United Food & Commercial Workers

“Ufcw local 1059 is a labor union with 16,884 members who elect the officers and board of trustees.”

“The president, secretary-treasurer and all trustees elected every three years by the union membership.”

“The decisions of the governing body are subject to approval by the union membership.”

“The tax return form 990 is reviewed by the president, secretary-treasurer, board of trustees and the union attorney before it is filed with the irs.”

“Ufcw local 1059 executive board in 2009 adopted a written conflict of interest policy which all trustees, officers and employees are required to disclose annually any interest that could give rise to conflicts of interest. This is monitored by the president and secretary-treasurer. Anyone who has conflicts is not allowed to participate in discussions nor vote on such matters, nor allowed to attempt to exert any influence with respect to such matters.”

“Ufcw local 1059 executive board in 2009 adopted a policy for determining compensation including review and approval by independent persons on the executive board,”

“Comparability data of local unions with comparably sized memberships and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision for the president and secretary-treasurer who are the top management officials. For the other officer/key people, the president and secretary-treasurer prepare annual written performance reviews of these personnel. All salary adjustments are comparable for like sized union pay increases.”

“Governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, 990 tax returns and annual financial statement audits are available for inspection at ulocal 1059 headquarters.”

“Ufcw local 1059 executive board in 2009 adopted a written whistleblowers policy which covers all employees. The ombudsperson is the secretary-treasurer. This policy is distributed annually to all employees.”

“Ufcw local 1059 executive board in 2009 adopted a written document retention and destruction policy which is distributed annually to all staff.”

“The union has an audit committee who is responsible for reviewing the audited financial statements.”

“Ufcw union local 1059 received an audited financial statement for the year that was prepared on the modified cash basis of accounting by an independent cpa firm, bhm cpa group, inc. Of columbus ohio.”

“Ufcw union local 1059 received an audited financial statement for the year that was prepared on the modified cash basis of accounting by an independent cpa firm, bhm cpa group, inc. Of columbus ohio. The union has an audit committee who is responsible for reviewing the audited financial statements.”