Carpenters Local Union 152

“Justin Howard and Jarl Howard, Trustees, have a family relationship.”

“The local has the following categories of membership: (1) Journeymen - members working in the trade paying full dues; (2) Apprentices - members learning the skills of the trade paying full dues; (3) Nonworking - members who are disabled to work paying reduced dues or called for military service paying no dues; (4) Retired - members who have retired from the trade paying reduced dues; and (5) Honorary - members who have retired from the trade with over 50 years of membership paying no dues.”

“Members that have rights to elect members of a governing body: a member in "good standing" that has been a member of the local at least 12 consecutive months has the right to nominate and vote for the officers of the local union every three years. In order to be in "good standing", members must not be more than 2 months in arrears in the payment of dues.”

“Members in good standing have the right to vote, at the monthly meetings (general membership), in regards to the following recommendations made by the board: contributions, conferences and training to be attended by officers, or noncontracted expenses. Members are entitled to question any expense read during the general membership meetings and therefore the expenses could be denied or approved.”

“There are no committees with broad authority that act on behalf of the Board.”

“The President and the Financial Secretary review and approve a draft of Form 990 before it is filed. After the return is filed, a copy is provided to the remaining board members.”

“The Regional Council approves the main policy for determining compensation and allots a predetermined amount to the Local to be distributed to its Board members. The allotted amount is then approved and distributed by the Financial Secretary. The percentages of how much each Board position receives is approved by the Local Board in the minutes.”

“No documents are made available to the public.”

“Organization uses a modified cash method of accounting.”

“The audit is still in process because the organization switched CPA audit firms to perform the audit for 6/30/2024.”