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CONSENT JUDGMENT

Plaintiff Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, has filed her Complaint alleging violations of Title II of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Act of September 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 519, et seq., 29 U.S.C. 401, et seq.), hereinafter referred to as the Act, Defendants Transport Workers Union, Local Union 700; AFL-CIO, Robert Taylor, President, and David Taylor, Treasurer of the aforementioned Union, (hereinafter collectively referred to as, "Defendants") , hereby agree to the entry of this Consent judgment without contest. It is therefore:

ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendants, their officers, agents, servants, employees, and all persons acting or claiming to act on their behalf and interest be, and they hereby are, permanently enjoined and restrained from falling to file annual financial reports as required by Section 201(b) of the Act (29 U.S.C. Sections 431(b)) and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to Section 208 of the Act (29 U.S.C. Section 438) in the following manner:

Defendant union, and the Individual defendants, as officers of defendant union, shall file for each fiscal year of Defendant Union, a Labor Organization Annual Financial Report, signed by the President and the Treasurer of the labor organization, with the Secretary of Labor, as required by Section 201(b) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 431(b)) and rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to Section 208 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 438) and published in 29 CFR 403.

If the Defendant Union will be unable to file its Annual Financial Report by the deadline, it will so notify the Department of Labor District Director, and will have an additional thirty days from the deadline to fife its Annual Financial Report.

It is FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that each party will bear its own fees and other expenses incurred by such party in connection with any stage of this proceeding including, but not limited to, attorney fees which may be available under the Equal Access to Justice Act, as amended.

Respectfully submitted,

PATRICK L. MEEHAN
United States Attorney

Virginia A. Gibson
Assistant United States Attorney
Chief, Civil Division

Susan R. Becker
Assistant United States Attorney

On behalf of United States
Department of Labor

Robert N. Taylor, III
President
Transport Workers Union, Local 700

On behalf of Transport Workers Union Local 700

Dated January 3, 2007

SO APPROVED:

Honorable Mary A. McLaughlin
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSASAL

AND NOW, this 8th day of, Jan., 2007, it is hereby agreed by and between the undersigned counsel that plaintiff's claims against Transport Workers Union, local 700, Robert Taylor, President and David Taylor, Treasurer, should be dismissed with prejudice and without costs pursuant to Local Rule, of Civil Procedure 41.1(b).

PATRICK L. MEEHAN
United States Attorney

ROBERT N. TAYLOR
President, Transport Workers Union
Local 700

 

 

VIRGINIA A. GIBSON
Assistant United States Attorney
Chief, Civil Division

SUSAN R. BECKER
Assistant United States Attorney

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED:

HONORABLE MARY A. MCLAUGHLIN
Judge, United States District Court

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this date I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing Stipulation for Voluntary Dismissal to be served by first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, upon the following:

Robert N. Taylor, III
President
Transport Workers Union, Local 700
1218 Chestnut Street, Suite 602
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Dated: January 8, 2007

Susan R. Becker
Assistant United States Attorney