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Salaries of Union Leaders
Research by Dick Wessels and Legal Assistant Lisa Narug
Tag days are unnecessary for union leaders today. Here is a smattering of union leader salaries from around the Midwest. We include also some salaries for heads of international unions.
| Union Official and Title | Union | Total Disbursements (Salary + Allowances) |
| Terence O’Sullivan, General President | Laborers National Headquarters | $663,981 |
| Patrick Flynn, Secretary-Treasurer (Out of office now – local is under trusteeship) | Teamsters Local 710, Mokena, IL | $503,435 |
| Newton B Jones, President | International Brotherhood of Boilermakers | $491,866 |
| Joseph Senese, Executive Director | National Production Workers Union Ind National Headquarters | $487,733 |
| Michael Sweeney, President | Teamsters Local 710, Mokena, IL | $387,349 |
| James Hoffa, President | International Brotherhood of Teamsters | $381,403 |
| Frank Libby, President/Exec Secy Treas | Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters | $319,462 |
| Steven Cisco, Rec Corres Secretary | Operating Engineers Local 150, Countryside, IL | $300,047 |
| Jeffrey Isaacson, 1 st Vice-President | Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters | 279,052 |
| James Buchanan, Business Manager | Plumbers Local 597, Chicago, IL | $276,175 |
| John Coli, Secretary-Treasurer | Teamsters Local 727, Park Ridge, IL and Teamsters Joint Council 25, Chicago IL | $269,043 |
| James Sweeney, President-Business Manager | Operating Engineers Local 150, Countryside, IL | $266,078 |
| Terrence Hancock, President | Teamsters Local 731, Burr Ridge, IL | $256,801 |
| Charles Anderson, Secretary-Treasurer | Painters District Council 30, Aurora, IL | $254,499 |
| Rocco Terranova, President/Bus Mgr | Sheet Metal Workers Local 73, Hillside, IL | $227,996 |
| Thomas Balanoff, President | SEIU Local 1, Chicago, IL | $226,968 |
| Ronald Powell, President | UFCW Local 881, Rosemont, IL | $225,288 |
| Terrence Fitzmaurice, Secretary-Treasurer | Painters District Council 14, Chicago, IL | $223,978 |
| James Coyne, Business Manager | Plumbers Local 130, Chicago, IL | $214,343 |
| Karen Lewis, President | Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago, IL | $201,047 |
| Leo Carroll, Recording Secretary | Teamsters Local 916, Springfield, IL | $199,900 |
| R. Magler, Business Manager | Plumbers Local 455, St. Paul, MN | $182,311 |
| Robert Pierson, Business Manager | IBEW Local 9, Hillside, IL | $176,119 |
| Kenneth Boyd, President | UFCW 1546, Chicago, IL | $174,828 |
| Terry Allen, Bus Mgr/Fin Sec | IBEW Local 134, Chicago, IL | $169,756 |
| Samuel Cicinelli, Business Representative | Auto Mechanics Local 701 | $148,744 |
| Mark Spano, President | Central States Joint Board | $159,293 |
| Donnie Von Moore, President(Now voted out of office) | Teamsters Local 743, Chicago, IL | $157,202 |
| Juan Campos, Secretary-Treasurer | Teamsters Local 705, Chicago, IL | $156,462 |
| Shawn Daly, Business Representative | IBEW Local 160, Minneapolis, MN | $155,993 |
| Paul Wright, President/Business Mgr/Fin Sec | IBEW Local 21, Downers Grove, IL | $155,841 |
| Charles Hughart, Financial Secretary | IBEW Local 702, West Frankfort, IL | $154,165 |
| Thomas McTavish, Business Mgr/Fin Sec | IBEW Local 117, Crystal Lake, IL | $150,388 |
| Thomas Flynn, President | Teamsters Local 179, Joliet, IL | $149,163 |
| Armando Arreola, Business Representative | Auto Mechanics Local 701 | $142,558 |
| Terry Nelson, Business Mgr/Sec Treas | Painters District Council 82, Little Canada, MN | $142,335 |
| Scott Deitz, Business Manager | Plumbers Local 101, Belleville, IL | $140,338 |
| Rick Eilers, Business Manager | Plumbers Local 15, Minneapolis, MN | $139,572 |
| Kevin Lamere, Business Manager | Plumbers Local 601, Milwaukee, WI | $139,066 |
| Michael Haffner, Secretary-Treasurer | Teamsters Local 301, Waukegan, IL | $139,014 |
| Dominic Romanazzi, President | Teamsters Local 330, Elgin, IL | $137,152 |
| Martin Lawrence, Secretary-Treasurer | Teamsters Local 638, Minneapolis, MN | $131,013 |
| Richard Oakes, Business Mgr/Fin Sec | IBEW Local 949, Burnsville, MN | $129,936 |
| Paul Hawkins, President/Bus Agent | Teamsters Local 673, West Chicago, IL | $128,077 |
| David Reardon, Sec/Treas/Business Agent | Teamsters Local 662, Mosinee, WI | $125,904 |
| Paul Stripling, President | Teamsters Local 781, Elmhurst, IL | $124,987 |
| Thomas McCune, Business Manager | Plumbers Local 25, Rock Island, IL | $124,940 |
| Steven Brietlow, Fin Sec/Business Manager | Plumbers Local 75, Milwaukee, WI | $121,873 |
| Gene Gowey, Recording Secretary | Teamsters Local 695, Madison, WI | $121,735 |
| Joe Jazdzewski, BMST | Painters District Council 7, Big Bend, WI | $121,074 |
| Dale Magruder, Business Manager | IBEW Local 176, Joliet, IL | $120,051 |
| John Kripotos, Business Representative | IBEW Local 292, Minneapolis, MN | $119,919 |
| Jamie McNamara, Business Mgr/Fin Sec | IBEW Local 110, St. Paul, MN | $119,787 |
| Bryan Rademacher, Business Agent | Teamsters Local 120, Blaine, MN | $118,294 |
| Michael Brookes, Business Manager/Fin Secr | IBEW Local 55, Des Moines, IA | $118,002 |
| Patrick Tapa, Secretary/Treasurer | Teamsters Local 344, West Allis, WI | $117,656 |
| Jeffrey Knaus,Fin Secretary/Bus Mgr | Plumbers Local 400, Kaukauna, WI | $117,415 |
| Thomas Tweet, Secretary-Treasurer | Teamsters Local 974, Minneapolis, MN | $112,976 |
| Patrick Radzak, Secretary-Treasurer | Teamsters Local 346, Duluth, MN | $112,850 |
| Gary Menzel, President/Bus Mgr | Roofers Local 11, Westchester, IL | $112,475 |
| Robert Miller, Secretary Treasurer | GCIU District Council 4, Carol Stream, IL | $112,170 |
| Michael Toner, Business Manager | Plumbers Local 553, East Alton, IL | $109,941 |
| Andrew Roberts, Business Mgr/Fin Sec | Plumbers Local 33, Des Moines, IA | $109,761 |
| Peter Jaworski, Business Manager | Roofers Local 96, Blaines, MN | $102,015 |
| Ildefonzo Lozano, Vice President/Field Rep | Laborers Local Union 152, Highland Park, IL | $100,275 |
These are good jobs! It is hardly surprising that unions are a hotbed of political activity geared toward perpetuating the power and position of these union leaders.
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