Laborers International Union of North America Local 1310

“The local is a membership organization. Membership is described in the local's by-laws which are available upon request.”

“The members of the local elect the officers of the governing board of the local.”

“Decisions made by the governing board are voted on by the membership. Pursuiant to the code of best practices that is part of the constitution by which the local is goverened, contracts in excess of 350,000 shall be submitted to the general president of the laborers' international union of north america for review and approval. Charitable contributions with a fair market value of 25,000 or more must also be submitted to the general president for review and approval.”

“Reviewed by the officers prior to filing the form.”

“The written conflict of interest policy is included in the code of best practices. Any member or employee of the local can contact the liuna general president with a 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 independant officers who are entrusted to enforce the code.”

“Pursuiant to the uniform local constitution, when an increase in salary or compensation is proposed to be effective during the term of office then current, the increase shall be voted upon by the membership at a meeting of the local union only after written notice is given to all of the members in good standing of the proposal and the meeting at which such proposal shall be voted upon, or the membership approves such increase at two consecutive meetings; provided that the executive board may increase salaries or compensation to reflect the increase in the cost-of-living, said increase not to exceed the percentage of increase in the national consumer price index published by the bureau of labor statistics, united states department of labor; provided that no such cost-of-living increase can be effected within one year of any other increase in salary or compensation.”

“Same response as that of part vi - section b. Policies - 15 (a)”

“The local files a department of labor (dol) form lm-2 which is available to the public through the dol's website (olms division, online public disclosure room). This form is an extensive financial report concerning the local. As discussed in the answer to part vi - line 12(c) the conflict of interest policy is in the ethics and disciplinary procedure, which is part of the constitution which is also available to the public at the above mentioned dol website.”