I honestly don't know how the amounts compare . As far as reporting it's a fair question and to be honest I know unions have to file lm 2 and lm 3 reports with the Department of labor. I sure as hell hope that the union is spending money on organizing and the more the better, after all that's their purpose.
I posted the amounts of just 3 locations of dozens listed in reports to show how much the company is willing to spend to influence their employees about unions . It's within their rights to do so if they follow federal guidelines and report such activity as required. The reporting requirements are the law and are there to maintain employees rights to organize and to assure that companies do not infringe on those rights by keeping things in the open and above board.
Here is some info on why these reports must be filed :
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS I. WHY FILE The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended (LMRDA), requires public disclosure of agreements or arrangements made between any person, including labor relations consultants and other individuals and organizations, and an employer to undertake certain activities concerning employees or labor organizations. Pursuant to Section 203(b) of the LMRDA, every person who undertakes any such activity under an agreement or arrangement with an employer must file with the Secretary of Labor a detailed report of receipts and disbursements annually for each fiscal year during which payments were made as a result of any such agreement or arrangement. The Secretary, under the authority of the LMRDA, has prescribed the filing of the Receipts and Disbursements Report, Form LM-21, to satisfy this reporting requirement. These reporting requirements of the LMRDA and of the regulations and forms issued under the Act only relate to the disclosure of specific agreements, arrangements, and/or activities. The reporting requirements do not address whether such agreements, arrangements, or activities are lawful or unlawful. The fact that a particular agreement, arrangement or activity is or is not required to be reported does or does not indicate whether it is or is not subject to any legal prohibition. II. WHO MUST FILE Any person who, as a direct or indirect party to any agreement or arrangement with an employer to undertake activities of the type described in Section 203(b) of the Act, must file a Form LM-21 for any fiscal year during which a payment was made or received as a result of the agreement or arrangement. A “person” is defined by LMRDA Section 3(d) to include, among others, labor relations consultants and other individuals and organizations. A person “undertakes” activities not only when he/she performs the activities but also when he/she agrees to perform the activities or to have them performed. A “direct or indirect party” to an agreement or arrangement includes (1) persons who have secured the services of another or of others in connection with an agreement or arrangement of the type referred to in Section 203(b) of the LMRDA, and (2) persons who have undertaken activities at the behest of another or of others with knowledge or reason to believe that they are undertaken as a result of an agreement or arrangement between an employer and any other person. However, bona fide regular officers, supervisors, or employees of an employer are exempt from this reporting requirement to the extent that the services they undertook to perform were undertaken as such bona fide regular officers, supervisors, or employees of their employer. NOTE: Selected definitions from the LMRDA follow these instructions. III. WHAT MUST BE REPORTED The information required to be reported in Form LM-21, as set forth in the form and instructions, includes (1) receipts of any kind received directly or indirectly from employers on account of labor relations advice or services, and (2) disbursements of any kind made directly or indirectly in connections with such services for each fiscal year during which payments were made or received as a result of an agreement or arrangement to undertake activities of the type described in LMRDA Section 203(b). Any person required to file Form LM-21 must also file a Form LM-20, Agreement and Activities Report. You must file Form LM-20 within 30 days after entering into any such agreement or arrangement.
https://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/ecrfactsheet.pdf
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