California Nurses Association (CNA) and their recently formed
National Nurses Organizing Committee are an independent union
attempting to organize Registered Nurses. Currently they have
expanded beyond California.
Membership
Total Members / Fee Payers = 53,614
Dues
Regular Dues: Minimum / Maximum $40.00 - $80.00 per month
Financial Information
Total Assets: $17,213,751.00
Total Revenues: $38,112,575.00
Financial Disbursements
Representational Activities: $14,955,098
Political Support & Lobbying : $ 2,284,451
General Overhead: $ 5,888,256
Union Administration: $ 2,095,058
Total Compensation (Union Employees): $14,799,566
Sample Disbursements
Consultants (Company Busters): $ 521,712
Legal: $130,395
Airlines: $ 474,772
Hotels/Lodging: $ 759,760
Catering: $ 174,735
Lobby Groups: $ 67,743
Top CNA Leadership Compensation
Name, Position and Compensation
Deborah Burger, President: $125,966
RoseAnn DeMoro, Executive Director: $ 199,943
Hedy Dumpel, Nursing Practice: $ 139,067
Michael Lighty, Dir Admin & Operations: $ 135,680
James Ryder, Dir Kaiser Division: $ 134,615
Diane Hirsh-Garcia, Lead Labor Rep: $ 130,873
Eliabeth Kean, Dir. UC Div.: $ 126,802
Joseph Lindsay, Staff Dir.: $ 126,236
Donald Neilsen, Dir-Arb&CV: $ 125,394
James Eggleston, Legal Counsel: $ 125,000
Michael Griffing, Coll. Bargaining: $ 122,225
Bonnie Castillo, Asst. Dir.: $ 118,607
David Johnson, Dir Organizing: $ 116,593
Richard Leung, Asst. Dir Acute Care: $ 112,959
Charles Idelson, Dir Comm.: $ 112,719
Jane Lawhon, Legal Counsel: $ 109,189
Corine Comer, Dir. Sutter Div.: $ 106,837
Robert DeMoro, Dir. Research: $ 106,837
Janet Mcdermott, Labor Rep: $ 106,018
Barbara Lambarida, Lead Labor Rep: $ 105,133
Kevin Baker, Labor Rep: $ 104,936
Roy Hong, Lead Organizer: $ 104,807
Lisabet Jacobs, Comm. Spec.: $ 104,399
William Gallagher, Labor Rep: $ 104,345
Pamela Allen, Legal Counsel: $ 103,854
Glen Sharp, Labor Rep: $ 101,662
Unions typically use PACs to make “hard money” contributions to
specific candidates they support (not necessarily that you
support). PACs are highly regulated under the Federal Election
Committee.
In
their June 30, 2005 LM-2 Report to the Federal Department
of Labor, CNA shows contributions totaling $2.284,451
