Lifting the Curtain on Union Organizing Campaigns
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The great Oz has spoken,” the actor Frank Morgan thundered in the famous 1939 movie. Once Toto pulled back the curtain, and we saw the white-haired man...
View ArticleBenchmarking Success: Electronic Filing off to Strong Start
Now that most unions have filed their 2011 annual financial reports, it’s time for a progress report on our new Electronic Forms System. The Electronic Forms System − or EFS for short − is a secure,...
View ArticleTime’s up: Ending Chronic Delinquency in Union Reporting
During the past three years, the Office of Labor-Management Standards has worked closely with international unions on many initiatives, including improving on-time filing of annual financial reports...
View ArticleNew Year, New Way to File Form LM-30
If you are a union official who needs to file a Form LM-30 (Labor Organization Officer and Employee Report) this year, you can now file it using the same Office of Labor-Management Standards Electronic...
View ArticleUnion credit card policies and procedures
Union-issued credit cards can be a convenient way to handle travel and lodging payments, but without proper safeguards, they can create problems. The department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards...
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