| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | The Local has the following categories of membership: 1) Journeymen - Members working in the trade paying full dues; 2) Apprentices - Members learning the skills of the trade paying full dues; 3) Non-working - Members who are disabled to work paying reduced dues or called for military service paying no dues; 4) Retired - Members who have retired from the trade paying reduced dues; 5) Honorary - Members who have retired from the trade with over 50 years of membership paying no dues; and 6) Pre-Apprentice - Members getting experience to join the drywall apprenticeship school. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | Members that have rights to elect members of the governing body: A member in "good standing" that has been a member of the Local at least 12 consecutive months has the right to nominate and vote for the officers of the local union every three years. In order to be in "good standing", members must not be more than 3 months in arrears with payment of dues. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b | Members in good standing have the right to vote, at the monthly meetings (general membership), in regards to the following recommendations made by the Executive Board: Contributions, conferences and training to be attended by officers, or non-contracted expenses. Members are entitled to question any expense read during the general membership meetings and therefore the expenses could be denied or approved. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b | There are no committees with broad authority that act on behalf of the board. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The board is provided copies of the 990 for their review and the financial secretary will submit the final copy. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | The Local's conflict of interest policy covers officers and members of the Board. When a conflict arises the officer or member with a conflict must disclose all facts material to the matter before the Board at a Board meeting. If they cannot attend the meeting, the details must be relayed to the Chair of the meeting who will present the matter to the Board. The person with a conflict shall not participate or be permitted to hear the Board's discussion on the matter nor can they vote on the matter. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15b | The Regional Council approves the main policy for determining compensation and allots a predetermined amount to the Local to be distributed to its Board members. The allotted amount is then approved through the Local Board and Finance Committee. The percentages of how much each Board position receives is approved by the Local Board. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The Constitution is made available to the public online via the organization's website. The conflict of interest policy, financial statements, and other organizing documents are not made available to the public. |
| Form 990, Part XII, Line 1 | Organization uses modified cash method of accounting. |
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