Below is a list of voluntary compliance agreements entered into in 2024.
On June 21, 2024, OLMS entered into a voluntary compliance agreement with Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 30 (located in Syracuse, N.Y.) concerning the union’s November 30, 2023, election of union officers. The union agreed to hold a new election for the offices of president, vice president, business manager, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, financial secretary, sergeant at arms, and five executive board members. The investigation concluded that the union failed to ensure voter secrecy by not providing any means for members to vote in private during the election. In addition, the investigation found that the incumbent candidate for business manager campaigned during his office hours to members while they were at work.
On May 29, 2024, OLMS entered into a voluntary compliance agreement with American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2876 (located in Washington, D.C.) concerning the union’s November 14, 2023 officer election. The union agreed to hold a new election for the offices of president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer. The investigation determined that Local 2876 misaddressed the pre-printed envelopes members used to return voted ballots in the mail ballot election. The agreement follows an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office.
On May 1, 2024, OLMS entered into a voluntary compliance agreement with National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 142 concerning the union’s December 7, 2023 officer election. The union will install the correct recording secretary candidate from this election. The agreement follows an OLMS investigation that determined that Branch 142 made a mistake in tabulating votes for the recording secretary race and improperly determined that the race had resulted in a tie necessitating a runoff election. The investigation also determined that the candidate who won Branch 142’s runoff election had actually lost the initial election. The agreement follows an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office.
On April 30, 2024, OLMS entered into a voluntary compliance agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 6215 concerning the union’s October 23, 2023 officer election. The union will conduct a new election of officers under OLMS supervision for the positions of president, vice president, and chief stewards of five jurisdictions within the local. The investigation determined that Local 6215 failed to accommodate a candidate’s reasonable request to distribute campaign literature via the union’s email address list. The investigation further found that the local failed to properly maintain its voter eligibility list, thereby denying eligible members the right to vote and permitting votes to be cast by ineligible members or nonmembers. The agreement follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office.
On April 23, 2024, OLMS entered into a voluntary compliance agreement with International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 675 (located in Eugene, Ore.) concerning the union’s November 28, 2023 officer election. The union agreed to conduct new nominations, and a new election for the offices of president, business agent, treasurer, and executive board member #2. The investigation found that IATSE Local 675 did not properly safeguard the voted ballots, did not maintain the necessary election records, and did not properly follow nomination procedures as prescribed by the local rules and bylaws. The agreement follows an investigation by the OLMS San Francisco-Seattle District Office District Office.
On April 22, 2024, OLMS entered into a voluntary compliance agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 2750 (located in Cincinnati, Ohio) concerning the union’s November 16, 2023 officer election. The union agreed to conduct a new election of all contested officer positions under OLMS supervision. The agreement follows an OLMS investigation which revealed that Local 2750 denied eligible members a reasonable opportunity to vote when it failed to notify members of a polling site opened at the union’s office on the day mail ballots were due to the union, and when the local instituted a 30-day mail balloting period that did not give members sufficient time to vote and return ballots due to the nature and locations of their employment. The agreement follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office.
On April 18, 2024, OLMS entered into a voluntary compliance agreement with American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 506 (located in Sumterville, Fla.), concerning the union’s November 15, 2023 officer election. The union agreed to conduct a new election for the office of Vice President (VP) CLP (Pen-2) under OLMS supervision, on or before August 15, 2024. The investigation disclosed that AFGE Local 506 failed to provide a reasonable opportunity to nominate when a properly nominated candidate did not appear on the ballot for the position of VP CLP (Pen-2). The agreement follows an investigation by the OLMS Atlanta-Nashville District Office.
Last Updated: 7-11-24