U.S. Department of Labor
Office of Labor-Management Standards
Division of Enforcement
Washington, DC 20210
(202) 693-0143 Fax: (202) 693-1343
May 11, 2015
Dear
This Statement of Reasons is in response to your February 6, 2014 complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Labor alleging that the continued maintenance of a trusteeship over Office and Professional Employees International Union (“OPEIU”) Local 109 (“the Local”) by the OPEIU International violated Title III of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA).
The Department conducted an investigation of your allegations. On September 5, 2014, Trustee Stephen Rush informed the Local’s membership that elections were to be held in October 2014. That election was held, and those elected were sworn in as officers of the Local on January 6, 2015, thus ending the trusteeship over the Local. As a result, your complaint under Title III is moot. See, e.g., Air Line Stewards & Stewardesses Ass'n, Local 550, TWU, AFL-CIO v. Transp. Workers Union of Am., 334 F.2d 805, 808 (7th Cir. 1964); Conway v. Int'l Ass'n of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, No. 1:00 CV 2897, 2001 WL 1867701, at *5 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 18, 2001).
Accordingly, the office has closed the file on this matter.
Sincerely,
Patricia Fox
Chief, Division of Enforcement
cc: Christopher Wilkinson, Associate Solicitor for Labor-Management Laws
U.S. Department of Labor
Office of Labor-Management Standards
Division of Enforcement
Washington, DC 20210
(202) 693-0143 Fax: (202) 693-1343
May 11, 2015
Michael Goodwin, President
Office and Professional Employees International Union
80 Eighth Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10011
Dear Mr. Goodwin:
This Statement of Reasons is in response to a February 6, 2014 complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Labor alleging that the continued maintenance of a trusteeship over Office and Professional Employees International Union (“OPEIU”) Local 109 (“the Local”) by the OPEIU International violated Title III of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA).
The Department conducted an investigation of the allegations. On September 5, 2014, Trustee Stephen Rush informed the Local’s membership that elections were to be held in October 2014. That election was held, and those elected were sworn in as officers of the Local on January 6, 2015, thus ending the trusteeship over the Local. As a result, your complaint under Title III is moot. See, e.g., Air Line Stewards & Stewardesses Ass'n, Local 550, TWU, AFL-CIO v. Transp. Workers Union of Am., 334 F.2d 805, 808 (7th Cir. 1964); Conway v. Int'l Ass'n of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, No. 1:00 CV 2897, 2001 WL 1867701, at *5 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 18, 2001).
Accordingly, the office has closed the file on this matter.
Sincerely,
Patricia Fox
Chief, Division of Enforcement
cc: President
OPEIU Local 109
354 South Daleville Avenue Daleville, Alabama 36322
Melvin Schwarzwald, OPIEU General Counsel
616 Penton Media Building
1300 East Ninth Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44144
Christopher Wilkinson, Associate Solicitor
for Civil Rights and Labor-Management