Labor Organization and Auxiliary Reports

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 120 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing
data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Persons are not required to respond to the
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Reporting of this information is mandatory and is required by the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended (LMRDA). The information will be used to facilitate public disclosure of reportable transactions as defined and required
by the LMRDA. Failure to furnish the requested information or providing fraudulent information will result in civil and/or criminal enforcement action pursuant to the LMRDA
and other applicable statutes. As this is public information, there are no assurances of confidentiality. If you have any comments regarding this estimate or any other
aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden, please send them to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards
Administration, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Division of Interpretations and Standards, Room N-5609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

must be reported. You are not required to file a
report unless you or your spouse or minor child held
a reportable interest, received a reportable payment,
or engaged in a reportable transaction or
arrangement during the reporting period. As
discussed in Part II, you are not required to report
insubstantial payments or gifts, as there defined.

FORM LM-30
LABOR ORGANIZATION OFFICER
AND EMPLOYEE REPORT
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

The Department’s Office of Labor-Management
Standards (OLMS) has developed a comprehensive
program to assist with LMRDA compliance, including
the completion of the Form LM-30. Much of the
information is available on the OLMS Web site:
www.olms.dol.gov. For additional contact
information, see the final page of these instructions.

I. WHY FILE
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of
1959, as amended (LMRDA or Act), requires public
disclosure of certain financial transactions and financial
interests of labor organization officers and employees
and their spouses and minor children. See 29 C.F.R.
404.1-404.9 (reports by officers and employees of labor
organizations). The purpose of disclosure, among other
things, is to publicly identify an actual or potential conflict
between the personal financial interests of a union
officer or employee (sometimes referred to as a filer in
these instructions) and his or her obligations to the union
and its members. Labor organization, labor organization
officer, labor organization employee, and other important
terms are defined in Part III of these instructions (pages
9-13).

The reporting requirements of the LMRDA and of the
regulations and forms issued under the Act relate
only to the public disclosure of specified transactions
and interests. The reporting requirements do not
address whether such transactions and interests are
lawful or unlawful. The fact that a particular
transaction or interest is or is not required to be
reported is not indicative of whether it is or is not
subject to any legal restriction; this must be
determined by provisions of law other than those
prescribing the reports. Failure to file a required
report may subject an individual to civil or criminal
penalties, or both. See Part VII of these instructions
at page 13.

The LMRDA establishes basic rights of union members,
including equal voting rights, freedom of speech and
assembly, and other essential safeguards for union
democracy, among other protections; establishes
financial reporting and disclosure requirements for
unions, union officers and employees, employers, and
labor relations consultants; regulates union trusteeships;
details procedural requirements for the conduct of union
officer elections; and establishes a fiduciary duty on
union officers, employees, and other representatives.

II. WHO MUST FILE AND
WHAT MUST BE REPORTED
As described in more detail below, you must file
Form LM-30 if at any time during your past fiscal
year:

Pursuant to Section 202 of the LMRDA, and subject to
certain exceptions, every labor organization officer or
employee (other than an employee performing
exclusively clerical or custodial services), who has,
directly or indirectly, held any legal or equitable interest
in, received any payments from, or engaged in any
transactions or arrangements (including loans) with
certain employers or businesses or labor relations
consultants during the officer or employee’s fiscal year
must file a detailed report with the Secretary of Labor
(Secretary). See Part II of these instructions for a
detailed discussion of the types of financial matters that

(1) You were an officer or employee of a labor
organization (other than an employee
performing exclusively clerical or custodial
services) as defined by the LMRDA, and
(2) You or your spouse or your minor child,
directly or indirectly, held any legal or
equitable interest, received any payments,
or engaged in any transactions or
arrangements (including loans) of the types
described in these instructions.

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See pages 19 to 21 of these instructions for the text of
Section 202 and other relevant provisions of the LMRDA
and the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA).
Minor child. Interests held by, payments received by,
and transactions and arrangements involving a minor
child must be reported until the child turns 21. If the
child reaches the age of 21 during the fiscal year,
disclosable matters must be reported for that portion of
the fiscal year before the child’s 21st birthday. If you are
divorced during your fiscal year, disclosable interests
and transactions for your spouse must be reported for
that portion of the fiscal year prior to your divorce.
Insubstantial payments and gifts. You do not have to
report any payments or gifts totaling $250 or less from
any one source and payments or gifts valued at $20 or
less do not need to be included in determining whether
the $250 threshold has been met. For example, if you
receive from an employer two gifts worth $20 each and
two restaurant meals worth $150 each, you need only
keep records of the restaurant meals, and report your
receipt of this $300 value. However, a filer may not use
the exception to hide the receipt of a series of
payments or gifts purposely set at $20 or less to avoid
reaching the $250 reporting threshold. For example, a
filer would have to report his or her receipt of individual
tickets worth $20 or less to all of a professional
baseball team’s home games that are provided before
each game rather than given as a complete package at
the start of the season.
Widely-attended gatherings. You also do not have to
report the benefits, such as food and entertainment, you
received while in attendance at one or two widelyattended receptions, meetings or gatherings in a single
fiscal year for which an employer or business has spent
$125 or less per attendee per gathering. You do not
have to include the value of those gatherings in
determining whether the $250 threshold has been met
for the employer or business providing the meeting or
gathering. However, if you attend three or more such
widely-attended gatherings provided by an employer or
business, you must count the value of all such events.
A gathering is widely attended if a large number of
persons are in attendance and the attendees include
union officers and employees and a substantial number
of individuals with no relationship to a union or a section
3(l) trust of the union (see definition of trust in which a
labor organization is interested at D16 on page 13). For
a gathering to qualify as widely attended, those
individuals with a relationship to a union must be treated
the same as others when the employer or business
advertises or distributes invitations for the event and
must be treated alike at the event.

Getting Started
If you are an officer or employee of a labor
organization (other than an employee performing
exclusively clerical or custodial services) as defined
by the LMRDA, review the following descriptions of
the types of interests, payments, transactions, and
arrangements that you must report on Form LM-30.
Each description is followed by a list of specific
exceptions to that reporting requirement and
examples illustrating the requirement.
(Please note that the exceptions and examples
below apply only to the specific type of transaction
where they are listed.)

Reportable Interests in, Payments from,
and Transactions and Arrangements
with Employers
(1) An Employer Whose Employees
Your Labor Organization
Represents or is Actively Seeking
to Represent
You must complete Form LM-30 if you or
your spouse or your minor child, directly or
indirectly:
•
•

•
•

held a stock, bond, security, or other
interest, legal or equitable, in such
an employer; or
derived any income or any other
benefit with monetary value
(including reimbursed expenses)
from such an employer; or
received a loan from, or made a
loan to, such an employer; or
engaged in any other business
transaction or arrangement with
such an employer that was not a
purchase or sale of goods or
services in the regular course of
business at prices generally
available to any employee of the
employer.

See definitions of labor organization at D10
on page 11; actively seeking to represent at
D1 on page 9; directly or indirectly at D7 on
page 11; legal or equitable interest at D13
on page 13; income at D9 on page 11;
benefit with monetary value at D3 on page
10; arrangement at D2 on page 10.

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Exceptions to the Above Reporting
Requirements Relating to an Employer Whose
Employees Your Labor Organization
Represents or is Actively Seeking to Represent
You are not required to report:
•

Payments or gifts totaling $250 or less from any
one source (payments or gifts valued at $20 or less
do not need to be included in determining whether
the $250 threshold has been met, but a series of
payments or gifts designed to circumvent the $20
threshold must be reported).
In calculating whether the $250 threshold has been
met for a particular employer or business, you do
not have to include payments or gifts, such as food
and entertainment, received while in attendance at
one or two widely-attended receptions, meetings or
gatherings in a single fiscal year for which an
employer or business has spent $125 or less per
attendee per gathering.

•

Holdings of, transactions in, or income
from, bona fide investments in
(1) securities traded on a securities
exchange registered as a national
securities exchange under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (including the
American Stock Exchange, Boston Stock
Exchange, Chicago Board Options
Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange,
International Securities Exchange,
NASDAQ, National Stock Exchange ,New
York Stock Exchange, Pacific Exchange,
and Philadelphia Stock Exchange);
(2) shares in an investment company
registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, or (3) securities of a public
utility holding company registered under
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935,

•

Holdings of, transactions in, or income
from, bona fide investments in securities
other than those described in the
preceding bullet that are of insubstantial
value or amount and occur under terms
unrelated to your status in a labor
organization. Holdings or transactions
involving $1,000 or less and receipt of
income of $100 or less in any one security
shall be considered insubstantial.

•

Payments and benefits received as a
bona fide employee of the employer. This

exception does not apply to loans or
to transactions involving interests in
the employer. For example, if the
employer has a program in which
bona fide employees may sell their
stock in the company, this exception
would not apply. See definition of
bona fide employee at D4 on page 10.
Examples
Example 1
You are a union officer and truck driver who is
paid for ten days, or 80 hours, of work by the
employer, every two weeks even though you drive
a truck nine days, or 72 hours, and spend the
tenth day of the pay period (8 hours) handling
union member grievances or other union-related
work. If this arrangement is not set forth in a
collective bargaining agreement, you must report
all of the income and benefits received from the
employer for union work. If the arrangement is set
forth in a bona fide collective bargaining
agreement, you do not have to report because
such payments are only reportable if you receive
more than 250 hours of union-leave/no-docking
payments per year. See definition of bona fide
employee at D4 on page 10 and labor organization
employee at D11 on page 12.
Example 2
You are an officer of a union that
represents Widget Company employees.
To help prepare for your retirement, you
purchase 5,000 shares of Widget
Company stock that is traded on
NASDAQ, a registered national stock
exchange. You need not report the shares
under the exception for bona fide
investments in such securities.
Example 3
You are an officer of a union that
represents Cident Company employees.
Your wife owns 5,000 shares of Cident
Company stock that Cident’s CEO gave
her on Mother’s Day two years ago. This
stock is traded on the NYSE, a registered
national stock exchange. You must report
the holding of the shares. Because it was
received as a gift, the exception for bona
fide investments in such securities does
not apply.
Example 4
You are a full-time officer of a union that
represents employees of several different

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employers. One of the employers pays your
expenses on a trip with management officials
to a plant in another part of the country to view
new equipment that the employer is
considering purchasing. You must report the
travel expenses.
Example 5
You are an employee of a union that
represents actors. You own a production
company whose employees are represented
by your union. You must report your interests
in the production company.

employees your union represents and for whom
you work. You own this interest pursuant to an
investment plan in which all employees participate
under the same terms. This is a payment or
benefit received as a bona fide employee and the
interest is not reportable. In this fiscal year, you
sell this interest to the employer. The sales
transaction is reportable.
Example 11
You are a union officer and your spouse
receives a loan from an employer whose
employees your union represents. The
loan must be reported.

Example 6
You are an employee of a union and your
spouse works as a producer for a dinner
theater that employs actors represented by
your union. Your spouse works 40 to 50 hours
a week producing shows and is paid a yearly
salary. You do not have to report this salary
because the payments are received by your
spouse as a bona fide employee of the theater
company. See definition of bona fide
employee at D4 on page 10.

Example 12
You are a union employee. Your spouse
is a partner of a package delivery
company. The company receives a loan
from Easy Credit Limited that was
arranged with the assistance of an
employer whose employees your union is
actively seeking to represent. The loan
and the arrangement for assistance must
be reported.

Example 7
You are a union officer and you receive payments
under an ERISA-qualified pension plan. The
payments relate to your past employment with an
employer whose employees your union represents.
These payments are received as a bona fide
employee of the employer, thus you do not have to
report these payments. See definition of bona fide
employee at D4 on page 10.

Example 13
You are an officer of an international union
affiliated with a local union that represents
employees at an automobile plant. The
employer permits you to participate in an
executive purchase plan under which
management executives are permitted to
purchase vehicles produced by the
employer at a discount and at a low
interest rate. The transaction must be
reported.

Example 8
You are a union officer and after the beginning of the
fiscal year, your employer gives you stock options
permitting you to purchase stock at a preferred rate in
a new business enterprise your employer is launching.
Three weeks before the end of your fiscal year, you
exercise the options to purchase the stock and then
immediately sell it to realize a gain of $25,000. These
transactions must be reported.
Example 9
You are a union employee and your minor child
receives 100 shares of stock as a high school
graduation gift from an employer whose employees
your union represents. She immediately sells it to
assist with college expenses. Both transactions, the
gift and the sale, must be reported.
Example 10
You are a union officer, and you hold an ownership
interest in the business of an employer whose

Example 14
You are an employee of a union that represents
employees at Acme Warehouse. At your request,
Acme allows your neighbor to store his company’s
inventory at a rate below the customary storage
rate. Your neighbor, in turn, shows his gratitude
by allowing you to use his luxury box at a sporting
event. You must report this arrangement. See
definition of arrangement at D2 on page 10.
Example 15
You are an officer of an international union and are
a member of the board of directors of an employer
whose employees your union represents. You
receive directors’ fees and reimbursed expenses.
You must report these payments.
Example 16
You are a union steward and worked 300 hours on
union business during the year and received your

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the financial institution’s own criteria and
made on terms unrelated to your status in
a labor organization. This exception does
not apply to national or state banks, credit
unions, savings or loan associations,
insurance companies, or other bona fide
credit institutions that constitute a “trust in
which your labor organization is
interested.”

regular income and benefits from your employer in
accordance with the no-docking provision in the
collective bargaining agreement. You must report all
the income and benefits you received from the
employer for the work performed on the union’s behalf.

(2) Payments of Money or Other Thing of
Value from Certain Other Employers or a
Labor Relations Consultant to Such an
Employer

•

You must file Form LM-30 if you or your spouse or your
minor child received, directly or indirectly, any payment
of money or other thing of value (including reimbursed
expenses) from an employer or a labor relations
consultant to an employer that:

Pension, health, or other benefit payments
to you, your spouse, or minor child from a
trust that are provided pursuant to a
written specific agreement covering such
payments.

•

Any payments from your labor
organization or from a labor organization
affiliated with your labor organization.

•

Payments of the kinds referred to in Labor
Management Relations Act (LMRA)
Section 302(c), as summarized below and
set forth in full on pages 20-21, and
payments your spouse or minor children
receive as compensation for, or by reason
of, their service to their employer:

•
•
•

•

•

is in competition with an employer whose
employees your labor organization represents
or is actively seeking to represent; or
is a trust in which your labor organization is
interested, as defined in section 3(l) of the
LMRDA (see definition at D16 on page 13); or
is a not-for-profit organization that receives or
is actively and directly soliciting (other than by
mass mail, telephone bank, or mass media)
money, donations, or contributions from your
labor organization; or
is a labor union that (1) has employees your
union represents or is actively seeking to
represent, (2) has employees in the same
occupation as those represented by your
union; (3) claims jurisdiction over work that is
also claimed by your union; (4) is a party to
or will be affected by any proceeding in which
you have voting authority or other ability to
influence the outcome of the proceeding; or
(5) has made a payment to you for the
purpose of influencing the outcome of an
internal union election; or
has interests in actual or potential conflict with
the interests of your labor organization or your
duties to your labor organization.

Exceptions to the Reporting Requirements
Relating to Certain Other Employers or a
Labor Relations Consultant to Such an
Employer
You are not required to report:
•

Bona fide loans, interest or dividends from
national or state banks, credit unions, savings
or loan associations, insurance companies, or
other bona fide credit institutions, if such
loans, interest or dividends are based upon

(1) any money or other thing of value
payable by an employer to
a) an employee acting openly for the
employer in matters of labor relations or
personnel administration, or
b) any officer or employee of a labor
organization who also is an employee or
former employee of such employer, as
compensation for or by reason of, his
service as an employee of such employer;
(2) money or other thing of value payable
in satisfaction of a judgment, arbitral
award, settlement or release of any claim
in the absence of fraud or duress;
(3) with respect to the sale or purchase of
an item at the prevailing market price in
the regular course of business;
(4) with respect to deductions in payment
of labor union dues from wages by written
assignment;
(5) with respect to money or other thing of
value paid to a trust fund established by
the representative of an employer’s
employees for the sole benefit of these
employees, their families and dependents
for medical or hospital care, pensions on
retirement or death of employees,
compensation for injuries or illness
resulting from occupational activity or
insurance to provide the foregoing, or

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unemployment benefits or life insurance,
disability and sickness insurance, or accident
insurance;
(6) with respect to money or other thing of
value paid by any employer to a trust fund
established by the representative of the
employer’s employees for the purpose of
pooled vacation, holiday, severance or similar
benefits, or defraying costs of apprenticeship
or other training programs;
(7) with respect to money or other thing of
value paid by any employer to an individual or
pooled trust fund for providing scholarships for
the benefit of employees, families, and
dependents, child care centers, or financial
assistance for employee housing;
(8) with respect to money or other thing of
value paid by any employer to a trust for
defraying the costs of legal services; or
(9) with respect to money or other thing of
value paid by any employer to a labormanagement committee.
•

Payments or gifts totaling $250 or less from any
one source (payments or gifts valued at $20 or less
do not need to be included in determining whether
the $250 threshold has been met, but a series of
payments or gifts designed to circumvent the $20
threshold must be reported).
In calculating whether the $250 threshold has been
met for a particular employer or business, you do
not have to include payments or gifts, such as food
and entertainment, received while in attendance at
one or two widely-attended receptions, meetings or
gatherings in a single fiscal year for which an
employer or business has spent $125 or less per
attendee per gathering.
Examples

Example 1
You are a union officer representing employees of
TriWireFire, Inc., an employer in the
telecommunications industry. An employer, WhyWire,
Inc., which markets services in competition with
TriWireFire, gives you a gift of a ski trip worth more
than $250. You must report the trip and its value.
Example 2
You are a union officer and you receive
payments pursuant to the terms of an ERISA
qualified pension plan. You do not have to
report these payments.
Example 3
You are a local union president and a trustee
of a trust in which your labor organization is

interested. You must reports payments
from the trust, including reimbursed
expenses, for your service as a trustee,
except in the unusual situation where you
as a trustee are also considered an
employee of the trust.
Example 4
You are an employee of a union. Each
year your union holds an annual workers’
summer school at a private university
whose space and services are rented by
the union. You go to the summer school
as an instructor and bring your wife and
two minor children. At no extra charge to
you, the university provides
accommodations for you, your wife, and
minor children, rather than the single room
typically provided instructors. The use of
the additional space and its fair market
value must be reported.
Example 5
You are an officer of Local Union ABC.
You receive a gift of high-end consumer
electronics from a sales representative of
HealthCare PrePaid, Inc., a not-for-profit
health insurance company. Local Union
ABC pays $125,000 annually in premiums
to this health insurance company in return
for its extending insurance coverage to the
union members. You must report the
value of the consumer electronics.

(3) Payments from any Employer or a
Labor Relations Consultant to any
Employer for the Following Purposes:
•
•
•
•

•

Not to organize employees;
To influence employees in any way with
respect to their right to organize;
To take any action with respect to the status of
employees or others as members of a labor
organization;
To take any action with respect to bargaining
or dealing with employers whose employees
your labor organization represents or is
actively seeking to represent; or
To influence the outcome of an internal union
election.

There are no exceptions to reporting these types of
payments.
Examples

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Example 1
You are an officer of a national union. Your
spouse is hired as a senior executive of an
employer on the understanding that your union
will not seek to organize that employer. Your
spouse receives a salary, medical, disability,
and life insurance, use of a company car, and
a paid membership to a private club. You must
report the salary and the monetary value of the
other benefits your spouse receives from the
employer.
Example 2
You are a local union president. An employer
outside of the jurisdiction of your local hires
your 20-year old daughter for a summer job on
the understanding that you will seek to have
your members go on strike against an
employer who is one of its competitors. You
must report the payments your daughter
receives from this employer.

•

Holdings of, transactions in, or income
from, bona fide investments in
(1) securities traded on a securities
exchange registered as a national
securities exchange under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(including the American Stock
Exchange, Boston Stock Exchange,
Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, International
Securities Exchange, NASDAQ,
National Stock Exchange ,New York
Stock Exchange, Pacific Exchange,
and Philadelphia Stock Exchange);
(2) shares in an investment company
registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, or (3) securities
of a public utility holding company
registered under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935,

•

Holdings of, transactions in, or income
from, bona fide investments in
securities other than those described
in the preceding bullet that are of
insubstantial value or amount and
occur under terms unrelated to your
status in a labor organization.
Holdings or transactions involving
$1,000 or less and receipt of income of
$100 or less in any one security shall
be considered insubstantial.

•

Payments or gifts totaling $250 or less from
any one source (payments or gifts valued at
$20 or less do not need to be included in
determining whether the $250 threshold has
been met, but a series of payments or gifts
designed to circumvent the $20 threshold must
be reported.)

Reportable Payments and Interests from
Businesses
You must complete Form LM-30 if you, your spouse, or
your minor child, directly or indirectly, held an interest in,
or received any income or other benefit with monetary
value (including reimbursed expenses) from a business
(for example, a vendor or a service provider) that meets
any of the following conditions:
•

•
•

a substantial part of its business consists of
buying or selling or otherwise dealing with an
employer whose employees your labor
organization represents or is actively seeking to
represent (substantial part is defined as 10% or
more at D15 on page 13); or
any part of its business consists of buying or
selling or otherwise dealing with your labor
organization; or
any part of its business consists of buying or
selling or otherwise dealing with a trust in which
your labor organization is interested.

Special Note: A “business” here is a vendor of
goods or provider of services. A payment from a
business may be reportable whether or not the
business employs employees or otherwise
meets the definition of “employer.”

Exceptions to Reportable Payments
and Interests from Businesses

In calculating whether the $250 threshold has
been met for a particular employer or
business, you do not have to include the
benefits, such as food and entertainment,
received while in attendance at one or two
widely-attended receptions, meetings or
gatherings in a single fiscal year for which the
employer or business spent $125 or less per
attendee per gathering.
See the definitions of dealing below at D6
on page 11, labor organization at D10 on
page 11, and substantial part at D15 on
page 13.

You are not required to report:
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Examples
Example 1
You are a union officer. You own a small
machine parts business from which you
receive $50,000 in annual income. The
employer of the employees your union
represents purchased a large quantity of
machine parts from your business. The
employer’s purchases represented 10% of the
total receipts of your machine parts business
that year. You must report your interest in the
machine parts business, the $50,000 in
income you received from the business.
Example 2
You are an officer of an international union.
Your wife owns an accounting firm that pays
her an annual salary. Last year, 20% of the
receipts of her firm were from an employer
whose employees are represented by a local
union that is subordinate to your international
union. You need not report your wife’s interest
in the accounting firm, her salary from the firm,
or the dealings between her business and the
employer.
Example 3
You are a union officer and part owner of a
copier supply company. Your union
represents employees of employers A, B, and
C. Last year 3% of the company’s receipts
were from employer A, 2% were from
employer B, and 4% were from employer C.
You do not have to report because less than
10% of the company’s receipts were from
employers whose employees your union
represents.
Example 4
You are a union officer and a trustee to a plan
established to provide benefits for the union
members. An investment firm seeking to
provide financial services to the plan hosts you
on a week-long golfing trip in the Outer Banks
of North Carolina. You must report the value
of the trip, as well as the nature of the
relationship sought by the investment firm with
the plan.
Example 5
You are an officer of an international union and
you receive sporting event season tickets, and
multiple restaurant meals, from an attorney
who appears on, or wishes to appear on, a list
of “designated legal counsel.” The union uses
this list to recommend lawyers to the union

members for representation in workers’
compensation or other matters. You must
report the value of the gifts and the nature
of the relationship between the lawyer and
the union.
Example 6
You are an employee of a union that has a
collective bargaining agreement with trade
show contractors. You were a seasonal
employee of a company that received 15%
of its receipts last year from leasing fork
lifts to these contractors. You must report
your income received from the company
and the dealings between the company
and the contractors.
Example 7
You are an officer of a district council.
Your spouse owns and operates a small
catering business, which provides her an
annual salary and reimburses her for
business-related expenses. Your council
purchases catering services from your
spouse’s business during the fiscal year.
You must report your spouse’s ownership
interest in the catering business, the salary
and reimbursed expenses that she
received from the business, and its
dealings with the union.
Example 8
You are a business manager of a local
union. You work on a contract basis for a
plumbing supply company that sold tools
and other supplies to the union and its
training funds. You must report the
payments you received from the plumbing
supply company, and the company’s
dealings with the union and the training
funds.
Example 9
You are an officer of a national union. You
and your spouse own a printing company
that prints the union newsletters for a local
union of the same national union. You
must report your and your spouse’s
ownership interest in the printing company
and the company’s dealings with the local.
Example 10
You are an officer of a joint board and run
a snow plowing business that provides you
with an annual income of $20,000. A
subordinate local contracted with the
business to plow the parking lot of its
meeting hall. You must report your

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interest in the snow plowing business, the
$20,000 in income and the business’s dealings
with the local.
Example 11
You are an employee of a national union.
Your wife works for a travel agency that
handles all the travel arrangements for the
national union. Your wife receives income
from the travel agency. You must report your
wife’s income from the travel agency and the
dealings between the travel agency and the
union.
Example 12
You are the president of a local union and your
19-year old son works for a business that
produces customized t-shirts, caps, and
jackets. Your local union buys logo items from
this business. You must report your son’s
income received from this business and the
dealings between the business and the union.
Example 13
You are a business representative of a local
union that represents shipyard workers. You
and two other business representatives own a
company that does medical testing of local
members, which is paid for by a health benefit
plan that is a trust in which your local is
interested. The company also provides
medical insurance coverage for you and your
spouse. You must report your interest in the
medical testing company, the medical
coverage for you and your spouse, and the
dealings between the testing company and the
health benefit plan.
Example 14
You are the president of a local union and own
a building, which has numerous tenants,
including your local. Your ownership interest
and income received from the operation of the
building and the dealings between you and the
union must be reported.
Example 15
You are a national union president and a
trustee of a jointly administered health care
trust that insures union members through a
health insurance company. Premiums for
insurance coverage of union members are
paid by the trust to the health insurance
company. You are a member of the board of
directors of the health insurance company,
which pays you annual directors’ fees and
reimburses expenses for your attendance at
board meetings. (To comply with other legal

requirements, you recuse yourself from all
decisions by the trust concerning the
health insurance company.) As the health
insurance company is doing business with
a trust in which your union is interested,
you must report your annual directors’ fees
and reimbursed expenses. The dealings
between the health insurance company
and the trust must also be reported.
Example 16
You are an officer of a national union and
your spouse works as an associate for a
law firm that represents a local union that
is affiliated with your national union. You
are not required to report payments and
other financial benefits received by your
spouse as a bona fide employee of a
business or employer involved with a lower
level of your labor organization. However,
if the firm represents the national union,
you must report your spouse’s income and
the firm’s dealings with the national union.
Example 17
You are a union officer and director of a
registered investment company that offers
investment opportunities to unions or trusts
in which unions are interested. Your union
has invested several thousand dollars in
fixed income or equity funds managed by
the company. You receive no gratuities,
compensation, or reimbursement for your
duties as a director, but you are insured
against personal liability for your actions as
a director under a policy paid for by the
investment company. You must report the
payment, and the dealings between the
investment company and the union.

III. DEFINITIONS
For purposes of completing Form LM-30, the
following definitions apply:
D1. Actively seeking to represent means that a
labor organization has taken steps during the filer’s
fiscal year to become the bargaining representative
of the employees of an employer, including but not
limited to:
•
•

Sending organizers to an employer’s
facility;
Placing an individual in a position as an
employee of an employer that is the subject
of an organizing drive and paying that

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individual subsidies to assist in the union’s
organizing activities;
• Circulating a petition for representation among
employees;
• Soliciting employees to sign membership cards;
• Handing out leaflets;
• Picketing; or
• Demanding recognition or bargaining rights or
obtaining or requesting an employer to enter into
a neutrality agreement (whereby the employer
agrees not to take a position for or against union
representation of its employees), or otherwise
committing labor or financial resources to seek
representation of employees working for the
employer.
Where a filer’s union has taken any of the foregoing
steps, the filer is required to report a payment or
interest received, or transaction conducted, during
that reporting period.
Note: Leafleting or picketing, such as purely
“informational” or “area standards” picketing,
that is wholly without the object of organizing the
employees of a targeted employer will not alone
trigger a reporting obligation. For example, if a
union pickets a sporting goods retailer solely for
the purpose of alerting the public that the retailer
is selling goods that are made by children
working in oppressive conditions in violation of
accepted international standards, the picketing
would not meet the “actively seeking to
represent” standard.
D2. Arrangement means any agreement or
understanding, tacit or express, or any plan or
undertaking, commercial or personal, by which the filer,
spouse, or minor child will obtain a benefit, directly or
indirectly, with an actual or potential monetary value.
Note: The term "arrangement" is very broad
and covers both personal and business
transactions, including an unwritten
understanding. For example, if during the
reporting period an employer’s representative
offered a union officer a job with the employer,
the officer must report the offer unless he or
she rejected it. A standing job offer must be
reported because it carries the potential of
monetary value to the filer. Another example of
a situation requiring a report is when an
employer provided insider information about a
stock or other investment opportunity, unless
the filer rejected the advice and took no steps
to act on it.
D3. Benefit with monetary value means anything of
value, tangible or intangible. It includes any interest in

personal or real property, gift, insurance,
retirement, pension, license, copyright,
forbearance, bequest or other form of inheritance,
office, options, agreement for employment or
property, or property of any kind. You do not need
to report pension, health, or other benefit payments
from a trust to you, your spouse, or minor child that
are provided pursuant to a written specific
agreement covering such payments.
D4. Bona fide employee is an individual who
performs work for, and subject to the control of, the
employer.
Note: A payment received as a bona fide
employee includes wages and employment
benefits received for work performed for,
and subject to the control of, the employer
making the payment, as well as
compensation for work previously
performed, such as earned or accrued
wages, payments or benefits received under
a bona fide health, welfare, pension,
vacation, training or other benefit plan, leave
for jury duty, and all payments required by
law.
Compensation received under a “unionleave,” or “no-docking” policy is not received
as a bona fide employee of the employer
making the payment. Under a union-leave
policy, the employer continues the pay and
benefits of an individual who works full time
for a union. Under a no-docking policy, the
employer permits individuals to devote
portions of their day or workweek to union
business, such as processing grievances,
with no loss of pay. Such payments are
received as an employee of the union and
thus, such payment must be reported by the
union officer or employee unless they
(1) totaled 250 or fewer hours during the
filer’s fiscal year and (2) were paid pursuant
to a bona fide collective bargaining
agreement. If a filer must report payments
for union-leave or no-docking arrangements,
the filer must enter the actual amount of
compensation received for each hour of
union work. If union-leave/no-docking
payments are received from multiple
employers, each such payment is to be
considered separately to determine if the
250-hour threshold has been met. For
purposes of Form LM-30, stewards receiving
union-leave/no-docking payments from an
employer or lost time payments from a labor
organization are considered employees of
the labor organization.

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D5. Bona fide investment means personal assets of an
individual held to generate profit that were not acquired
by improper means or as a gift from any of the following:
(1) an employer, (2) a business that deals with the filer’s
union or a trust in which the filer’s union is interested,
(3) a business a substantial part of which consists of
dealing with an employer whose employees the filer’s
union represents or is actively seeking to represent, or
(4) a labor relations consultant to an employer.
D6. Dealing means to engage in a transaction (bargain,
sell, purchase, agree, contract) or to in any way traffic or
trade, including solicitation for business.
Note: The term “traffic or trade” includes not
only financial transactions that have occurred
but also the act of soliciting such business.
Thus, for example, potential vendors or service
providers attempting to win business with a
union will be considered to be “dealing” with the
union to the same extent as vendors who are
already doing business with the union.
Potential vendors must engage in the active
and direct solicitation of business (other than
by mass mail, telephone bank, or mass media).
A business that passively advertises its
services generally and would provide services
consumed by, for example, a union would not
meet this test. The potential vendor must be
actively seeking the commercial relationship.
Under certain circumstances, the payment itself
will be evidence of the solicitation of business,
such as a potential vendor who treats a union
official to a golf outing and dinner to discuss the
vendor’s products.
D7. Directly or indirectly means by any course,
avenue, or method. Directly encompasses holdings
and transactions in which the filer, spouse, or minor
child receives a payment or other benefit without the
intervention or involvement of another party. Indirectly
includes any payment or benefit which is intended for
the filer, spouse, or minor child or on whose behalf a
transaction or arrangement is undertaken, even though
the interest is held by a third party, or was received
through a third party.
Note: Filers must disclose any benefits received
by them (or their spouse or minor child) from a
third party where the third party is acting on
behalf, or at the behest, of an employer or
business that would have to report the benefit if
they provided it directly to the filer (or their
spouse or minor child). The following examples
show the difference between “direct” and
“indirect”:

•

You are employed by XYZ Widgets
and also serve as the president of
the local union representing XYZ
Widgets employees. In a recent
conversation with the XYZ Widgets
human resources manager, you
mention that you are placing your
15 year-old daughter in a private
school. The XYZ Widget Company
sends you a check for $1,000 with
a note saying “Good luck with the
new school!” You have received a
direct benefit.
You are employed by XYZ Widgets
and also serve as the president of
the local union representing XYZ
Widgets employees. In a recent
conversation with the XYZ Widgets
human resources manager, you
mention that you are placing your
daughter in a private school. You
receive a letter from your
daughter’s new school stating that
she has received a $1,000
scholarship through a donation by
the XYZ Widget Company. You
have received an indirect benefit.

D8. Filer/Reporting Person/You mean any officer
or employee of a labor organization who is required
to file Form LM-30.
Note: These terms are used synonymously
and interchangeably throughout the
instructions and when referring to
reportable interests, income, arrangements
or transactions these terms include
interests, income, arrangements or
transactions involving the union officer’s or
employee’s spouse or minor child.
D9. Income means all income from whatever
source derived, including, but not limited to,
compensation for services, fees, commissions,
wages, salaries, interest, rents, royalties,
copyrights, licenses, dividends, annuities,
honorarium, income and interest from insurance
and endowment contracts, capital gains, discharge
of indebtedness, share of partnership income,
bequests or other forms of inheritance, and gifts,
prizes or awards. See benefit with monetary value
at D3 above at page 10.
D10. Labor organization means the local,
intermediate, or national or international labor
organization that employed the filer, or in which the
filer held office, during the reporting period, and, in
the case of a national or international union officer or

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an intermediate union officer, any subordinate labor
organization of the officer’s labor organization. Item 6 of
Form LM-30 identifies the relationships between
employers and “your labor organization” or “your union”
that trigger a reporting requirement. Item 7 of the Form
LM-30 identifies the direct and indirect relationships
between a business (such as a goods vendor or a
service provider) and “your labor organization” that
trigger a reporting requirement. The terms “your labor
organization” and “your union” mean:
a. For officers and employees of a local labor
organization
Your local labor organization.
b. For officers of an international or national
labor organization
Your national or international labor
organization and all of its affiliated intermediate
bodies and all of its affiliated local labor
organizations
But note: A national or international union
officer does not have to report payments from or
interests in businesses that deal with employers
represented by, or actively being organized by,
any lower level of the officer’s labor
organization. Such officers are also not required
to report payments and other financial benefits
received by their spouses or minor children as
bona fide employees of a business or employer
involved with a lower level of the officer’s labor
organization.
c. For employees of a national or international
labor organization
Your national or international labor
organization.

e. For employees of an intermediate
body
Your intermediate body.
D11. Labor organization employee means any
individual (other than an individual performing
exclusively custodial or clerical services) employed
by a labor organization within the meaning of any
law of the United States relating to the employment
of employees.
Note: An individual who is paid by the
employer to perform union work, either
under a “union-leave” or “no-docking”
policy, is an employee of the union for
reporting purposes if the individual
performs services for, and under the control
of, the union.
For purposes of Form LM-30, stewards
receiving union-leave/no-docking payments
from an employer or lost time payments
from a labor organization are considered
employees of the labor organization.
D12. Labor organization officer means any
constitutional officer, any person authorized to
perform the functions of president, vice president,
secretary, treasurer, or other executive functions of
a labor organization, and any member of its
executive board or similar governing body. An
officer is (1) a person identified as an officer by the
constitution and bylaws of the labor organization; (2)
any person authorized to perform the functions of
president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer; (3)
any person who in fact has executive or policymaking authority or responsibility; and (4) a member
of a group identified as an executive board or a body
which is vested with functions normally performed by
an executive board.

d. For officers of intermediate bodies
Your intermediate body and all of its affiliated
local labor organizations.
But note: An officer of an intermediate body
does not have to report payments from or
interests in businesses that deal with employers
represented by, or actively being organized by,
any lower level of the officer’s labor
organization. Such officers are also not required
to report payments and other financial benefits
received by their spouses or minor children as
bona fide employees of a business or employer
involved with a lower level of the officer’s labor
organization.

Note: Under this definition, an officer includes
a trustee appointed by the national or
international union to administer a local union
in trusteeship. If you are a trustee elected or
appointed by the local union to audit and/or
hold the assets of the union, you may or may
not be a union officer, depending on your
union’s constitution and other factors. If you
serve in your union in any capacity and you are
unsure if your position is an officer position, you
are likely an officer of a labor organization if
any one of the following applies:
ƒ

Your union’s constitution or bylaws
refers to your position as an officer of

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ƒ

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the union
Your union’s constitution or bylaws states
that your position has the authority to make
executive decisions for the union or that
you are authorized to perform the functions
of president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer, or other constitutionally
designated officer
Your union’s annual Form LM-2 or
Form LM-3 lists your position as an officer
of the union
In your position, you serve on your union’s
executive board or similar governing body

D13. Legal or equitable interest means any property or
benefit, tangible or intangible, which has an actual or
potential monetary value for the filer, spouse, or minor
child without regard to whether the filer, spouse, or minor
child holds possession or title to the interest. See
definition of income at D9 above on page 11 and benefit
with monetary value at D3 on page 10.
For example:
•

•

There are additional selected LMRDA definitions at
the end of these instructions.

IV. WHEN TO FILE
You must file Form LM-30 within 90 days after the
end of your fiscal year. If, however, you were an
officer or employee for only a portion of your fiscal
year, you may limit your report to that portion of the
fiscal year.

V. WHERE TO FILE
You must mail the completed Form LM-30 to the
following address:
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment Standards Administration
Office of Labor-Management Standards
200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5616
Washington, DC 20210

VI. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

You are an officer of a union. You and your
spouse jointly own an accounting business
that provides tax services to a number of
clients, including your union. You hold a
legal interest in the company providing
services to your union.
You are an officer of a union. You form a tax
preparation business with two partners and
put your share of the business in your wife’s
name. The business prepares tax returns and
LM reports for your union. You hold an
equitable interest in a business that deals with
your union.

D14. Minor child means a son, daughter, stepson, or
stepdaughter less than 21 years of age.
D15. Substantial part means 10% or more. Where a
business’s receipts from an employer(s) whose
employees the filer’s labor organization represents or is
actively seeking to represent constitute 10% or more of
its annual receipts, a substantial part of the business
consists of dealing with this employer(s).
D16. Trust in which a labor organization is interested
means a trust or other fund or organization (1) which
was created or established by a labor organization, or
one or more of the trustees or one or more members of
the governing body of which is selected or appointed by
a labor organization, and (2) a primary purpose of which
is to provide benefits for the members of such labor
organization or their beneficiaries. The term “section 3(l)
trust” is used in the instructions as a shorthand reference
to such trusts.

Pursuant to the LMRDA, the U.S. Department of
Labor is required to make all submitted reports
available for public inspection. Union officer and
employee reports for the year 2000 and later may be
viewed and downloaded from the Office of LaborManagement Standards (OLMS) Web site at
http://www.union-reports.dol.gov. Copies of reports
can also be ordered at the same Web site. Form
LM-30 reports may also be examined at, and copies
purchased from, the OLMS Public Disclosure Room
at:
U.S. Department of Labor
Room N-1519
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210

VII. OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
PENALTIES
The labor organization officer or employee required
to file Form LM-30 must sign the completed report
and is personally responsible for its filing and
accuracy. Under the LMRDA, this individual is
subject to criminal penalties for willful failure to file a
required report and/or for false reporting. False
reporting includes making any false statement or
misrepresentation of a material fact while knowing it
to be false, or for knowingly failing to disclose a
material fact in a required report or in the information
required to be contained in it or in any information
required to be submitted with it.

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The reporting labor organization officer or employee is
also subject to civil prosecution for violations of the filing
requirements. Section 210 of the LMRDA (29 U.S.C.
440) provides that “whenever it shall appear that any
person has violated or is about to violate any of the
provisions of this title, the Secretary may bring a civil
action for such relief (including injunctions) as may be
appropriate.”
The officers and employees responsible for filing
Form LM-30 are also subject to criminal penalties for
false reporting and perjury under Sections 1001 of
Title 18, 1746 of Title 28, and 1621 of Title 18 of the
United States Code.
You, your spouse, and minor child and any individuals or
entities associated with the reportable interests and
transactions may be required to provide additional
information to the Department concerning reported or
reportable interests.

VIII. RECORDKEEPING
The labor organization officer or employee required to
file Form LM-30 is responsible for maintaining records
on the matters required to be reported that will provide in
sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data
from which the documents may be verified, explained or
clarified, and checked for accuracy and completeness.
These records shall include vouchers, worksheets,
receipts, financial and investment statements, contracts,
correspondence, and applicable resolutions, in their
original electronic and paper formats, and any electronic
programs by which they are maintained. Records must
be kept available for examination for a period of not less
than five years after the filing of the Form LM-30.

IX. COMPLETING FORM LM-30
Read the instructions carefully
OLMS encourages all filers to complete Form LM-30
electronically. Form LM-30 is available on the OLMS
Web site at www.olms.dol.gov. You can complete the
form electronically or print a copy and complete it
manually. If you do not have access to the Internet, you
can obtain a blank form from the nearest OLMS field
office listed at the end of these instructions, from the
OLMS National Office at 202-693-0124, or by calling the
DOL toll-free help desk at 1-866-487-2365.
Information Entry. If you are not completing the report
electronically, entries should be typed or clearly printed
in black ink. Do not use a pencil or any other color ink.
Entering Dollars. In all items dealing with monetary
values, report amounts in dollars only; do not enter

cents. Round cents to the nearest dollar. Enter a
single “0” in the space for reporting dollars if you
have nothing to report.
Continuation Pages. If you are completing this
report in paper format and there is not enough space
to report all the required information and amounts,
print and use the continuation pages available online
or from the sources listed above. Enter the
requested identifying information at the top of each
continuation page.

Form LM-30 PART A
1. LM-30 FILE NUMBER — Enter the five-digit file
number that OLMS assigned you if you have
previously filed Form LM-30. If you have never
filed Form LM-30, leave Item 1 blank. OLMS will
notify you of your assigned file number, which
should be used on all future reports.
2. PERIOD COVERED--Enter the beginning and
ending dates of your fiscal year. Your fiscal year
will normally be identical to the dates for which
you file Federal income tax returns. Your report
should never cover more than a 12-month
period. For example, if your 12-month fiscal
year begins on January 1 and ends on
December 31, do not enter a date beyond the
12-month period, such as January 1 to January
1; this is an invalid date entry. Note that your
fiscal year may differ from the fiscal year
utilized by your union for filing its annual
financial report, Form LM-2, LM-3, or LM-4.
3. CONTACT INFORMATION OF REPORTING
PERSON — Enter the following contact
information:
A – C. Your full name (first, middle, last name).
D – H. Your complete address where mail
should be sent including any building and room
number.
I. Your email address. If you do not have an
email address or choose not to provide it leave
this space blank. Otherwise, enter your email
address in the space provided.
4. LABOR ORGANIZATION IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION —
A — D.
Enter the full name of your labor
organization including local number, if any.
Enter the complete business address of the
labor organization where mail should be sent
including any building and room number.
E. Enter your labor organization’s OLMS file
number. If you cannot obtain the file number, go
to http://www.unionreports.dol.gov or contact the

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nearest OLMS field office listed at the end of these
instructions.
F. Specify your status in the labor organization by
checking the appropriate box indicating whether you
are an officer or an employee.
G. State your official position or job title with the
labor organization. Official titles include, but are not
limited to, president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer. Job titles include, but are not limited to,
business agent, bookkeeper, office secretary, shop
steward.
H. Check “Yes” if you were an officer or employee
of the labor organization at the end of the reporting
period. Check “No” if you were no longer an officer
or employee.
5. SUMMARY —The summary must be completed
after you have first completed each Part B that you
are required to file as discussed below.
A. Enter the total combined value of all income or
other payments reported in Schedule 2, Item F,
Column (1) of each Part B.
B. Enter the total combined value of all assets
reported in Schedule 2, Item F, Column (2) of each
Part B.
6. Employer Relationships – Review the seven types
of employers listed in Item 6 on the form and the
discussion of the reporting requirements and specific
exemptions in Part II of these instructions, pages 1 –
9. Check “yes” in Item 6a if you, your spouse, or
minor child had an arrangement or engaged in a
transaction with, or held an interest in, or received
income or other payment from (including any
reimbursed expenses), or made loans to or received
loans from, an employer or a labor relations
consultant to an employer that meets any of the
conditions listed. Check “no” in Item 6a if there are
none of the listed relationships to report. If you
check “yes” enter the number of employers and
consultants with which you have reportable dealings
in Item 6b.
7. Business Relationships – Review the three types
of business relationships listed in Item 7 on the form
and the discussion of the reporting requirements and
specific exemptions in Part II of these instructions,
pages 1 – 9. Check “yes” in Item 7a if you, your
spouse, or minor child had an arrangement or
engaged in a transaction with, or held an interest in,
or received income or other payment from (including
any reimbursed expenses), or made loans to or
received loans from, a business, such as a goods
vendor or service provider, that meets any of the
conditions listed. Check “no” in Item 7a if there are
none of the listed relationships to report. If you
check “yes” enter the number of businesses with
which you have reportable dealings in Item 7b.

If the answer to both Item 6a and Item 7a is “no,”
you are not required to file Form LM-30.
8. SIGNATURE — Sign and date the Form LM-30
after you have completed the required number
of Part Bs as explained below. Enter the
telephone number you use to conduct official
business. You do not have to report a private
unlisted telephone number.

PART B
You must complete a Part B for each employer (and
each labor relations consultant to an employer) and
for each business from which you received a
reportable payment, loan, or interest (such as stock),
or in which you held a reportable interest, or with
whom you engaged in a reportable transaction or
arrangement, as described in Part II of these
instructions. At the top left of each Part B enter your
file number. Number each Part B consecutively in
the top right corner and indicate the total number
being filed. The form does not require the reporting
of any personally identifiable information relating to
you, your spouse, or your minor child, except as
explicitly noted. Do not include information such as
social security or loan numbers.
For your guidance, Schedules 2, 3, and 4 in Part B
contain examples of the types of information that
should be reported.
Before completing a Part B, carefully read Part II of
these instructions, including the employer and
business reporting descriptions, the exceptions, the
related examples, and the definitions. (See also,
LMRDA Section 202 (a)(1)-(a)(6) [29 USC 432(a)(1)(a)(6)], which is printed at the end of these
instructions).

Schedule 1
Employer or Business Identifying
Information (All Filers Must Complete)
A. Legal Name of Employer, Business or Labor
Relations Consultant. Enter the legal name of
the employer, business, or labor relations
consultant including any alias, trade name, or
“Doing Business As” designation, if applicable.
This is the entity from which you, your spouse,
or your minor child received a reportable
payment or loan, or in which you held a
reportable interest, or with whom you engaged
in a reportable transaction or arrangement.

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Check the appropriate box for employer, business,
or labor relations consultant.
B-D. Contact Name. Enter the full name (first, middle,
last name) of the contact person at the employer,
business, or labor relations consultant to whom mail
should be sent.
E-H. Mailing Address. Enter the complete address
where mail to the employer, business, or labor
relations consultant should be sent including any
building and room number.
I.

Telephone Number. Enter the work telephone
number of the contact person, including the area
code.

J.

Web Site Address. Enter the Web site address
of the employer, business, or labor relations
consultant. If the employer, business, or labor
relations consultant does not have a Web site,
enter “none.”

K.

Continuing Relationship with Employer,
Business, or Labor Relations Consultant at
End of Reporting Period. Indicate whether a
continuing business or financial relationship
existed between you (or your spouse or your
minor child) and the employer, business, or labor
relations consultant at the end of the reporting
period. For example, if you reported salary from a
business that sells services to your union, and you
were still working for the business at the end of the
reporting period, check “yes.” If, for example, the
employer was one with whom you have no
continuing relationship, check “no.”

Schedule 2
Filer's Interests In, Payments From, Loans
to or From, and Transactions or
Arrangements with Employer or Business
and Payments from a Labor Relations
Consultant (All Filers Must Complete)
A.

B.

Date. Enter the date each payment or loan was
received, or each transaction was completed. If
the reportable event is an arrangement, enter the
date the arrangement was made. The date of
interests or other holdings should be the date of
receipt of the interest.
Officer, Employee, Spouse, or Minor Child.
Indicate whether the payment, loan, transaction,
arrangement or interest was paid to, engaged in,
or held by, the officer, employee, spouse or minor
child.

C.

Description of Interest, Payment, Loan,
Transaction or Arrangement. Give a
detailed description of the interest, payment,
loan, transaction, or arrangement.
Interest. For each interest held, identify the
nature of the interest (for example, common
stock, preferred stock, bonds, options, etc.)
Give the total number of shares or other units
held during the fiscal year. State the total cost
of the acquired interest, and the manner by
which you (or your spouse or your minor child)
acquired the interest (for example, employee
stock purchase plan, purchase on an over-thecounter market, gift, etc.) If the interest was
disposed of during the fiscal year, describe the
manner by which you (or your spouse or minor
child) disposed of the interest (for example,
sale on market, gift, exchange, etc.)
Payment or Income. Identify the nature of
the payment, income, or benefit of monetary
value (for example, continuing use of an
automobile for personal purposes, gift of a
computer, payments for services).
Loan. Identify the terms and conditions of
the loan. Include the dollar value of the
remaining obligation, if any, as of the end of
the fiscal year (for example, unpaid balance of
a loan, rentals due under the lease, amount
due under a contract, etc.).
Transaction. Identify the nature of the
transaction, the property involved (for
example, stock, bonds, rental of property
located at X address), the terms and
conditions of the transaction (for example,
discount purchase of goods, sale and lease
back one year, etc), and names and
addresses of intermediate parties involved in
any indirect transactions.
Arrangement. Identify the nature of the
arrangement and provide sufficient detail to
identify the date, persons involved, and
information as to conditions, if any, of the
arrangement and the anticipated date on
which the benefit will be obtained.
Other Thing of Value. Describe the item of
value in Item C and indicate its value in Item
D.
Describe in detail the nature of the purchases,
sales, leases, or other dealings listed. Your
report will be deficient if you provide unclear or
nonspecific descriptions. If you need
additional space to describe the business
dealings, use the Additional Information
Schedule.

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D. Value. If the description in Item C is of income or
other payments, enter its monetary value in
Column (1). If the description in Item C is of an
asset, enter its monetary value in Column (2).
Income or other payments, as used here, includes,
among other things, salary, bonuses, benefits with
monetary value (including reimbursed expenses),
gifts, loans, payments of money and other things of
value, as well as business transactions and
arrangements. See benefits with monetary value at
D3 on page 10 and income at D9 on page 11.
Assets include, among other things, stocks, bonds,
securities, and other interests and holdings, legal or
equitable. See legal or equitable interest at D13 on
page 13.
Enter the exact value if known or easily obtainable;
otherwise, enter a good faith estimate of the fair
market value and explain the basis for the estimate
on the Additional Information Schedule. The fair
market value may be determined by:
• The purchase price
• Recent appraisal
• Assessed value for tax purposes, adjusted to
reflect market value if the assessed value is
computed at less than 100% of the market value
• The year-end book value of stock that is not
publicly traded, the year-end exchange rate of
corporate stock, or the face value of corporate
bonds or comparable securities
• The net worth of a business partnership or
business venture
• The equity value of an individually-owned
business or any other recognized indication of
value (such as the sale price on the stock
exchange at the time of the report or, for
transactions, the sale price on the stock
exchange at the time of the sale).
If the exact value is not known and cannot be
estimated, enter “N/A” and explain the situation on
the Additional Information Schedule.
E. Total from Continuation Pages. Enter the total
value of income or other payments and the total
value of assets from the continuation pages, if any.
F. Total Valuation of Income or Other Payments and
Assets. Enter the total value of income or other
payments and the total value of assets derived from
the employer or business.

Schedule 3
Employer’s Relationship with Your Labor
Organization (Complete for employers only,
that is, if you answered “yes” to Item 6a on
page 2)

A. Employer’s Relationship with Labor
Organization. Check the box (and letter, as
appropriate) that describes the nature of the
employer’s relationship with your labor
organization.
B. Details of the Employer’s Relationship with
Labor Organization. Provide a detailed
description of the relationship between the
employer and your labor organization. For
example, if you checked Box 4, the description
might read: “The XYZ Charity received a
donation from Local ABC in June 2005” or Local
ABC pays “Health Care PrePaid, Inc., a not-forprofit entity, to provide insurance coverage to its
members.” Or if you checked Box 5a, the
description might read: “The employees of
National Union DEF are represented by my
union, National Union DEF Staff Union. The two
entities are parties to a collective bargaining
agreement that is in effect from October 1, 2005
to September 30, 2009.” Your report will be
deficient if you provide unclear or nonspecific
descriptions. If you need additional space to
describe the business dealings, use the
Additional Information Schedule.
B(1). Value. Enter the monetary value of the
relationship described in Item B, if applicable.
For example, as for the premium payments paid
by the labor organization to HealthCare PrePaid,
Inc., as described in Item B, record the $125,000
in premium payments in the space provided. If
there are no payments or transactions with a
monetary value, or if you do not know and
cannot estimate the value, enter N/A and explain
in the Additional Information Schedule.

Schedule 4
Business’s Dealings with Union(s),
Trust(s), or Employer(s) (Complete for
businesses only, that is, if you answered
“yes” to Item 7a on page 2)
A. Name of Union, Trust, or Employer. If the
business has engaged in buying from, selling or
leasing to, or otherwise dealing with your union,
with a trust in which your union is interested, or
in substantial part with an employer whose
employees your union represents or is actively
seeking to represent, enter the legal name of
each such union, trust, or employer.

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B. Union, Trust, or Employer. Indicate whether the
entity listed in Item A is a union, trust, or employer.

B.

Additional Information. Enter the
additional information for the schedule or
item listed in Column A.

C. File Number. If the union, trust, or employer has
filed reports with OLMS, enter its file number, if
known. If you do not have a file number for the
union, trust, or employer, enter its complete address
in the Additional Information Schedule.
D. Description of Dealings. Describe in detail the
nature of the purchases, sales, leases, or other
dealings between the business and the union, trust,
or employer listed in Item A. For example, if the
business and Union A arranged a payroll service in
the amount of $45,000 for union members, you
might describe the dealing as follows: “One
payment for payroll services for Union A members.”
You report will be deficient if you provide unclear or
nonspecific descriptions. If you need additional
space to describe the business dealings, use the
Additional Information Schedule.
E. Value. Enter the exact value of the purchase, sale,
lease, or other dealings between the business and
the union, trust, or employer listed in Item A, if
known or easily obtainable; otherwise, enter a good
faith estimate of the fair market value and explain
the basis for the estimate in the Additional
Information Schedule. The fair market value may be
determined by:
• The purchase price
• Recent appraisal
• Assessed value for tax purposes, adjusted to
reflect market value if the assessed value is
computed at less than 100% of the market value
• The year-end book value of stock that is not
publicly traded, the year-end exchange rate of
corporate stock, or the face value of corporate
bonds or comparable securities
• The net worth of a business partnership or
business venture
• The equity value of an individually-owned
business or any other recognized indication of
value (such as the sale price on the stock
exchange at the time of the report or, for
transactions, the sale price on the stock
exchange at the time of the sale).
If the exact value is not known and cannot be
estimated, enter “N/A” and explain the situation in
the Additional Information Schedule.

Additional Information Schedule
A.

Schedule/Item. Enter the schedule or item to
which the additional information applies.

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SELECTED SECTIONS AND DEFINITIONS FROM THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT
REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959, AS AMENDED (LMRDA) AND
LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT, 1947, AS AMENDED (LMRA)
LMRDA § 3 [29 U.S.C. §402]. Definitions
For the purposes of titles I, II, III, IV, V (except section 505), and VI
of this Act(a) "Commerce" means trade, traffic, commerce, transportation,
transmission, or communication among the several States or
between any State and any place outside thereof.
(b) "State" includes any State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, Wake Island, the Canal Zone, and Outer Continental Shelf
lands defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1331-1343).

THE

(h) "Trusteeship" means any receivership, trusteeship, or other
method of supervision or control whereby a labor organization
suspends the autonomy otherwise available to a subordinate body
under its constitution or bylaws.
(i) "Labor organization" means a labor organization engaged in an
industry affecting commerce and includes any organization of any
kind, any agency, or employee representation committee, group,
association, or plan so engaged in which employees participate and
which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with
employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of
pay, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment, and any
conference, general committee, joint or system board, or joint
council so engaged which is subordinate to a national or
international labor organization, other than a State or local central
body.

(c) "Industry affecting commerce" means any activity, business, or
industry in commerce or in which a labor dispute would hinder or
obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce and includes any
activity or industry "affecting commerce" within the meaning of the
Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, or the
Railway Labor Act, as amended.

(j) A labor organization shall be deemed to be engaged in an
industry affecting commerce if it -

(d) "Person" includes one or more individuals, labor organizations,
partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives,
mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated
organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under Title 11 of the
United States Code, or receivers.

(2) although not certified, is a national or international labor
organization or a local labor organization recognized or acting as
the representative of employees of an employer or employers
engaged in an industry affecting commerce; or

(e) "Employer" means any employer or any group or association of
employers engaged in an industry affecting commerce (1) which is,
with respect to employees engaged in an industry affecting
commerce, an employer within the meaning of any law of the
United States relating to the employment of any employees or (2)
which may deal with any labor organization concerning grievances,
labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or
conditions of work, and includes any person acting directly or
indirectly as an employer or as an agent of an employer in relation
to an employee but does not include the United States or any
corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States
or any State or political subdivision thereof.
(f) "Employee" means any individual employed by an employer, and
includes any individual whose work has ceased as a consequence
of, or in connection with, any current labor dispute or because of
any unfair labor practice or because of exclusion or expulsion from
a labor organization in any manner or for any reason inconsistent
with the requirements of this Act.
(g) "Labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning terms,
tenure, or conditions of employment, or concerning the association
or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining,
changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment,
regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation
of employer and employee.

(1) is the certified representative of employees under the provisions
of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or the Railway
Labor Act, as amended; or

(3) has chartered a local labor organization or subsidiary body
which is representing or actively seeking to represent employees of
employers within the meaning of paragraph (1) or (2); or
(4) has been chartered by a labor organization representing or
actively seeking to represent employees within the meaning of
paragraph (1) or (2) as the local or subordinate body through which
such employees may enjoy membership or become affiliated with
such labor organization; or
(5) is a conference, general committee, joint or system board, or
joint council, subordinate to a national or international labor
organization, which includes a labor organization engaged in an
industry affecting commerce within the meaning of any of the
preceding paragraphs of this subsection, other than a State or local
central body.
(k) "Secret ballot" means the expression by ballot, voting machine,
or otherwise, but in no event by proxy, of a choice with respect to
any election or vote taken upon any matter, which is cast in such a
manner that the person expressing such choice cannot be identified
with the choice expressed.
(1) "Trust in which a labor organization is interested" means a trust
or other fund or organization (1) which was created or established
by a labor organization, or one or more of the trustees or one or

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more members of the governing body of which is selected or
appointed by a labor organization, and (2) a primary purpose of
which is to provide benefits for the members of such labor
organization or their beneficiaries.
(m) "Labor relations consultant" means any person who, for
compensation, advises or represents an employer, employer
organization, or labor organization concerning employee
organizing, concerted activities, or collective bargaining activities.
(n) "Officer" means any constitutional officer, any person authorized
to perform the functions of president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer, or other executive functions of a labor organization, and
any member of its executive board or similar governing body.[ …]

LMRDA § 202 [29 U.S.C. §432]. Report of Officers and
Employees of Labor Organizations

business at prices generally available to any employee of such
employer; and
(6) any payment of money or other thing of value (including
reimbursed expenses) which he or his spouse or minor child
received directly or indirectly from any employer or any person who
acts as a labor relations consultant to an employer, except
payments of the kinds referred to in Section 186(c) of this title.
(b) Report of certain bona fide investments
The provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of subsection
(a) of this section shall not be construed to require any such officer
or employee to report his bona fide investments in securities traded
on a securities exchange registered as a national securities
exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [15 U.S.C.
§78a et seq.], in shares in an investment company registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 [15 U.S.C. 80a-1et seq.], or in
securities of a public utility holding company registered under the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 [15 U.S.C.A. §79 et
seq.], or to report any income derived therefrom.

(a) Filing; contents of report
(c) Exemption from filing requirement
Every officer of a labor organization and every employee of a labor
organization (other than an employee performing exclusively
clerical or custodial services) shall file with the Secretary a signed
report listing and describing for his preceding fiscal year-(1) any stock, bond, security, or other interest, legal or equitable,
which he or his spouse or minor child directly or indirectly held in,
and any income or any other benefit with monetary value (including
reimbursed expenses) which he or his spouse or minor child
derived directly or indirectly from, an employer whose employees
such labor organization represents or is actively seeking to
represent, except payments and other benefits received as a bona
fide employee of such employer;
(2) any transaction in which he or his spouse or minor child
engaged, directly or indirectly, involving any stock, bond, security,
or loan to or from, or other legal or equitable interest in the
business of an employer whose employees such labor organization
represents or is actively seeking to represent;
(3) any stock, bond, security, or other interest, legal or equitable,
which he or his spouse or minor child directly or indirectly held in,
and any income or any other benefit with monetary value (including
reimbursed expenses) which he or his spouse or minor child
directly or indirectly derived from, any business a substantial part of
which consists of buying from, selling or leasing to, or otherwise
dealing with, the business of an employer whose employees such
labor organization represents or is actively seeking to represent;
(4) any stock, bond, security, or other interest, legal or equitable,
which he or his spouse or minor child directly or indirectly held in,
and any income or any other benefit with monetary value (including
reimbursed expenses) which he or his spouse or minor child
directly or indirectly derived from, a business any part of which
consists of buying from, or selling or leasing directly or indirectly to,
or otherwise dealing with such labor organization;
(5) any direct or indirect business transaction or arrangement
between him or his spouse or minor child and any employer whose
employees his organization represents or is actively seeking to
represent, except work performed and payments and benefits
received as a bona fide employee of such employer and except
purchases and sales of goods or services in the regular course of

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require any
officer or employee of a labor organization to file a report under
subsection (a) of this section unless he or his spouse or minor child
holds or has held an interest, has received income or any other
benefit with monetary value or a loan, or has engaged in a
transaction described therein.
LMRA §302(c) [29 USCS § 186(c)]. Exceptions.
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable (1) in respect
to any money or other thing of value payable by an employer to any
of his employees whose established duties include acting openly
for such employer in matters of labor relations or personnel
administration or to any representative of his employees, or to any
officer or employee of a labor organization, who is also an
employee or former employee of such employer, as compensation
for, or by reason of, his service as an employee of such employer;
(2) with respect to the payment or delivery of any money or other
thing of value in satisfaction of a judgment of any court or a
decision or award of an arbitrator or impartial chairman or in
compromise, adjustment, settlement, or release of any claim,
complaint, grievance, or dispute in the absence of fraud or duress;
(3) with respect to the sale or purchase of an article or commodity
at the prevailing market price in the regular course of business; (4)
with respect to money deducted from the wages of employees in
payment of membership dues in a labor organization: Provided,
That the employer has received from each employee, on whose
account such deductions are made, a written assignment which
shall not be irrevocable for a period of more than one year, or
beyond the termination date of the applicable collective agreement,
whichever occurs sooner; (5) with respect to money or other thing
of value paid to a trust fund established by such representative, for
the sole and exclusive benefit of the employees of such employer,
and their families and dependents (or of such employees, families,
and dependents jointly with the employees of other employers
making similar payments, and their families and dependents):
Provided, That (A) such payments are held in trust for the purpose
of paying, either from principal or income or both, for the benefit of
employees, their families and dependents, for medical or hospital

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care, pensions on retirement or death of employees, compensation
for injuries or illness resulting from occupational activity or
insurance to provide any of the foregoing, or unemployment
benefits or life insurance, disability and sickness insurance, or
accident insurance; (B) the detailed basis on which such payments
are to be made is specified in a written agreement with the
employer, and employees and employers are equally represented
in the administration of such fund, together with such neutral
persons as the representatives of the employers and the
representatives of employees may agree upon and in the event the
employer and employee groups deadlock on the administration of
such fund and there are no neutral persons empowered to break
such deadlock, such agreement provides that the two groups shall
agree on an impartial umpire to decide such dispute, or in event of
their failure to agree within a reasonable length of time, an impartial
umpire to decide such dispute shall, on petition of either group, be
appointed by the district court of the United States for the district
where the trust fund has its principal office, and shall also contain
provisions for an annual audit of the trust fund, a statement of the
results of which shall be available for inspection by interested
persons at the principal office of the trust fund and at such other
places as may be designated in such written agreement; and (C)
such payments as are intended to be used for the purpose of
providing pensions or annuities for employees are made to a
separate trust which provides that the funds held therein cannot be
used for any purpose other than paying such pensions or annuities;
(6) with respect to money or other thing of value paid by any
employer to a trust fund established by such representative for the
purpose of pooled vacation, holiday, severance or similar benefits,
or defraying costs of apprenticeship or other training programs:
Provided, That the requirements of clause (B) of the proviso to
clause (5) of this subsection shall apply to such trust funds; (7) with
respect to money or other thing of value paid by any employer to a
pooled or individual trust fund established by such representative
for the purpose of (A) scholarships for the benefit of employees,
their families, and dependents for study at educational institutions,
(B) child care centers for preschool and school age dependents of
employees, or (C) financial assistance for employee housing:
Provided, That no labor organization or employer shall be required
to bargain on the establishment of any such trust fund, and refusal
to do so shall not constitute an unfair labor practice: Provided
further, That the requirements of clause (B) of the proviso to clause
(5) of this subsection shall apply to such trust funds; (8) with
respect to money or any other thing of value paid by any employer
to a trust fund established by such representative for the purpose of
defraying the costs of legal services for employees, their families,
and dependents for counsel or plan of their choice: Provided, That
the requirements of clause (B) of the proviso to clause (5) of this
subsection shall apply to such trust funds: Provided further, That no
such legal services shall be furnished: (A) to initiate any
proceedings directed (i) against any such employer or its officers or
agents except in workman's compensation cases, or (ii) against
such labor organization, or its parent or subordinate bodies, or their
officers or agents, or (iii) against any other employer or labor
organization, or their officers or agents, in any matter arising under
the National Labor Relations Act, as amended [29 USCS §§ 151158, 159-169], or this Act; and (B) in any proceeding where a labor
organization would be prohibited from defraying the costs of legal
services by the provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act of 1959; or (9) with respect to money or other things
of value paid by an employer to a plant, area or industrywide labor
management committee established for one or more of the

purposes set forth in section 5(b) of the Labor Management
Cooperation Act of 1978. )
LMRDA § 501 [29 U.S.C. 501]. Fiduciary responsibility of
officers of labor organizations
(a) Duties of officers; exculpatory provisions and resolutions
void
The officers, agents, shop stewards, and other representatives of a
labor organization occupy positions of trust in relation to such
organization and its members as a group. It is, therefore, the duty
of each such person, taking into account the special problems and
functions of a labor organization, to hold its money and property
solely for the benefit of the organization and its members and to
manage, invest, and expend the same in accordance with its
constitution and bylaws and any resolutions of the governing bodies
adopted thereunder, to refrain from dealing with such organization
as an adverse party or in behalf of an adverse party in any matter
connected with his duties and from holding or acquiring any
pecuniary or personal interest which conflicts with the interests of
such organization, and to account to the organization for any profit
received by him in whatever capacity in connection with
transactions conducted by him or under his direction on behalf of
the organization. A general exculpatory provision in the constitution
and bylaws of such a labor organization or a general exculpatory
resolution of a governing body purporting to relieve any such
person of liability for breach of the duties declared by this section
shall be void as against public policy.
(b) Violation of duties; action by member after refusal or failure
by labor organization to commence proceedings; jurisdiction;
leave of court; counsel fees and expenses
When any officer, agent, shop steward, or representative of any
labor organization is alleged to have violated the duties declared in
subsection (a) of this section and the labor organization or its
governing board or officers refuse or fail to sue or recover damages
or secure an accounting or other appropriate relief within a
reasonable time after being requested to do so by any member of
the labor organization, such member may sue such officer, agent,
shop steward, or representative in any district court of the United
States or in any State court of competent jurisdiction to recover
damages or secure an accounting or other appropriate relief for the
benefit of the labor organization. No such proceeding shall be
brought except upon leave of the court obtained upon verified
application and for good cause shown, which application may be
made ex parte. The trial judge may allot a reasonable part of the
recovery in any action under this subsection to pay the fees of
counsel prosecuting the suit at the instance of the member of the
labor organization and to compensate such member for any
expenses necessarily paid or incurred by him in connection with the
litigation.
(c) Embezzlement of assets; penalty
Any person who embezzles, steals, or unlawfully and willfully
abstracts or converts to his own use, or the use of another, any of
the moneys, funds, securities, property, or other assets of a labor
organization of which he is an officer, or by which he is employed,
directly or indirectly, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or
imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

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If You Need Assistance
The Office of Labor-Management Standards has field offices located in the following cities to assist you if you have any questions
concerning LMRDA reporting requirements.
Atlanta, GA
Baltimore, MD
Birmingham, AL
Boston, MA
Buffalo, NY
Chicago, IL
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Dallas, TX
Denver, CO
Detroit, MI

Grand Rapids, MI
Guaynabo, PR
Honolulu, HI
Houston, TX
Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
Miami (Ft. Lauderdale), FL
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis, MN
Nashville, TN

New Haven, CT
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Newark (Iselin), NJ
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
St. Louis, MO
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Tampa, FL
Washington, DC

Consult local telephone directory listings under United States Government, Labor Department, Office of Labor- Management
Standards, for the address and telephone number of the nearest field office. Copies of labor organization annual financial reports,
employer reports, labor relations consultant reports, and union officer and employee reports filed for the year 2000 and after can
be viewed and printed at http://www.unionreports.dol.gov.
Copies of reports for the year 1999 and earlier can be ordered through the Web site. Information about OLMS, including key
personnel and telephone numbers, compliance assistance materials, the text of the LMRDA, and related Federal Register and
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) documents, is also available on the Internet at: http://www.olms.dol.gov.
For questions on Form LM-30 and/or the instructions, call the Department of Labor's toll-free number at: 1-866-4-USA-DOL (1866-487-2365) or email [email protected].
If you would like to receive via email periodic updates from the Office of Labor-Management Standards, including information
about the LM forms, enforcement results, and compliance assistance programs, you may subscribe to the OLMS Mailing List from
the OLMS Web site: http://www.olms.dol.gov.

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All terms in italics are defined in Part III of these instructions (pages 9-13).