American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs

“The form 990 is prepared by the same cpa firm that performed the annual audit of the financial statements for the agency. A draft of the form 990 is sent to the executive sec-treasurer and management for their review. Once all questions have been resolved, the form 8879 is signed by the executive sec-treasurer giving permission to electronically file the form 990 with the appropriate agency.”

“The governing body approves all contracts and through the process reviews information to determine if there are conflicts of interest or related parties.”

“Finance secretary and vice president salaries are approved by the executive committee annual”

“The form 990 is made public and available through an independent website www.guidestar.com. Also all documents, form 990, financial statements, etc are available upon request by sending a request to the management of the agency who is then able to determines if the documents can or will be made public. Legal counsel may be sought if needed in determining what is made publically available.”

“Kansas afl-cio mission statement: the kansas afl-cio is the state federation of labor representing over 95,000 members of 300 unions througout kansas. The mission of the kansas afl-cio is to improve the lives of working families and to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state and the nation. To accomplish this mission, we work to: (1) build a broad movement of kansas workers by helping workers join and form unions. (2) support kansas workers as they bargain with employers to improve their living conditions and workplaces, as well as their communities, state and nation. (3) strengthen the voice of kansas working families at all levels of government and in a changing global economy.”