Laborers International Union Local Union 824

“Dues paying union members elect the officers/executive board of the union.”

“Dues paying members approve all of the financial decisions of the union at monthly meetings. Liuna has the authority to make decisions on higher priority items, such as removing board members or dissolution of the organization.”

“The business manager reviews the form 990 before it is finalized.”

“"the written conflict of interest policy is included in the code of best practices 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) general president with any complaint arising under the constitution, the code of best practices, or any other disciplinary rule, regulation, practice, or procedure adopted by the liuna general executive board. The code of best practices 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 constitution (governing document) and code of best practices (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, which 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.”