LORS2006 Documentation
This file was obtained January 26,
2006 from the Labor Management Services Administration of the Department of
Labor.
Below is the technical information
that was sent with the file. I have
combined the two files listed below into one file.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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Files are in tab delimited format. File 06005act (Active Unions)
contains 27,244 records. File 06005inact
(Inactive Unions) contains 20,144 records.
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Files reside in approximately 8.5 Mbytes of space and contains LM
information for all
active and inactive reporting labor organizations.
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Files are not sorted.
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Please refer to request #06005 if you have any questions about or
problems with
this product.
FIELD
NAME DEFINITION LENGTH
LM File Number Unique number assigned to
a labor 6
union by DOL/ESA/OLMS
Form Code Type of annual
report required to be filed 1
based on annual receipts
2 = LM-2 ($200,00 or more)
3 = LM-3 (Less than $200,000)
4 = LM-4 (Less than $10,000)
5 = Simplified Filer ( No Receipts)
FYE Fiscal
Year End month 2
Type Labor Organization 1 = National/International 1
2 = Intermediate Body
3 = Local level Body
Type Report 1 = Private sector Filers 1
2 = Government Filers
3 = Postal Filers
Establishment Date Date
union established (MM/DD/YY) 8
Termination Date Date
union ceased to exist
(MM/DD/YY) 8
Charter City Where chartered to
operate 17
Charter County Where chartered to
operate 17
Charter State Where chartered to
operate 2
Merge File Number If present, the number
represents the union 6
that this organization merged with
FIELD
NAME DEFINITION LENGTH
Affiliation Code Unique code assigned to
each affiliation 3
by the DOL/ESA/OLMS.
Affiliation Name Name
of parent or filing organization
35
Designation Name An abbreviation of the name. 5
Designation Number Number
associated with designation name
Prefix 2
Number
5
Suffix 3
Unit Name Name to further identify the union 35
Addressee (First Name) 15
Addressee (Last Name)
15
Building/PO Box
15
Address
30
City
17
State 2
ZipCode
9
Period Covered Month and year ending date of the
last 4
annual report received
Financial Form Code Form Code associated with the
financial 1
totals
Total Assets Assets
reported on last annual report
11
received
Total Receipts Receipts
reported on last annual report
11
received
Total Liabilities Liabilities
reported on last annual report 11
received.
Total Disbursements Disbursements
reported on last annual 11
report received.
Membership Number of
members 8