00
LEE WORLEYEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$242,890.00
GEORGE KRATZER1ST VICE PRESIDENT$237,031.00
RICHARD WARD2ND VICE PRESIDENT$233,995.00
EDWARD WALSH3RD VICE PRESIDENT$233,741.00
KEVIN BRYENTONGENERAL ORGANIZER$231,881.00
KENNETH DEANGENERAL ORGANIZER$230,997.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

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

Political Activities

FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $9,944,956.00 (0.9171)
Republicans: $843,200.00 (0.0778)

BSOIW's Political Action Committees

Political Action CommitteeTotal Contributed
Ironworkers Union$10,672,326.00
Ironworkers Union Local 401$139,500.00
Ironworkers Union Local 67$28,780.00
Hawaii Ironworkers Stabilization Fund$2,050.00
Ironworkers Local 167$1,000.00

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

Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

State-level Political Operations

Democrats: $32,456.16
Republicans: $1,000.00

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: $5,114,983.00

BSOIW's 527 Committee(s)

527 CommitteeTotal Spent
Ironworkers Union$4,630,993.00
Ironworkers Local 395$356,917.00
Ironworkers Local 444$76,313.00
Ironworkers Union Local 17$40,132.00
Ironworkers Union/Pacific Northwest$10,628.00

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

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Lobbying

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $2,050,000.00

Lobbying Expenditures Trend

BSOIW's Major Issues

IssueTotal Spent Lobbying
Energy & Nuclear Power$80,000.00

BSOIW Lobbying Groups

ClientTotal Spent Lobbying
Ironworkers Union$2,050,000.00

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

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
BSOIW Local 31Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 5761Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 5204Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 167Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 7Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 372Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 625Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 440Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 665Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 811Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 58Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 14Full Audit Text
BSOIW Local 787Full 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: 30

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case NumberName/UnionDate Filed
36-RD-01715U.S. Metal Works, Inc.
Shopmen's Local Union No. 516 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, AFL-CIO		December 1st, 2008
06-RD-01626McKees Rocks Industrial Enterprises, Inc.
Shopmen's Local Union No. 527 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, AFL-CIO		April 30th, 2008
32-RD-01551American Buildings Company, a subsidiary of Nucor, Inc.
Shopmen's Local Union No. 790, International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, AFL-CIO		December 11th, 2007
08-RD-02087W.L. Jenkins Company, Inc.
Ironworkers Shopmens Local Union No. 468		June 12th, 2007
32-RD-01530Pittsburg DesMoines Steel Co.
Shopmen's Local Union No. 624		April 4th, 2007
09-RD-02124IRON WORKERS DISTRICT COUNCIL SO & V BENEFIT TRUST
SHOPMAN'S LOCAL UNION NO. 522		October 13th, 2006
07-RD-03541ABZ Steel Fabricating LLC
Local 508 Ironworkers		August 30th, 2006
26-RD-01128Scepter, Inc.
Shopmen's Local Union No. 733 of the International Associaiton of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers, AFL-CIO		December 5th, 2005
18-RD-02557Haakinson Beatty Steel
International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers Local 553		November 30th, 2005
26-RD-01126Bishop Steel
Ironworkers Local 167		October 11th, 2005

» 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
Other Allegations219
Duty of Fair Representation136
Actions of Picketers106
Hiring Halls84
Statements74
Hiring Hall Related61
Time/Place of Picketing29
Reserved Gate Issues29
Picketing/Strike Actions22
Coercive Statements20
Threatening Statements18
Language on Picket Sign/Handbill12
All Allegations against a Labor Organization12
Violence/Assaults10
Harassment9
Lawsuits/Grievances9
Union Security Related9
Union Security Related (including Beck)8
Refusal to Furnish Information6
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)6

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
AGC - LRD Division
Wellesley, MA		BSOIW Local 70200
Central Illinois Builders
Springfield, IL		BSOIW Local 4611353
Allied Building Metal Industries Inc.
Metropolitan Area, NY		BSOIW Local 361172538
FENCE ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHICAGO
Chicago area, IL		BSOIW Local 631240
BILCO
West Haven, CT		BSOIW Local 83214189

» See all strikes

Source: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

Pensions

Associated Pension Funds

These pension funds are tied to the union according to their name only. There is no formal system for identifying all pension funds associated with a union. As a result, some of these pension fund may not be associated with the union.

Pension Name/SponsorMembersFunding Percentage
Continental Carbon Company Pension Plan for Hourly Paid Bargaining Unit Employees at Sunray, Texas Plant
Continental Carbon Company		47
Nrg Texas Retirement Plan
Nrg Texas, Lp, C/o Nrg Energy, Inc.		1,603
Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees of Robroy Industries - Texas, L.p.
Robroy Industries, Inc.		136
Ethyl Corporation Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees Located in Houston, Texas
Newmarket Corporation and Affiliates		153
Crane Plumbing, L.l.c. Bargaining Employees (texas) Retirement Plan
Crane Plumbing, L.l.c.		150

Source: Internal Revenue Service.