ACRE Executive Board Salaries since March of 2000

John Gains        Mark Amorello     Mike Shaw    Paul Holland   Other

2000   $16,903      $14,907                       -                        -                  -

2001    19,262          20,630                      -                        -           $12,522

2002    26,789          27,858                      -                        -               2,199

2003    44,956          23,320                 $4,995                    -              8,892

2004    33,419          22,542                   3,251                     -             7,217

2005    78,690          50,909                   3,390               $1,977        13,169

2006    54,031          45,094                   3,491                 3,491        11,492   

2007    71,781           46,352                  3,526                 3,526          8,755

Total $345,831      $251,612              $18,653               $8,994      $64,246

In 2007 the total amount of Executive Board Salaries paid out was $133,940.00. If you divide this by $240.00 (the amount of dues an ACRE member pays to the Executive Board in a year, $20. per month x 12 months) you see that it takes 558 ACRE members just to pay Executive Board Salaries. ACRE claims to have 1,543 dues paying members. That means that it takes 36% of the ACRE membership dues just to support ACRE Executive Board Salaries. Most of the salary expenses are split just between two-ACRE members, Jack Gaines and Mark Amorello.

As of December 2007 ACRE has spent a grand total of $689,336.00 in Executive Board Salaries. This is your dues money. Exactly what does ACRE members have to show for this exorbitant outlay of dues expenditures? Absolutely nothing. ACRE contracts have been far inferior to other contracts within the MTA and Commuter Railroad Industry within the same time frame. The only ones who have something to show for these salaries are Gaines and Amorello, and that would be their personal bank accounts. As far as ACRE members are concerned they have been cannibalized for any ill received gains.

John Gaines is the Executive Board Legislative Director – Gaines also is the Legislative Representative for ACRE Local Division 9, which he also receives a salary ($6,705 in 2006). Local 9 has not filed their 2007 LM2 Report with the Department of Labor.

Mark Amorello is the Executive Board Secretary Treasurer – Amorello is also the Treasurer for ACRE Local Division 1, which he also receives a salary ($14,698 in 2007).

Mike Shaw and Paul Holland are listed as “other” for their ACRE Executive Board responsibilities. * Note: ACRE officers also receive the earnings of their job on top of these salaries.