Where should a union report strike operating expenses like burn barrels, picket signs, shelters, etc?
A. Disbursements associated with strike operating expenses should be reported in Schedule 15 (Representational Activities). Strike benefits, however, should be reported in Item 57 of Statement B. Q. A union has a targeting fund by which the local makes payments to union contractors in order to make them competitive with non-union contractors. These amounts would total or exceed $5,000 in a reporting year. The union does not want to name these union contractors in Schedule 15 because this would become an enormous advantage to a nonunion contractor when bidding on jobs. This situation is not one of the examples in the LM-2 instructions for which confidentiality can be claimed. Can confidentiality be cited for the situation described by this union? A. A disbursement must be reported in the normal manner if it is not encompassed within one of the five types of information listed in the instructions for Form LM-2 for which special procedures for reporting confidential information can be use
