[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR403.8]

[Page 147-148]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 403_LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 403.8  Dissemination and verification of reports.

    (a) Every labor organization required to submit a report under 
section 201(b) of the Act and under this part shall make available to 
all its members the information required to be contained in such 
reports, and every such labor organization and its officers shall be 
under a duty to permit such member for just cause to examine any books, 
records, and accounts necessary to verify such report.
    (b)(1) If a labor organization is required to file a report under 
this part using the Form LM-2 and indicates that it has failed or 
refused to disclose information required by the Form concerning any 
disbursement, or receipt not otherwise reported on Statement B, to an 
individual or entity in the amount of $5,000 or more, or any two or more 
disbursements, or receipts not

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otherwise reported on Statement B, to an individual or entity that, in 
the aggregate, amount to $5,000 or more, because disclosure of such 
information may be adverse to the organization's legitimate interests, 
then the failure or refusal to disclose the information shall be deemed 
``just cause'' for purposes of paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) Disclosure may be adverse to a labor organization's legitimate 
interests under this paragraph if disclosure would reveal confidential 
information concerning the organization's organizing or negotiating 
strategy or individuals paid by the labor organization to work in a non-
union facility in order to assist the labor organization in organizing 
employees, provided that such individuals are not employees of the labor 
organization who receive more than $10,000 in the aggregate in the 
reporting year from the union.
    (3) This provision does not apply to disclosure that is otherwise 
prohibited by law or that would endanger the health or safety of an 
individual.
    (c) In all other cases, a union member has the burden of 
establishing ``just cause'' for purposes of paragraph (a) of this 
section.

[28 FR 14383, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 68 FR 58447, Oct. 9, 2003]