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CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND (CLA)

CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND

CLA

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405 CENTERSTONE COURT
ZEELAND, MI 49464

CLA's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

UnionUnit Name/LocationMembers
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND National Headquarters
Zeeland, MI		1,032
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND Local 10United Construction Workers
Zeeland, MI		579
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND Local 78Highway Construction Workers
Willmar, MN		239
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND Local 84United Construction Workers
Willmar, MN		193
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND Local 18United Construction Workers
Zeeland, MI		107
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND Local 17Dairy Employees Union
Ontario, CA		85
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND Local 25Poultry Workers Union
Ontario, CA		16
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND Local 12Service Employees
Zeeland, MI		8
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND Local 55United Metal Workers
Zeeland, MI		0
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND Local 8United Construction Workers
Baxter, MN		0
» See All Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 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?: $403,833.00
  • Total Liabilities?: $1,806.00
  • Total Income?: $484,893.00
  • Total Spent?: $408,575.00

» See Historical Financial Information

Assets (Change from previous report)

  • Cash?: $357,227.00 (+27.2%)
  • Accounts Receivable?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Investments?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Fixed Assets?: $46,606.00 (0.0%)
  • Treasury Securities?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Other Assets?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Loans Receivable?: $0.00 (0.0%)

Liabilities

  • Loans Payable?: $0.00
  • Accounts Payable?: $0.00
  • Other Liabilities?: $1,806.00
  • Mortgages?: $0.00

Income

  • Dues?: $463,283.00
  • Per Person Tax?: $0.00
  • Investments?: $0.00
  • Supplies?: $0.00
  • Loan Repayment?: $0.00
  • Interest?: $933.00
  • Dividends?: $0.00
  • Rents?: $0.00
  • Fees and Fines?: $0.00
  • Loans Obtained?: $0.00
  • Other Receipts?: $20,677.00
  • Affiliates?: $0.00
  • Members?: $0.00
  • Reinvestments?: $0.00
  • All Others?: $20,677.00

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 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 2011: $408,575.00

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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?: $169,746.00 (41.55%)
  • Union Administration?: $116,126.00 (28.42%)
  • Strike Benefits?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • To Union Officers?: $52,542.00 (12.86%)
  • To Union Employees?: $97,072.00 (23.76%)
  • Education?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Fees?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Membership

Total Members: 984

Membership Trend



YearMembers
20021,604
20031,159
20051,200
20061,092
20071,155
20081,275
20090
20101,032
2011984

Income per Member: $492.77

Dues

39.25 per MEMBER MONTH

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Officers and Employees

  • Average Total Compensation: $21,454.67
  • Total Employees: 10
  • Employees Making more than $75,000: 0

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
CLARENCE MERRILLPRESIDENT$62,118.00
JONI TULENCHIKREPRESENTATIVE$42,890.00
LORETTA FALKSECRETARY$33,587.00
DOUGLAS REESEREPRESENTATIVE$28,155.00
JENNIFER KEEGSTRASECRETARY$22,142.00
JOHN KRIPPNERSECRETARY$1,200.00
MIKE VAN TUBERGENTREASURER$1,200.00
TOM ROSEASST SECRETARY/TREASURER$900.00
ASCENCION MARQUEZVICE-PRESIDENT$900.00
$0.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Crime, Corruption, and Racketeering

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 ActivityNumber of Incidents
2
Criminal Charges26
Embezzlement Charges36
Guilty Pleas43
Indictments18
Officials Sentenced27

Some incidents may be accounted for in multiple categories.

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

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: 6

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case NumberName/UnionDate Filed
25-RD-01481T & R PAVEMENT MARKINGS, INC. d/b/a T & R TRAFFIC SERVICES
CHRISTIAN LABOR ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 18		March 2nd, 2006
07-RD-03394Balkema Excavating
United Construction Workes, Local 10, CLA		June 2nd, 2003
07-RD-03381Peerbolts
Christian Labor Association, Local 18		February 26th, 2003
07-RD-03377MAG Electric, Inc.
Christian Labor Association		February 11th, 2003
07-RD-03347Landfill Management
United Construction Workers Local No. 10		April 4th, 2002
07-RD-03237Lamar Construction Company
United Construction Workers Local 18, CLA		March 2nd, 2000

» 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 Allegations4
Duty of Fair Representation4
All Allegations against a Labor Organization1
All Allegations against an Employer1

Please notes a single case may fall into multiple allegation categories.

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System

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
United Construction Workers Pension Fund
Board of Trustees United Construction Workers Pension Fund		38068.9

Source: Internal Revenue Service.