Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site.
Ohio’s 100 highest-paid union officers and employees received a sum of more than $16.6 million last year. Excluding national unions headquartered in the state, 393 Ohioans were paid at least $100,000 using dues taken from workers.
Of those 393 Ohioans, 50 were paid more than $150,000 and 11 were paid more than $200,000. In a list of U.S. Department of Labor records sorted by union salary plus reimbursements, the 100th person was paid $140,879 during fiscal year 2012.
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 75 in Dayton paid secretary-treasurer Steve Culter a staggering $400,052 in fiscal year 2012, and paid president Lennie Wyatt $350,596.
Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 83 in Portsmouth paid business manager Gary Coleman $311,357, and LIUNA Local 860 in Cleveland paid secretary-treasurer/business manager Anthony Liberatore $292,253.
Rounding out the top five, UFCW Local 880 in Broadview Heights paid president Thomas Robertson $273,255.
Although Ohio Education Association (OEA) employees and officers were most heavily represented among those raking in at least $100,000, former OEA President Patricia Frost-Brooks — paid $267,916 — came in sixth overall.
Other highlights:
- OEA paid 119 of its officers and employees more than $100,000 and paid 25 more than $150,000, including Frost-Brooks and executive director Larry Wicks (who received $222,167)
- 52 employees and officers of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) affiliates were paid at least $100,000, including 6 paid more than $150,000
- 38 employees and officers of LIUNA affiliates were paid at least $100,000
- 27 employees and officers of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) affiliates were paid over $100,000
- International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 18 paid 26 employees and officers more than $100,000
- 26 employees and officers of UFCW affiliates were paid at least $100,000
Of the unions with national headquarters in Ohio, United Transportation Union in North Olmsted paid 47 officers and employees more than $100,000. Of those 47, 19 were paid over $200,000, 7 were paid over $250,000, and 3 were paid more than $300,000.
At Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen headquarters in Cleveland, 23 officers and employees were paid at least $100,000, 12 were paid over $175,000, and 5 were paid more than $200,000.
American Train Dispatchers Association, also headquartered in Cleveland, paid 6 officers and employees more than $100,000.
The 100 highest-paid Ohio union officers and employees — excluding employees of the national headquarters described above — are listed in the following table.
Note that total disbursements include payments made directly to the individual listed, and do not include health insurance or retirement benefits.
| Name | Organization Name | Title/Status | City | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Culter | FOOD & COMMERCIAL WKRS LOCAL UNION 75 | Secretary-Treasurer / C | Dayton | $400,052 |
| Lennie Wyatt | FOOD & COMMERCIAL WKRS LOCAL UNION 75 | President / C | Dayton | $350,596 |
| Gary Coleman | LABORERS LOCAL UNION 83 | Business Manager / C | Portsmouth | $311,357 |
| Anthony Liberatore | LABORERS LOCAL UNION 860 | Sec-Treas / Business Mgr / C | Cleveland | $292,253 |
| Thomas Robertson | FOOD & COMMERCIAL WKRS LOCAL UNION 880 | President / P | Broadview Heights | $273,255 |
| Patricia Frost-Brooks | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | President / C | Columbus | $267,916 |
| Joseph Rugola | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 4 | Executive Director | Columbus | $253,351 |
| Ralph Cole | LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL | Business Manager / C | Westerville | $239,024 |
| Larry Wicks | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Executive Director / C | Columbus | $222,167 |
| Gary Martin | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 4 | Associate Director | Columbus | $208,225 |
| Kenneth Holland | LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL | Secretary/Treasurer / C | Westerville | $203,349 |
| Robert Grauvogl | FOOD & COMMERCIAL WKRS LOCAL UNION 880 | President / C | Broadview Heights | $195,872 |
| William Leibensperger | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Vice President / C | Columbus | $193,766 |
| James Timlin | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Secretary-Treasurer / C | Columbus | $189,640 |
| T. Dean Wright | MACHINISTS AFL-CIO DISTRICT LODGE 54 | President / C | Columbus | $186,804 |
| Jason Boswell | TRANSPORTATION UNION IND GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT 687 | General Chairperson / C | Bellevue | $186,590 |
| Bonnie Joseph | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $181,319 |
| James Martin | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Asst Exec Dir | Columbus | $178,009 |
| Charles Roginski | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 4 | Regional Director | Columbus | $177,595 |
| Thomas Jowhar | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $175,816 |
| John Phillps | LABORERS LOCAL UNION 265 | Bus Manager / C | Cincinnati | $174,948 |
| Kevin Garvey | FOOD & COMMERCIAL WKRS LOCAL UNION 75 | Exec Asst To Pres/E-Board / C | Dayton | $174,673 |
| Thomas Drabick | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 4 | Director Of Legal Svcs | Columbus | $173,158 |
| Kevin Flanagan | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | AED – Member Services | Columbus | $170,881 |
| Venita Shoulders | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $168,976 |
| Patrick Sink | ENGINEERS, OPERATING, AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 18 | Business Manager / C | Cleveland | $167,263 |
| Rachelle Johnson | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | AED – Member Services – P | Columbus | $166,814 |
| Donald Dalton | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $166,119 |
| Susan Babcock | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Asst Exec Dir | Columbus | $164,768 |
| William Pearsol | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $160,463 |
| Frank Curiel | LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL 8 | Coordinator | Westerville | $158,494 |
| John Lyall | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 8 | President / C | Worthington | $158,202 |
| Diane Tieman | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $157,496 |
| Loree Soggs | BLDG & CONSTRN TRADES DEPT AFL-CIO BLDG & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL | Executive Secretary / C | Cleveland | $156,415 |
| Patricia Collins Murdock | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Regional Director | Columbus | $156,091 |
| Randy Weston | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 4 | Dir Of Pol Action | Columbus | $156,018 |
| V. Randall Flora | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Director Of Educ. Pol. & | Columbus | $155,573 |
| Sonya Cook | NETJETS ASSOCIATION OF SHARED | General Counsel | Gahanna | $155,519 |
| George Bozovich | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $154,794 |
| Linda Fiely | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | General Counsel | Columbus | $154,592 |
| Bryan Stage | ELECTRICAL WORKERS IBEW AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 71 | Business Manager / C | Grove City | $154,267 |
| Cristina Munoz-Nedrow | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Regional Director | Columbus | $153,562 |
| Jeffrey Kestner | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $152,728 |
| Parry Norris | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Regional Director | Columbus | $152,636 |
| Mary Suchy | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Director Of Membership | Columbus | $152,511 |
| Rodney Bird | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $152,074 |
| David Pasqualone | LABORERS LOCAL UNION 860 | Recording Secretary / C | Cleveland | $152,073 |
| Talmadge Hutchins | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $151,968 |
| Matthew Maclellan | LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL 8 | Director | Westerville | $151,451 |
| Robert Matkowski | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $150,023 |
| Kyle Brown | ELECTRICAL WORKERS IBEW AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 246 | Business Manager / C | Steubenville | $149,819 |
| Cathy White | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $149,734 |
| James Kravec | ELECTRICAL WORKERS IBEW AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 1377 | Business Manager / C | Middleburg Hts | $149,116 |
| Nick Nardi | TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 416 | President / C | Cleveland | $148,595 |
| Harold Palmer | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 4 | Regional Director | Columbus | $147,993 |
| Stuart Graham | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Uniserv Computer Tech Ser | Columbus | $147,585 |
| Lavonne Lobert-Edmo | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $147,528 |
| William Otten | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Uniserv Organizer | Columbus | $147,445 |
| Joseph Cohagen | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Director Of Business & Bu | Columbus | $147,351 |
| Ronald Rapp | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Director Of Govermental S | Columbus | $147,336 |
| Harold Mitchell | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 8 | First Vice President / C | Worthington | $147,326 |
| Jeanette Cooper | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Regional Director | Columbus | $146,866 |
| Terence Joyce | LABORERS LOCAL UNION 310 | Business Manager / C | Cleveland | $146,460 |
| Alfred Nelson | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $146,378 |
| Michael Mahoney | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Director Of Communication | Columbus | $146,356 |
| Melodie Terman | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $145,686 |
| Lloyd Rains | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 4 | Regional Director | Columbus | $145,633 |
| Rebecca Villamagna | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Uniserv Compac | Columbus | $145,149 |
| Joseph Cousino | ELECTRICAL WORKERS IBEW AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 8 | Business Manager / C | Rossford | $145,146 |
| Mark Allison | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Uniserv Computer Tech Ser | Columbus | $144,924 |
| Helen Matusick | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $144,536 |
| Donald Holub Ii | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $144,498 |
| Teresa Kimble | FOOD & COMMERCIAL WKRS LOCAL UNION 75 | Union Rep | Dayton | $144,273 |
| Steve Myers | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 4 | Regional Director | Columbus | $144,205 |
| Eric Urban | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $144,078 |
| Lynnette Howell | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $143,866 |
| Mark Costantino | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $143,838 |
| Timothy Moennich | ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 17 | Bus Agent / C | Cleveland | $143,621 |
| John Grafton | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Uniserv Political Advocac | Columbus | $143,403 |
| Sheila Saad | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $143,199 |
| Vicky Davis | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $143,108 |
| Joann Johntony | STATE COUNTY & MUNI EMPLS AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 4 | Executive Board President / C | Columbus | $142,744 |
| Amber Kirkwood | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $142,640 |
| Richard Dalton | ENGINEERS, OPERATING, AFL-CIO LOCAL UNION 18 | President / C | Cleveland | $142,338 |
| Patricia Turner | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Uniserv Collective Bargai | Columbus | $142,242 |
| Mark Linder | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $142,162 |
| Kathleen O’Connell-Burton | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $141,937 |
| Marla Bell-Gombita | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $141,913 |
| Elizabeth Chandler-Marks | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $141,830 |
| Bonnie McMurray | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $141,819 |
| Suzanne Kaszar | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Uniserv Compac | Columbus | $141,634 |
| Gary Carlile | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Uniserv Compac | Columbus | $141,499 |
| Victor Marchese Jr | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $141,482 |
| Chloann Leidy | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $141,426 |
| Phillip Zannella | MACHINISTS AFL-CIO LODGE 1363 | Business Representative | Cleveland | $141,281 |
| Darlene Messer | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $141,272 |
| Russell Harris | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Uniserv Educ Research Dev | Columbus | $141,201 |
| Thomas Renaud | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $141,114 |
| Ruth Field | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $141,090 |
| Edward Stephenson | NATIONAL EDUCATION ASN IND STATE ASSOCIATION | Labor Relations Consultant | Columbus | $140,879 |