Watchdog.org’s Jason Hart (an occasional contributor at LaborUnionReport.com) has done yeoman’s work in compiling Labor Department data exposing the hypocrisy of today’s union bosses.
Whilst they fund “grass-roots” campaigns like Occupy Wall Street and Fight for $15, and use class-warfare rhetoric, today’ union bosses are, in reality, doing quite well raking in the big bucks—all paid for by their members’ union dues.
Here is Big Labor’s Top 100 (with emphasis added):
While unions call for tax and minimum-wage increases to fix “income inequality,” reports to the U.S. Department of Labor reveal 472 union officers and employees were paid more than $250,000 in 2013.
In all, America’s 100 highest-paid union officers and employees received $54.8 million taken from workers last year.
Union officials lived even higher on the hog in fiscal 2013 than the year before, when 428 union officers and employees were paid more than $250,000 and the top 100 received compensation totaling $52.1 million.
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The following figures reflect total disbursements reported to the Department of Labor, and do not include retirement or insurance benefits paid for with workers’ union dues.
| Name | Total Pay, FY13 | Organization | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Weiner | $3,000,000 | MLB Players | Executive Director |
| G. William Hunter | $1,995,887 | National Basketball Players | Former Exec. Director |
| Demaurice Smith | $1,970,337 | Federation of Professional Athletes | Executive Director |
| Drew Brees | $1,400,164 | Federation of Professional Athletes | Vice President |
| Michael Weiner | $1,137,094 | MLB Players | Executive Director |
| William Trent | $1,053,579 | Independent Pilot Association | Attorney |
| James McCourt | $1,033,554 | Insulators AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Secretary-Treasurer |
| Kim Roberts | $851,164 | SAG-AFTRA Nat’l Headquarters | National Exec Director |
| Jay Roth | $794,526 | Directors Guild Of America Inc Nat’l Headquarters | National Exec Director |
| Anthony Clark | $721,460 | MLB Players | Executive Director |
| Richard Shapiro | $710,284 | MLB Players | Senior Advisor |
| David Prouty | $692,749 | MLB Players | General Counsel |
| Ira Fishman | $684,583 | Federation of Professional Athletes | Managing Director/COO |
| Terence O’Sullivan | $663,981 | Laborers Nat’l Headquarters | General President |
| Robert Scardelletti | $641,215 | Transportation Communications Union/IAM, Nat’l Headquarters | National President |
| Robert Balgenorth | $637,775 | Bldg & Constrn Trades Dept AFL-CIO Bldg & Construction Trades Council | President |
| Donald Moak | $627,796 | Air Line Pilots Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | President |
| Ralph Vogel | $597,290 | Professional Pharmacists Guild | Executive Director |
| David Young | $581,200 | Writers Guild West Ind Nat’l Headquarters | Executive Director |
| David White | $575,795 | SAG-AFTRA Nat’l Headquarters | National Executive Direct |
| John Niccollai | $564,726 | Food & Commercial Wkrs Local Union 464 | President |
| Armand Sabitoni | $562,109 | Laborers Nat’l Headquarters | Gen Secretary-Treasurer |
| Thomas Depaso | $549,784 | Federation of Professional Athletes | General Counsel |
| Rhonda Weingarten | $543,150 | Teachers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | President |
| Timothy Slavin | $540,822 | MLB Players | Dir, Bus Affairs & Lic |
| Ian Penny | $533,619 | MLB Players | Senior Labor Counsel |
| Harold Daggett | $523,537 | Longshoremens Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | President |
| Patrick Flynn | $503,435 | Teamsters Local Union 710 | Secretary Treasurer |
| Jonathan Cohen | $498,708 | Air Line Pilots Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Chief Counsel/Dir Legal |
| James Pressley | $493,750 | Boilermakers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Int’l Vice President |
| Newton Jones | $491,866 | Boilermakers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | International President |
| Joseph Senese | $487,733 | National Production Wkrs Union Ind Nat’l Headquarters | Executive Director |
| Clark Gaines | $474,651 | Federation of Professional Athletes | Assistant Executive Direc |
| Warren Failey | $472,352 | Boilermakers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Int’l Vice President |
| John Dempsey | $471,764 | State County & Muni Empls AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General Counsel |
| Joseph Mancinelli | $471,710 | Laborers Nat’l Headquarters | Vice President |
| Matthew Loeb | $471,314 | Stage & Picture Operators AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | International President |
| Ramon Rando | $470,721 | Food & Commercial Wkrs Local Union 464 | Secretary/Treasurer |
| William Hite | $468,011 | Plumbers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General President |
| Lori Ames | $467,247 | United Service Workers Union, IUJAT Nat’l Headquarters | President |
| John Mcguire | $465,416 | SAG-AFTRA Nat’l Headquarters | Senior Advisor |
| John Seferian | $464,863 | State County & Muni Empls AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Chairperson, Judicial Pan |
| James Callahan | $462,195 | Engineers, Operating, AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | President |
| Edward Byrne Sr | $462,045 | United Service Workers Union, IUJAT Nat’l Headquarters | Secretary Treasurer |
| Richard Duffy | $461,726 | Fire Fighters AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Asst To The General Pres |
| Robert Lenaghan | $461,325 | MLB Players | Assistant General Counsel |
| Joseph Nigro | $460,395 | Sheet Metal Workers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General President |
| Michael Bearse | $459,284 | Laborers Nat’l Headquarters | General Cousel |
| Richard White | $455,535 | MLB Players | General Manager |
| Stephen Knott | $455,062 | Longshoremens Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General Vice President |
| Douglas McCarron | $452,974 | Carpenters Ind Nat’l Headquarters | General President |
| Joseph Maloney | $451,986 | Boilermakers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Int’l Vice President – Canada |
| Joseph Sellers | $445,726 | Sheet Metal Workers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General Secretary-Treasur |
| Benny Holland Jr | $444,858 | Longshoremens Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Executive Vice President |
| James Grogan | $436,523 | Insulators AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | President |
| Merv Allen | $433,333 | Carpenters Ind Regional Council | Former Ee – Legal Setteme |
| Bruce York | $431,956 | Air Line Pilots Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Director Representation |
| Paul Rinaldi | $427,956 | Air Traffic Controllers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | President |
| Jon Davis | $424,856 | Laborers Nat’l Headquarters | Vice President |
| Tom Baca | $420,997 | Boilermakers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Int’l Vice President |
| Dennis Van Roekel | $411,172 | National Education Asn Ind Nat’l Headquarters | President |
| Peter Hasho | $408,187 | Int’L Brotherhood Of Trade Unions | President |
| Richard Johnson | $407,521 | Transportation Communications Union/IAM, Nat’l Headquarters | National Vice President |
| Terrence Healy | $407,461 | Laborers Nat’l Headquarters | Vice President |
| Malcom Futhey | $407,320 | Sheet Metal Workers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Td – President |
| Joel Parker | $407,061 | Transportation Communications Union/IAM, Nat’l Headquarters | Special Asst To NP/Nation |
| Walter Wise | $403,468 | Iron Workers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General President |
| Robert Scalza | $403,461 | Int’L Brotherhood Of Trade Unions | Sec / Treasurer |
| Edwin Hill | $400,968 | Electrical Workers Ibew AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | International President |
| Mark McManus | $400,663 | Plumbers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General Secy Treasurer |
| William Creeden | $400,208 | Boilermakers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Int’l Secretary-Treasurer |
| Russell Oathout | $398,164 | Transportation Communications Union/IAM, Nat’l Headquarters | National Secretary-Treasurer |
| Lawrence McManamon | $398,163 | Boilermakers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Int’l Vice President |
| Andris Silins | $394,672 | Carpenters Ind Nat’l Headquarters | Gen Secretary-Treasurer |
| Andrew Ford | $394,148 | National Education Asn Ind State Association | President |
| John Baker | $393,185 | Longshoremens Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Ass’t General Organizer |
| Sean McGarvey | $391,986 | Bldg & Constrn Trades Dept AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | President |
| Jean Bruny | $391,174 | Food & Commercial Wkrs Local Union 888 | President |
| Michael Sweeney | $387,349 | Teamsters Local Union 710 | President |
| John Stocks | $384,320 | National Education Asn Ind Nat’l Headquarters | Executive Director |
| Daniel Schneider | $382,898 | Engineers, Operating, AFL-CIO Local Union 15 | Acting Pres & Bus Mgr |
| Frank Hanley | $382,725 | Food & Commercial Wkrs Local Union 464 | Recorder |
| William Roberts | $382,268 | Air Line Pilots Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Asst Dir Representation |
| James Hoffa | $381,403 | Teamsters Nat’l Headquarters | Gen President |
| Patrick Finley | $380,431 | Plasterers & Cement Masons AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General President |
| Ron Kutak | $380,418 | Stage & Picture Operators AFL-CIO Local Union 700 | National Executive Director |
| Kenneth Rigmaiden | $376,817 | Painters AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General President |
| Marla Weston | $375,172 | Nurses Asn, American, Ind Nat’l Headquarters | Enterprise CEO |
| Ed Power | $375,023 | Boilermakers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Int’l Vice President |
| Wayne Hanley | $372,548 | Food & Commercial Wkrs Nat’l Headquarters | Non-Dir Intl VP |
| John Telford | $371,779 | Plumbers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Dir Of Canadian Affairs |
| Douglas Banes | $369,781 | Carpenters Ind Nat’l Headquarters | General Vice President |
| Duncan Crabtree-Ireland | $369,737 | SAG-AFTRA Nat’l Headquarters | Chief Administrative Officer |
| Arthur McafeeIII | $369,326 | Federation of Professional Athletes | Staff Counsel |
| Arlene Holt-Baker | $368,652 | AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Executive Vice President |
| Gerald Owens | $366,535 | Longshoremens Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | General Organizer |
| D David Haggerty Jr | $364,847 | Boilermakers AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Int’l Vice President |
| Randy J Sowell | $364,726 | Carpenters Ind Nat’l Headquarters | Director – Real Estate |
| Russell Hollander | $362,503 | Directors Guild Of America Inc Nat’l Headquarters | Eastern Exec Dir |
| Jim Johnson | $361,282 | Air Line Pilots Asn AFL-CIO Nat’l Headquarters | Sr Managing Attorney |
