Construction & General Laborers Union Local No 1177

“The members of local 1177 are individuals who voluntarily elect to abide by the laborers international constitution and the by laws of local 1177. These members work in the construction/service industry.”

“Once every three (3) years the membership have a general election. The purpose of the election is to elect by secret ballot and by majority vote officers to represent the membership in overseeing the activities of the local.”

“A certified public accounting firm is retained to prepare the annunal irs 990. The cpa firm provides a copy of the completed form to the trustee for his review and approval and signature.”

“Form 990,part vi,lines 12c,12a,12b,13-explain conflict of interest , monitoring & enforcement the written conflict of interest policy is included in the code of best practices that is part of the constitution by which this 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 displinary procedure that must be followed when necessary and the independent officers who are entrusted to enforce the code. The u.s. Department 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.”

“Construction & general laborers union local no. 1177 was merged into laborers local 99 on september 31, 2015. The assets and liabilities of the local become the property and responsibilities of laboers local 99 on august 31, 2015. See the attached merger document. The group exemption for laborers union local no. 1177 will be removed from the group exemption filing by laborers international union of north america, fid #53-0088501.”

“During the short year of 2015, the parent organization, liuna fid# 53-0088501, group exemption #0121, has placed this entity under it's trusteeship. Two individuals employed by the parent organization, mr. Terry o'sullivan and mr. Robert richardson and one individual affilated with an entity associated with the parent orgainzation, but not employed by the parent organization, mr. Matthew maclellan were in charged of the trusteeship of the organization. None of the trustees were paid by the organization for their services. They were released as trustees on july 15, 2015.”

“Specific events required approval of the membership on monthly basis at union meetings. Payments of bills the local union incurrs made and major purchase to be made all must be approved by the membership.”

“During the short year of 2015, the parent organization, liuna fid# 53-0088501, group exemption #0121, has placed this entity under it's trusteeship. Two individuals employed by the parent organization, mr. Terry o'sullivan and mr. Robert richardson and one individual affilated with an entity associated with the parent orgainzation, but not employed by the parent organization, mr. Matthew maclellan was in charge of the trusteeship of the organization. None of the trustees were paid by the organization for their services. They were released as trustees on july 15, 2015.”

“Upon request by any party, the local is required by federal law to make a copy of the filed tax returns available. At each monthly 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.”

“Effective august 31, 2015 the entity was terminted and all assets of the entity were transferred to another tax exempt 501(c)(5) entity. The final transfer of all assets occurred by september 30, 2015. The surviving entity is laborers local 99, fid# 47-4041824, a tax exempt 501(c)(5) entity.”

“During the short period tax year, liuna, fid# 53-008501, group exemption #0121, placed this enity under trusteeship. They placed two of their employees as trustees for this entity. All financial transactions for per capita tax that occured during trusteeship made liuna an controlling entity.”

“During the final reporting period for this entity, a lawsuit was settled. The lawsuit which was approved by the u.s. Dol, resulted in settlement checks to individual members of the local for hiring hall violations. The settlements checks totaled $66,076.”

“Description:settlement total fees:66076”