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Steelworkers (USWA)

Steelworkers

USWA

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FIVE GATEWAY CENTER
PITTSBURGH, PA 15222

USWA's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

UnionUnit Name/LocationMembers
Steelworkers National Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA		604,938
Steelworkers District Council 4District Council 13
Gonzales, LA		11,000
Steelworkers Local 8888
Newport News, VA		6,632
Steelworkers Local 7600
Fontana, CA		5,253
Steelworkers Local 1945
Paramount, CA		3,975
Steelworkers Local 1010
East Chicago, IN		3,391
Steelworkers Local 675
Carson, CA		3,298
Steelworkers Local 6787
Chesterton, IN		3,265
Steelworkers Local 1
Teaxs City, TX		3,200
Steelworkers Local Exxonmobil Nationwide Council
Baytown, TX		3,023
» 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?: $395,888,150.00
  • Total Liabilities?: $863,904,117.00
  • Total Income?: $475,007,597.00
  • Total Spent?: $423,659,671.00

» See Historical Financial Information

Assets (Change from previous report)

  • Cash?: $102,957,823.00 (+99.5%)
  • Accounts Receivable?: $11,686.00 (+44.8%)
  • Investments?: $259,475,618.00 (+4.3%)
  • Fixed Assets?: $10,809,506.00 (+4.3%)
  • Treasury Securities?: $13,488,677.00 (-36.4%)
  • Other Assets?: $8,640,722.00 (+14.2%)
  • Loans Receivable?: $504,118.00 (+5.0%)

Liabilities

Income

  • Dues?: $267,123,539.00
  • Per Person Tax?: $0.00
  • Investments?: $15,563,319.00
  • Supplies?: $534,863.00
  • Loan Repayment?: $0.00
  • Interest?: $5,027,816.00
  • Dividends?: $2,620,481.00
  • Rents?: $2,262,146.00
  • Fees and Fines?: $264,737.00
  • Loans Obtained?: $0.00
  • Other Receipts?: $10,818,265.00
  • Affiliates?: $170,581,822.00
  • Members?: $0.00
  • Reinvestments?: $210,609.00
  • All Others?: $859,326.00

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: $423,659,671.00

Search All Spending

Spending Breakdown

  • Representational?: $94,187,016.00 (22.23%)
  • Political Activities and Lobbying?: $7,751,136.00 (1.83%)
  • Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $1,554,578.00 (0.37%)
  • General Overhead?: $18,188,563.00 (4.29%)
  • Union Administration?: $15,264,592.00 (3.60%)
  • Strike Benefits?: $21,264,494.00 (5.02%)
  • To Union Officers?: $2,329,030.00 (0.55%)
  • To Union Employees?: $54,588,623.00 (12.89%)
  • 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: 606,954

Membership Trend



YearMembers
2002532,234
2003512,312
2004535,461
2005754,978
2006730,936
2007722,545
2008705,190
2009626,526
2010604,938
2011606,954

Income per Member: $782.60

Dues

1.45% per month

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

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

Officers and Employees

  • Average Total Compensation: $82,810.81
  • Total Employees: 975
  • Employees Making more than $75,000: 503

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
$886,463.00
LEO GERARDPRESIDENT$195,565.00
KENNETH NEUMANNNATIONAL DIRECTOR-CANADA$193,530.00
FREDRICK REDMONDVICE PRESIDENT$185,036.00
THOMAS CONWAYVICE PRESIDENT$177,442.00
GARY BEEVERSVICE PRESIDENT$174,890.00
JAMES ROBINSONDIRECTOR$169,057.00
JON GEENENVICE PRESIDENT$167,687.00
MARY LANDRYVICE PRESIDENT$167,518.00
LLOYD WALTERSASSISTANT$166,229.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

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

Political Activities

FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $8,669,443.00 (0.9811)
Republicans: $85,331.00 (0.0097)

USWA's Political Action Committees

Political Action CommitteeTotal Contributed
United Steelworkers$8,483,167.00
United Steelworkers$353,107.00

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

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: $1,929,324.00

USWA's 527 Committee(s)

527 CommitteeTotal Spent
United Steelworkers$1,563,129.00
United Steelworkers District 11$185,785.00
United Steelworkers District 7$114,266.00
United SteelworkersDistrict 1 Ohio$66,144.00

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

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Lobbying

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $3,481,785.00

Lobbying Expenditures Trend

USWA's Major Issues

IssueTotal Spent Lobbying

USWA Lobbying Groups

ClientTotal Spent Lobbying
United Steelworkers$1,770,000.00
United Steelworkers of America$1,711,785.00

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

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
Criminal Charges2
Embezzlement Charges3
Guilty Pleas2
Officials Sentenced3

Some incidents may be accounted for in multiple categories.

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

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
USWA Local 11-31-L3Full Audit Text
USWA Local 91848Full Audit Text
USWA Local 9-456G7Full Audit Text
USWA Local 10551Full Audit Text
USWA Local 536Full Audit Text
USWA Local 58520Full Audit Text
USWA Local 78935Full Audit Text
USWA Local 525U2Full Audit Text
USWA Local 5-20023Full Audit Text
USWA Local 160312Full Audit Text
USWA Local 12-94750Full Audit Text
USWA Local 215410Full Audit Text
USWA Local 9-7436-S6Full Audit Text
USWA Local 04-5429S0Full Audit Text
USWA Local Burlington2Full Audit Text
USWA Local 68-S1Full Audit Text
USWA Local 10638Full Audit Text
USWA Local 4445Full Audit Text
USWA Local 3022Full Audit Text
USWA Local 42Full Audit Text
USWA Local 4207Full Audit Text
USWA Local 5987Full Audit Text
USWA Local 6282Full Audit Text
USWA Local 7487Full Audit Text
USWA Local 7525Full Audit Text
USWA Local 7900Full Audit Text
USWA Local 07-634-L2Full Audit Text
USWA Local 88810Full Audit Text
USWA Local 8-2944Full Audit Text
USWA Local 959L2Full Audit Text
USWA Local 2475494Full Audit Text
USWA Local 101411Full Audit Text
USWA Local 10-9012Full Audit Text
USWA Local 11-1050Full Audit Text
USWA Local 11-6257-S1Full Audit Text
USWA Local 718994Full Audit Text
USWA Local 96754Full Audit Text
USWA Local 4005932Full Audit Text
USWA Local 172Full Audit Text
USWA Local 104974Full Audit Text
USWA Local 8952Full Audit Text
USWA Local 91155Full Audit Text
USWA Local 44272Full Audit Text
USWA Local 143004Full Audit Text
USWA Local 12802Full Audit Text
USWA Local 87513Full Audit Text
USWA Local 10Full Audit Text
USWA Local 34042Full Audit Text
USWA Local 403Full Audit Text
USWA Local 94552Full Audit Text
USWA Local 1048893Full Audit Text
USWA Local 13422Full Audit Text
USWA Local 1168033Full Audit Text
USWA Local 26351Full Audit Text
USWA Local 412774Full Audit Text
USWA Local Full Audit Text
USWA Local 501Full Audit Text
USWA Local 13-4344Full Audit Text
USWA Local 32721Full Audit Text
USWA Local 1306Full Audit Text
USWA Local 916Full Audit Text
USWA Local 310Full Audit Text
USWA Local 8038Full Audit Text
USWA Local 4-Full Audit Text
USWA Local 1Full Audit Text
USWA Local 9566Full Audit Text
USWA Local 498Full Audit Text
USWA Local 2002Full Audit Text
USWA Local 811Full Audit Text
USWA Local 525Full Audit Text

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: January 1st, 2010

Recent Strikes

Employer/LocationUnionDays on StrikeEmployees on Strike
Union Metal Corp
Canton, OH		USWA Local 3446010270
General Parts, Inc.
Bay City, MI		USWA Local 12934 0212765
Capri Album
Mt Vernon, NY		USWA Local 1107880
TruSeal Technologies
Barbourville, KY		USWA Local 841123160
Simkins Paper Box
Philadelphia, PA		USWA Local 2861339
Standard Steel Specialty Company
Beaver Falls, PA		USWA Local 11050
Giant Cement
Summerville, SC		USWA Local 21638300
BICC GENERAL CABLE COMPANY INC (B I C C)
Lincoln, RI		USWA Local 454314190

» See all strikes

Source: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

Pensions

Pensions Linked to the Union

Pension Name/SponsorMembersFunding Percentage
Steelworkers Pension Trust
Steelworkers Pension Trust		102,33276.5
Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund
Board of Trustees Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund		77,68672.5
United Steelworkers of America Staff Pension Plan
United Steelworkers		2,565
Pace International Union Pension Plan
Usw International Union		81685.90

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
Dresser Industries, Inc. Pension Plan for the Uswa, Afl-Cio, Local No. 6312 of Guiberson / Ava Operation of Dresser Oil Tools Division
Halliburton Company		254

Source: Internal Revenue Service.