UNIFORM & TEXTILE SERVICE ASSOCIATION

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Spend

$835K

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2009

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2009	—	3	1
2008	$275,000	6	1
2007	$200,000	2	1
2006	$200,000	2	1
2005	$60,000	1	1
2004	$100,000	1	1
2003	$0	1	1
2002	$0	2	1
2001	$0	1	1
2000	$0	2	1
1999	—	2	1

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
UNIFORM & TEXTILE SERVICE ASSOCIATION	$835,000	23

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	18
SENATE	18
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	17
Small Business Administration (SBA)	13
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)	8
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	7
Treasury, Dept of	5
Government Accountability Office (GAO)	2
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	2

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	18
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	14
Clean Air and Water (quality)	Clean Air and Water (quality)	12
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	8
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	7
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	7
Veterans	Veterans	1
Government Issues	Government Issues	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (5)

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

S. 1041110th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

2008 · third_quarter · Firm: UNIFORM & TEXTILE SERVICE ASSOCIATION

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 800 / S. 1041 the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 sponsored by Rep. Miller and Sen. Kennedy, respectively. The bill would allow union barganing units to organize by using a "card check" process rather than the existing secret ballot approach.

Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1041

S. 1041110th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

2008 · third_quarter · Firm: UNIFORM & TEXTILE SERVICE ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 800 / S. 1041 the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 sponsored by Rep. Miller and Sen. Kennedy, respectively. The bill would allow union barganing units to organize by using a "card check" process rather than the existing secret ballot approach.

Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1041

S. 1041110th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

2008 · second_quarter · Firm: UNIFORM & TEXTILE SERVICE ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 800 / S. 1041 the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 sponsored by Rep. Miller and Sen. Kennedy, respectively. The bill would allow union barganing units to organize by using a "card check" process rather than the existing secret ballot approach.

Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1041

S. 1041110th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: UNIFORM & TEXTILE SERVICE ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 800 / S. 1041 the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 sponsored by Rep. Miller and Sen. Kennedy, respectively. The bill would allow union barganing units to organize by using a "card check" process rather than the existing secret ballot approach.

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1041

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S. 1041110th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

2008 · first_quarter · Firm: UNIFORM & TEXTILE SERVICE ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 800 / S. 1041 the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 sponsored by Rep. Miller and Sen. Kennedy, respectively. The bill would allow union barganing units to organize by using a "card check" process rather than the existing secret ballot approach.

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: S. 1041

Source: Senate LDA

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