2000-2019 UAW Form LM-2 Labor Organization Annual Reports
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USDOL LM-2 Disclosures Top-Paid Disclosed Officers and Employees

While some wages appear on union LM-2 reports, gargantuan amounts paid to officers are often hidden. For example, AFL-CIO president John Sweeney used to report an LM-2 salary of around $225,000. However, his signed AFL-CIO LM-2 reports failed to disclose an annual payment of $200,000 to him over his five-year term as president, which totaled an additional (undisclosed on the union’s LM-2) $1 million he received every five years as president of the AFL-CIO. Sweeney became fully vested by the end of each five-year term as president. Had it not been for a more exact disclosure one year on a tax report, members might never know about the extra millions. Other AFL-CIO officers like Richard Trumka, also receive similar deferred benefits undisclosed on the USDOL Form LM-2s.
This 20% per -year vestiture scheme highlights a loophole that remains in DOL disclosure today. One that was closed during the Bush Administration, eliminated by the Obama Administration, and stays unchanged under the present Administration.
UAW Officer-Employee Highlights
Every year the UAW reports financial information to the USDOL about the union that includes details of officer and employee pay inclusive of allowances and direct non-retirement disbursements, but excluding cost of other benefits.[ii]
Current UAW corruption charges indicate underreported financial gain by several union officials existed. Below are what the UAW reported paying its officers and employees over the past several years. Do you see any potential underreportings? A good idea is to compare these numbers to the UAW IRS 990 reports for the same period (see our section on IRS UAW Union Tax Returns publishing soon).
Worth noting on the 2018 LM-2 (filed in 2019), UAW VP Norwood Jewell, who pleaded guilty in April 2019 to charges related to the UAW scandal, received only $1,888 in salary but he took in total of $219,495 according the UAW LM-2 section covering “salaries and other direct and indirect
disbursements.”
2018 Top Paid UAW International Headquarters Officers and Employees
NAME | TITLE | GROSS SALARY | TOTAL* |
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GARY JONES | PRESIDENT *SEE ITEM 69 | $ 178,417 | $ 260,243 |
TERRENCE DITTES | VICE PRESIDENT | $ 172,715 | $ 235,873 |
VANCE PEARSON | REGIONAL DIRECTOR | $ 152,368 | $ 222,672 |
RAYMOND CURRY | SECRETARY TREASURER | $ 169,048 | $ 222,663 |
NORWOOD JEWELL | VICE PRESIDENT | $ 1,844 | $ 219,495 |
MITCHELL SMITH | REGIONAL DIRECTOR | $ 151,452 | $ 199,494 |
NIRAJ GANATRA | GENERAL COUNSEL | $ 174,478 | $ 189,439 |
CYNTHIA ESTRADA | VICE PRESIDENT | $ 170,903 | $ 186,785 |
BEVERLEY BRAKEMAN | REGIONAL DIRECTOR | $ 158,756 | $ 185,019 |
MICHAEL STONE | CHIEF OF STAFF | $ 165,693 | $ 182,598 |
RORY GAMBLE | VICE PRESIDENT | $ 166,238 | $ 180,426 |
RONALD MC INROY | REGIONAL DIRECTOR | $ 157,702 | $ 179,486 |
JEFFREY SHROCK | TOP ADMIN ASSIST | $ 129,276 | $ 176,050 |
DENNIS WILLIAMS | PRESIDENT * SEE ITEM 69 | $ 110,090 | $ 175,956 |
TIMOTHY BRESSLER | EXEC ADMIN ASSISTANT | $ 158,102 | $ 175,530 |
GERALD KARIEM | REGIONAL DIRECTOR | $ 157,702 | $ 175,480 |
GARY CASTEEL | SECRETARY TREASURER | $ 149,285 | $ 171,769 |
JEFFREY BINZ | REGIONAL DIRECTOR | $ 156,265 | $ 170,979 |
RICHARD RANKIN | REGIONAL DIRECTOR | $ 156,941 | $ 170,900 |
CHARLES BROWNING | REGIONAL DIRECTOR | $ 157,118 | $ 170,813 |
JEFFREY SODKO | DEP GENERAL COUNSEL | $ 160,901 | $ 170,225 |
FRANK STUGLIN | REGIONAL DIRECTOR | $ 152,368 | $ 165,612 |
MICHAEL MADDOX | SERVICING REP | $ 103,040 | $ 163,255 |
BRADLEY DUTCHER | ASSISTANT – REGION | $ 130,862 | $ 163,060 |
KRISTY LUNDBERG | SERVICING REP | $ 114,836 | $ 160,722 |
KRISTYNE PETER | INTERNATION’L AFFAIRS DIR | $ 141,640 | $ 159,684 |
JAMES BRITTON | ATTORNEY | $ 144,656 | $ 156,900 |
BLAIR SIMMONS | ATTORNEY | $ 145,111 | $ 156,872 |
CYNTHIA HARRIS | SERVICING REP | $ 114,568 | $ 156,453 |
WILLIAM KARGES | ATTORNEY | $ 144,626 | $ 156,441 |
CARLOS BERMUDEZ | ATTORNEY | $ 144,502 | $ 155,486 |
GORDON LILLEY | ASSISTANT – MAJOR | $ 128,592 | $ 154,536 |
STEVEN DAWES | ASSISTANT – REGION | $ 131,105 | $ 153,125 |
GARRY BERNATH | TOP ADMIN ASSIST | $ 37,603 | $ 153,023 |
WILLIAM KING | TOP ADMIN ASSIST | $ 137,180 | $ 152,736 |
Complete UAW National Headquarters Downloadable LM-2 Disclosure Links
Note: As of the date of this post, the UAW National Headquarters had not filed its 2019 LM-2 report.
- 2019 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2018 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2017 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2016 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2015 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2014 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2013 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2012 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2011 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2010 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2009 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2008 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2007 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2006 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2005 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2004 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2003 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2002 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2001 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)
- 2000 United Auto Workers National Headquarters Financial Report (USDOL Form LM-2)