The Landrum Griffin Act

The Landrum Griffin Act, also known as the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure

(LMRDA) Act, was passed in 1959. This act required unions to hold secret elections, required unions

to submit their annual financial reports to the US Department of Labor, and created standards

governing expulsion of a member from a union. This act was created because of racketeering charges

and corruption charges by unions. In fact, investigations of the Teamsters union found they were

linked to organized crime, and the Teamsters were banned from the AFL-CIO. The goal of this act

was to regulate the internal functioning of unions and to combat abuse of union members by union

leaders.