United Auto Workers Local 677
ALLENTOWN, PA
Summary of Dues Money Spending
The data below covers spending in the selected categories over the 2013-2024 time period. For a full accounting of how the union is spending its dues money, you can review its individual financial filings with the federal government here.
METHODOLOGY
The Center for Union Facts obtained 2013-2024 spending data from all United Auto Workers LM filings with the Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS), which covered approximately 16,000 different spending line-items. We first assigned one of ten different categories to cover spending line items of interest, and then flagged individual expenses for a detailed description at the bottom of each page. The inclusion of specific line items in the list below does not mean the spending is necessarily improper; members can make their own judgement on this question.
By Category
| Category | Total Spending, 2013 – 2024 |
|---|---|
| Advocacy | $5,000 |
| Entertainment | $106,392 |
| Hotel | $26,868 |
| Lawyers | $200,733 |
| Public Relations | $325,533 |
| Restaurant | $78,475 |
| Swag | $52,762 |
| Travel | $436,069 |
By Year
Spending Highlights
The line items below were hand-selected as being particularly large or notable instances of how the union is spending its dues money. If you’d like to find more detail on each entry, you can refer to the union’s full LM filing here.
| Vendor | Description | Amount | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image Pointe | Logo Clothing Retail | 34539 | 2023 |
| Trans-bridge Lines | Ground Transportation | 21336 | 2023 |
| 617 Media Group.com Llc | Media Company | 325533 | 2019 |
| Goldstein Gragel Llc | Law Firm | 110715 | 2019 |
| Roostertail | Entertainment | 106392 | 2019 |
| Richard J. Saylor | Travel | 11930 | 2017 |
| Trans-bridge Lines | Ground Transportation | 24746 | 2017 |
| Wendells | Logo Specialists | 5796 | 2017 |
| Kasey Lynn’s Catering | Caterer | 9928 | 2016 |
| Richard J. Saylor | Travel | 11416 | 2016 |
| Trans-bridge Lines | Ground Transportation | 21505 | 2016 |
| Wendells | Logo Specialists | 5151 | 2016 |
| Image Pointe | Logo Clothing | 7276 | 2015 |
| Richard J. Saylor | Travel | 19359 | 2015 |
| Trans-bridge Lines | Ground Transportation | 72768 | 2015 |
| Cleary Josem & Trigiani Llp | Law Firm | 10681 | 2014 |
| Kasey Lynn’s Catering | Caterer | 12706 | 2014 |
| Trans-bridge Lines | Ground Transportation | 87696 | 2014 |
| Villa Roma Resort | Resort | 13800 | 2014 |
| Kasey Lynn’s Catering | Caterer | 10567 | 2013 |
| Trans-bridge Lines | Ground Transportation | 27704 | 2013 |