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

 

 

 

 

·        Files are in tab delimited format. File 06005act (Active Unions) contains 27,244 records.  File 06005inact (Inactive Unions) contains 20,144 records.

·        Files reside in approximately 8.5 Mbytes of space and contains LM

      information for all active and inactive reporting labor organizations.

·        Files are not sorted.

·        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