Laborers International Union of North America

“The union has members. All members in good standing have voting rights and approval rights of significant decisions of the governing body.”

“Each position of the governing body is an elected position. An election is held every three (3) years.”

“All classes of members in good standing have an equal right to vote on significant decisions made by the governing body.”

“The form 990 was prepared in coordination with an individual who works full time for the organization. Once complete the form was provided to and reviewed with the executive board prior to submission.”

“The written conflict of interest policy is included in the ethics and disciplinary procedure that is part of the constitution by which our organization is governed. Any member or employee of the organization can contact the liuna (an affiliated organization also governed by the constitution) inspector general with any complaint arising under the constitution, the ethical practices code, or any other disciplinary rule, regulation, practice, or procedure adopted by the liuna general executive board. The ethical practices code explains the disciplinary procedure that must be followed when necessary and the independent officers who are entrusted to enforce the code. The us department of labor requires all non-clerical employees to report on form lm-30 potential situations where there may be conflicts of interest. This information is open to the public.”

“The compensation package of the business manager and secretary treasurer, as well as the executive board allowance for all other officers, is reviewed and approved by the full membership at the time of their nomination and election to office. It remains in effect for the officers' three year term. The last election of officers was for the term of may 2018 through april 2021.”

“The constitution (governing document) and ethics and disciplinary procedure (conflict of interest policy) is available through the united states department of labor, olms, online public disclosure room. The information is filed under laborers' international union of north america, who files the information on behalf of all affiliated organizations. In addition, our organization files an annual financial report with the department of labor which can also be obtained on the online public disclosure room.”