Locomotive Engineers (BLE)

BLE's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Locomotive Engineers National Headquarters	Cleveland, OH	54,813
Locomotive Engineers General Committee Of Adjustment	Csxt Western Railroad Lines Etowah, TN	4,401
Locomotive Engineers State Legislative Board	Texas Richland Hills, TX	4,387
Locomotive Engineers State Legislative Board	Illinois Mt Vernon, IL	3,549
Locomotive Engineers General Committee Of Adjustment 177	Southern Pacific Transportation Co El Paso, TX	3,002
Locomotive Engineers General Committee Of Adjustment	Union Pacific Rr - Southern Region San Antonio, TX	2,692
Locomotive Engineers General Committee Of Adjustment 4	Norfolf Southern Railway Cynthiana, KY	2,668
Locomotive Engineers General Committee Of Adjustment	Santa Fe Rr Crowley, TX	2,572
Locomotive Engineers General Committee Of Adjustment	Norfolk and Western Rwy Kansas City, MO	2,179
Locomotive Engineers State Legislative Board	Missouri Moberly, MO	2,137

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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 2012: $21,953,282.00

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%)

Total Members: 54,813

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
DENNIS PIERCE	PRESIDENT	$242,786.00
MARCUS RUEF	VICE PRESIDENT	$206,280.00
EDGAR PRUITT	FIRST VICE PRESIDENT	$204,699.00
MICHEAL TWOMBLY	VICE PRESIDNET	$201,425.00
WILLIAM WALPERT	NAT'L SECRETARY TREASURER	$200,616.00
COLE DAVIS	VICE PRESIDENT	$198,725.00
JOHN TOLMAN	VICE PRESIDENT	$197,309.00
WILLARD KNIGHT	VICE PRESIDENT	$194,177.00
STEPHEN BRUNO	VICE PRESIDENT	$194,103.00
GILBERT GORE	VICE PRESIDENT	$192,545.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $2,212,433.00 (0.9368)

Republicans: $142,146.00 (0.0602)

BLE's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers	$2,346,207.00
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers	$12,372.00
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers/Tex	$2,000.00
Train Dispatchers Political League	$1,000.00

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $3,378,289.00

BLE's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying

BLE Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers	$3,378,289.00

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
Criminal Charges	29
Criminal Convictions	3
Embezzlement Charges	45
Guilty Pleas	41
Indictments	17
Officials Sentenced	27

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
BLE Local 234	2	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 457	0	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 65	4	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 518	3	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 97	4	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 401	1	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 421	3	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 186	0	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 103	0	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 517	5	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 48	5	Full Audit Text
BLE Local 448		Full Audit Text
BLE Local 292		Full Audit Text
BLE Local 549		Full Audit Text
BLE Local		Full Audit Text
BLE Local		Full Audit Text
BLE Local 171		Full Audit Text
BLE Local		Full Audit Text
BLE Local 156		Full Audit Text

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
Threatening Statements	2
Lawsuits/Grievances	2
Picketing/Strike Actions	2

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/Sponsor	Members	Funding Percentage
Lafarge N.a. Inc. Pension Plan for Hourly Compensated Employees (missouri Portland) Lafarge North America, Inc.	319
Bricklayers Union Local No 1 of Missouri Pension P Bricklayers Union Local No 1 of Missouri Pension Plan	2,302

Source: Internal Revenue Service.