Laborers District Council of Ohio

“The district council is comprised of 24 separate laborer locals operating in the state of ohio. The twenty-four,24, operating locals are as follows 1. Local union 894, akron 2. Local union 245, ashtabula 3. Local union 1015, canton 4. Local union 265, cincinnati 5. Local union 860, clevland 6. Local union 310, cleveland 7. Local union 1099, cleveland 8. Local union 423, columbus 9. Local union 1410, dayton 10.local union 329, lima 11.local union 758, lorain 12.local union 1216, mansfield 13.local union 639, marietta 14.local union 574, marion 15.local union 534, middletown 16.local union 134, newcomerstown 17.local union 83, portsmouth 18.local union 480, sandusky 19.local union 809, steubenville 20.local union 500, toledo 21.local union 935, warren 22.local union 141, westerville 23.local union 125, youngstown 24.local union 530, zanesville”

“A copy of the irs form 990 is supplied by the preparer of the return,a licensed cpa, to the district council financial secretary/treasurer for his review and approval before signature and filing with the irs. The d.c. Financial secretary will make available a copy of the return to all members of the executive committee.”

“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 general president with any complaint arising under the constitution, the code of best practices, or any other disiplinary procedure that must be followed when necessary and the independent officers who are entrusted to enforce the code. The u.s. Depoartment of labor requires all non-clerical employees to report on the form lm-30 potential situations where there may be conflicts of interest. This information is open to the public.”

“An annual audit is performed on the operations of the district council by an outside cpa and submitted to the financial secretary/treasurer. An international constitution, charter and bylaws govern the operations of the district council. Upon request by any party, the district council is required by federal law to make a copy of the filed tax returns available. At each union meeting a copy of the international constitution is available for any member to review and question. All financial records for each months activity are presented to the membership for their approval and review at each months union meetings. The operations of the organization are available to the public via the u.s. Department of labor website. The district council is required annually to file a prescribed form dol lm-2 that reports the cash basis activity of the district council.”

“The written whistleblower policy is inferred 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 general president with any complaint arising under the constitution, the code of best practices, or any other disiplinary procedure that must be followed when necessary and the independent officers who are entrusted to enforce the code. Additionally both the constitution and the governing documents mandate compliance with mandatory record retention policies as mandated by both the u.s. Department of labor and the internal revenue service.”

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