lm-15a_instructions

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 22 minutes per response, including the time for
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control number. Reporting of this information is mandatory and is required by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of
1959, as amended, for the purpose of public disclosure. As this is public information, there are no assurances of confidentiality. If you
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burden, please send them to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Division of Interpretations and
Standards, Room N-5609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

DO NOT SEND YOUR COMPLETED FORM LM-15A TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORM LM-15A
REPORT ON SELECTION OF DELEGATES AND OFFICERS
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
 the labor organization imposing the

I. WHY FILE

trusteeship held an election of officers.

The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of
1959, as amended (LMRDA), the Civil Service Reform
Act (CSRA), and the Foreign Service Act (FSA) require
public disclosure of certain matters pertaining to a
trusteeship which a labor organization imposes on a
subordinate body. The Secretary, under the authority of
the LMRDA, the CSRA, and the FSA has prescribed the
filing of the Report on Selection of Delegates and
Officers, Form LM-15A, to satisfy the requirement to
disclose matters relating to selection of officers of the
parent body imposing the trusteeship and the selection
of delegates to a convention of the parent body imposing
the trusteeship.

As provided in the instructions for answering Item 9 on
Form LM-15 and Item 6 on Form LM-16, if your labor
organization answered YES to either part of the
questions above, you must complete and attach a Form
LM-15A.
III. WHAT FORMS TO FILE
Form LM-15A, if required (see Section II), must be filed
with the initial or semiannual trusteeship report, Form
LM-15, or the terminal trusteeship report, Form LM-16.
IV. WHO MUST SIGN THE REPORT
Form LM-15A must be signed by the president and
treasurer or corresponding principal officers of the parent
labor organization and the trustees of the subordinate
labor organization.

II. WHO MUST FILE
Every labor organization subject to the LaborManagement Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as
amended (LMRDA), the Civil Service Reform Act
(CSRA), or Foreign Service Act (FSA) which has
established a receivership, trusteeship, or other method
of supervision or control, suspending the autonomy
otherwise available to a subordinate labor organization
under its constitution and bylaws, must file trusteeship
reports with the Office of Labor- Management Standards
(OLMS) of the U.S. Department of Labor

V. WHEN TO FILE
If you are required to file Form LM-15A, you must submit
the report with the semiannual Trusteeship Report,
Form LM-15, or the Terminal Trusteeship Report, Form
LM-16, as appropriate. The semiannual Trusteeship
Report, Form LM-15, is required to be filed within 30
days after the end of each 6-month period of a
trusteeship. The Terminal Trusteeship Report, Form
LM-16, must be filed within 90 days after the termination
of a trusteeship.

You must file Form LM-15A, Report on Selection of
Delegates and Officers, with a semiannual Trusteeship
Report, Form LM-15, or a Terminal Trusteeship Report,
Form LM-16, if the following occurred during the period
covered by the Form LM-15 or the Form LM-16:

VI. WHERE TO FILE
The completed Form LM-15A, with the accompanying
Form LM-15 or Form LM-16, and any required
attachments and additional pages must be mailed to
the following address:

 a convention or other policy-determining body
met to which the trusteed labor organization
sent delegates or would have sent delegates
if not in trusteeship; or

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X. COMPLETING FORM LM-15A

U.S. Department of Labor
Office of Labor-Management Standards
200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5603
Washington, DC 20210

Read these instructions carefully before completing Form
LM-15A.
Information Entry. Entries on the report should be
typed or clearly printed in black ink. Do not use a pencil
or any other color ink.

VII. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
Pursuant to the LMRDA, the U.S. Department of Labor is
required to make all submitted reports available for
public inspection. You may examine the Form LM-15A
reports at, and purchase copies from, the OLMS Public
Disclosure Room at the address listed in Section VI, or at
the OLMS field office in whose jurisdiction the trusteed
labor organization is located. At the end of these
instructions is a list of OLMS field offices.

Additional Pages. If you need additional space to
complete an item, enter the additional information on a
separate letter-size (8.5 x 11) page(s), indicating the
number of the item to which the information applies.
Print clearly at the top of each attached page the
following information: (1) full name of the trusteed
organization, (2) its 6-digit file number as reported in
Item 3 of Form LM-15A, and (3) the ending date of the
period covered as reported on the second line of Item 2.
All attachments must be labeled sequentially 1 of_, 2 of
_, etc.

VIII. OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES AND PENALTIES
Each individual required to sign Form LM-15A is
personally responsible for its filing and accuracy. Under
the LMRDA, these individuals are 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.

IDENTIFICATION ITEMS 1 - 3
1. FILE NUMBER—Enter the 6-digit file number
assigned by OLMS to the labor organization held in
trusteeship. If you do not know the organization’s file
number and cannot obtain it from prior reports filed by
the organization held in trusteeship, contact the nearest
OLMS field office listed at the end of these instructions
for information on the 6-digit file number.

The reporting labor organization and the officers and
trustees required to sign Form LM-15A are also subject
to civil prosecution for violations of filing requirements.
According to Section 210 of the LMRDA, “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.”

2. PERIOD COVERED—Enter the beginning and
ending dates of the period covered by this report. When
the Form LM-15A accompanies a semiannual
Trusteeship Report, Form LM-15, the period covered will
be the 6 months covered by the semiannual report.
When the Form LM-15A accompanies a Terminal
Trusteeship Report, Form LM-16, the period covered will
end with the date of the termination of the trusteeship.

Under the CSRA and FSA and implementing regulations,
false reporting and failure to report may result in
administrative enforcement action and litigation.
Individuals responsible for signing Form LM-15A are also
subject to criminal penalties for false reporting under
section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

3. NAME AND ADDRESS OF LABOR
ORGANIZATION HELD IN TRUSTEESHIP— Enter the
full name and the complete mailing address of the labor
organization held in trusteeship, including any building
and room number. Include the affiliation or organization
name (for example, International Association of Factory
Workers); any designation which specifically identifies
the trusteed organization (for example, Local, Lodge,
Branch, Joint Council, District Council, etc.); and any
designation number or other identifier by which the
trusteed organization is known (for example, Local 123
or Southeast Joint Council).

IX. RECORDKEEPING
The individuals required to file Form LM-15A are
responsible for maintaining records which must provide
in sufficient detail the information and data necessary to
verify the accuracy and completeness of the report. You
must retain the records for at least 5 years after the date
the report is filed. You must retain any record necessary
to verify, explain, or clarify the report including, but not
limited to, vouchers, worksheets, receipts, and
applicable resolutions.

PART A - SELECTION OF DELEGATES, ITEMS 4-12
Complete Part A, Items 4 through 12 if, during the
reporting period, a convention or other policydetermining body met to which the trusteed labor
organization sent delegates or would have sent
delegates if not in trusteeship. If more than one such

Individuals are subject to penalties for willfully making
any false entry in or concealing, withholding, or
destroying any books, records, or statements required to
be kept.
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convention or policy-determining body met during the
reporting period, you must file a separate Form LM-15A
for each convention or policy-determining body meeting.

7(b) if the delegates were elected by the membership of
the labor organization held in trusteeship. Select Item
7(c) if the delegates were selected by another
procedure; provide a description of the selection
procedure in Item 20.

NOTE: Section 303 of the LMRDA makes it unlawful to
count the vote of delegates from a trusteed labor
organization in any convention unless the delegates
have been chosen by secret ballot in an election in
which all the members in good standing of such
organization were eligible to participate. A similar
standard is set forth in 29 CFR 458.27 for labor
organizations subject to Title VII of the CSRA.

If the officers of the trusteed organization were delegates
to a convention or other policy-determining body by virtue
of their office, Select Item 7(a), 7(b), or 7(c), as
appropriate, to indicate whether the officers were
appointed, elected, or selected by some other means.
Complete Items 8 through 12 only if you selected
Item 7(b).

4. CONVENTION OR OTHER POLICYDETERMINING BODY—Enter in Item 4(a) the name of
any convention or other policy-determining body which
met during the reporting period. A policy-determining
body means any body convened by the parent labor
organization or other labor organization which is
composed of delegates from labor organizations and
which formulates policy on such matters as wages,
hours, or other conditions of employment or
recommends or takes any action in the name of the
participating labor organization. Such a body includes,
for example, a district council, area conference, or joint
board.

8. METHOD OF NOMINATION—Select Item 8(a) if the
delegates were nominated at a membership meeting of
the trusteed organization. Select Item 8(b) if the
delegates were nominated by written nomination. Select
Item 8(c) if the delegates were nominated by petition.
Select Item 8(d) if another method of nomination was
used and explain the nomination procedure in Item 20.
9. CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY—Select YES in Item 9 if
every “member in good standing” of the trusteed
organization was eligible to be a candidate for delegate
subject to reasonable qualifications uniformly imposed. If
you selected NO in Item 9, explain in Item 20.

Enter in Item 4(b) the location(s) of any meetings of any
convention or other policy-determining body which met
during the reporting period.

The LMRDA defines “member in good standing” as any
person who has fulfilled the requirements for
membership in the organization and who neither has
voluntarily withdrawn from membership nor has been
expelled or suspended from membership after
appropriate proceedings consistent with lawful
provisions of the constitution and bylaws of such
organization.

Enter in Item 4(c) the type of convention or other policydetermining body which met during the reporting period
such as a district council, area conference, or joint
board.
Enter in Item 4(d) the date(s) of any meeting of any
convention or other policy-determining body which met
during the reporting period.

10. ELECTION NOTIFICATION—Select Item 10(a) if
you mailed a notice of the date, time, and place of the
delegate election to members of the trusteed
organization at their last known home address at least
15 days prior to the date of the delegate election. Select
Item 10(b) if members were notified by posting a notice
at the work site. Select Item 10(c) if members were
notified by placing a notice in the union newspaper.
Select Item 10(d) if another method was used and
explain the method used in Item 20.

5. REPRESENTATION OF THE TRUSTEED
ORGANIZATION—Select YES in Item 5 if the trusteed
organization was represented at the convention or other
policy-determining body reported in Item 4. If you
selected NO in Item 5, you must explain in Item 20 (on
page 2) why the trusteed organization was not
represented at the convention or other policydetermining body.
6. PARTICIPATION OF THE TRUSTEED
ORGANIZATION—Select YES in Item 6 if delegates
from the trusteed organization participated in the
business of the convention or other policy-determining
body, including any election of officers, in the same
manner as delegates from organizations not in
trusteeship. Select NO in Item 6 if any restrictions were
placed on the delegates from the trusteed organization;
you must explain the restrictions in Item 20.

NOTE: If the delegates elect officers of a national or
international labor organization or of an intermediate
body in a regularly scheduled election, section 401(e) of
the LMRDA requires that a notice of the date, time, and
place of the delegate election be mailed to members at
their last known home address not less than 15 days
prior to the date of the delegate election.
11. VOTER ELIGIBILITY—Select YES in Item 11 if
every “member in good standing” of the trusteed
organization was eligible to vote in the delegate election

7. MANNER OF SELECTION—Select Item 7(a) if the
delegates were appointed by the trustee. Select Item
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NOTE: For a regularly scheduled referendum election of
officers, section 401 of the LMRDA requires that a notice
of the date, time, and place of the election be mailed to
members at their last known home address at least 15
days prior to the date of the election.

subject to reasonable qualifications uniformly imposed. If
you selected NO in Item 11, explain in Item 20.
See Item 9 for the LMRDA definition of “member in good
standing.”
12. SECRET BALLOT ELECTION—Select YES in Item
12 if the delegate election in the trusteed organization
was held by “secret ballot.” If you selected NO in Item
12, explain in Item 20.

18. VOTER ELIGIBILITY—Select YES in Item 18 if
every “member in good standing” of the trusteed
organization was eligible to vote in the election subject to
reasonable qualifications uniformly imposed. If you
selected NO Item 18, explain in Item 20.

The LMRDA defines “secret ballot” as the expression by
ballot, voting machine, or other wise, 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.

The LMRDA defines “member in good standing” as any
person who has fulfilled the requirements for
membership in the organization and who neither has
voluntarily withdrawn from membership nor has been
expelled or suspended from membership after
appropriate proceedings consistent with lawful
provisions of the constitution and bylaws of such
organization.

PART B—ELECTION OF OFFICERS, ITEMS 13 - 19
Complete Part B, Items 13 through 19 if, during the
reporting period, the labor organization imposing the
trusteeship held an election of officers.

19. ELECTION—Select YES in Item 19 if the election
was held by “secret ballot.” If you selected NO in Item
19, explain in Item 20.

NOTE: Section 303 of the LMRDA makes it unlawful to
count the vote of delegates from a trusteed organization
in any election of officers of the labor organization
imposing the trusteeship unless the delegates have
been chosen by secret ballot in an election in which all
the members in good standing of the trusteed
organization were eligible to participate. A similar
standard is set forth in 29 CFR 458.27 for labor
organizations subject to Title VII of the CSRA.

The LMRDA defines “secret ballot” as the expression by
ballot, voting machine, or other wise, 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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SIGNATURES

13. DATE OF ELECTION—Enter the date of the
election of officers of the labor organization imposing the
trusteeship.

20. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—Use Item 20 (on
page 2) to provide additional information as indicated on
Form LM-15A and in these instructions. Enter the
number of the item to which the information relates in the
item number column. If there is not enough space in
Item 20, report the additional information on a separate
letter-size page(s). Be sure to include the following at the
top of each attached page: (1) the name of the labor
organization held in trusteeship, (2) its 6-digit file number
as reported in Item 1 of Form LM-15A, and (3) the
ending date of the period covered as reported on the
second line of Item 2.

14. POSITIONS ELECTED—Enter the title of each
elected officer.
15. PARTICIPATION OF THE TRUSTEED
ORGANI ZATION—Select YES in Item 15 if the trusteed
organization participated in the election of officers. If you
selected NO in Item 15, explain in Item 20.
16. METHOD OF ELECTION—Select Item 16(a) if the
officers were elected at a convention reported in Item 4.
Select Item 16(b) if the officers were elected by
membership referendum. Select Item 16(c) if the officers
were elected by another method; explain the method in
Item 20.

21 - 24. SIGNATURES—The completed Form LM-15A
which is filed with OLMS must be signed by the
president and treasurer or corresponding principal
officers of the organization which has imposed the
trusteeship, and all the trustees designated to supervise
the affairs of the organization held in trusteeship. If the
report is signed by an officer other than the president
and/or treasurer, so indicate in Items 21 and/or 22 by (1)
crossing out the pre-printed officer title(s) and (2)
inserting the appropriate officer title(s). If the trustees
have a different title such as administrator, cross out the
printed title and enter the correct title in Items 23 and 24.
If there are more than two trustees, the additional

Complete Items 17 through 19 only if you selected
Item 16(b).
17. ELECTION NOTIFICATION—Select YES in Item 17
if an election notice was mailed to all members of the
trusteed organization at their last known home address
at least 15 days prior to the date of the election. Select
NO in Item 17 if the members were notified of the
election by another method; explain the method in Item
20.
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trustee(s) should sign and date the Form LM-15A in the
space below the officers’ and trustees’ signatures in
Items 21-24. You must have original signatures on the
Form LM-15A; stamped or mechanical signatures are
unacceptable.
Enter the date the report was signed and the telephone
number(s) used by the signatories to conduct official
business. You do not have to report a private, unlisted
telephone number.
If You Need Assistance

The Office of Labor-Management Standards has

district offices located in the following cities to assist
you if you have any questions concerning LMRDA and
CSRA reporting requirements.
Atlanta-Nashville
Boston-Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati-Cleveland
Dallas-New Orleans
Denver-St. Louis
Detroit-Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Philadelphia-Pittsburgh
New York
San Francisco-Seattle
Washington

Copies of labor organization annual financial reports,
employer reports, and labor relations consultant
reports filed for the year 2000 and after can be viewed
and printed at www.unionreports.gov. Copies of
reports for the year 1999 and earlier can be ordered
through the website.
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.
Additionally, you can call the OLMS national office at
(202) 693-0123 or email [email protected].
(Technical Revisions 3/2015; 11/2016; 4/2020)

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