About 2.4 million workers are under major collective bargaining
agreements (those covering 1,000 workers or more). In private
industry, bargaining is slated for about 31 percent of the 5.4 million
workers under major agreements.
Union Membership by State
State union membership rates continued to show a clear geographic
pattern in 2001. All states in the East North Central, Middle
Atlantic,
and Pacific divisions had union membership rates above the national
average
of 13.5 percent, while all states in the East South Central and West
South
Central divisions had rates below it. Overall,
29 states had union membership rates below that of the U.S. average,
while
21 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates.
Four states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in
2001--New
York, Hawaii, Alaska, and Michigan (in rank order). Two states had
membership rates below 5.0 percent--North Carolina and South Carolina.
Half of the 16.3 million union members in the U.S. lived in six
states--
California, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
These
states accounted for only 35 percent of wage and salary employment
nationally.
The above estimates are obtained from the Current Population
Survey (CPS), which provides the basic information on the labor force,
employment, and unemployment. The survey is conducted monthly for the
Bureau of Labor Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau from a
scientifically
selected national sample of about 60,000 households. The union
membership
and earnings data are tabulated from one-quarter of the CPS monthly
sample
and are limited to wage and salary workers. Excluded are all
self-employed
workers.
ftp://146.142.4.23/pub/news.release/union2.txt
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
In 2001, 13.5 percent of wage and salary workers were union members,
unchanged from 2000, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. The union membership rate has fallen from
a
high of 20.1 percent in 1983, the first year for which comparable
union
data are available. Some highlights from the 2001 data are:
--In both 2001 and 2000, about 16.3 million wage and salary workers
were union members.
--Nearly 4 in 10 government workers were union members in 2001,
compared
with less than 1 in 10 private wage and salary workers.
--Protective service workers, a group that includes police officers
and
firefighters, had the highest unionization rate among all
occupations,
at 38 percent.
Includes data on membership by occupation class, Demographic
Characteristics of Union Members
earnings, union membership by state.
Half of the 16.3 million union members in the U.S. lived in six
states--
California, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
These
states accounted for only 35 percent of wage and salary employment
nationally.
Some Major Unions
membership and URLs plus their Organizing page
AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/uniondifference/uniondiff11.htm
"Union membership grew quickly in the 1930s, from 3.4 million members
in 1930 (12 percent of non farm payrolls) to more than 10 million in
1941. "Union density" peaked in 1945-1946 and in 1954, when 35
percent of workers were union members. Although the percentages began
to fall, the number of union members continued to grow, from 17
million in 1954 to 20.2 million in 1978. But by 1983, membership had
dipped to 17.7 million (20.1 percent of workers).
"Since 1983, the union share of wage and salary workers has declined
in private nonagricultural industries from 17 percent to less than 10
percent, but the share has increased slightly in government, where it
stands at 37 percent. The 16.3 million U.S. workers who belonged to
unions in 2001 represented 13.5 percent of the total wage and salary
workforce."
Meet the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions,
represents "more than 13 million working women and men."
Recruitment AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/front/joinunions.htm
The Air Line Pilots Association is a union representing 66,000 airline
pilots at 43 U.S. and Canadian airlines. Founded in 1931, it is
chartered by the AFL-CIO.
http://www.alpa.org/alpa/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentId=175
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Total Number of Teamsters
1.4 Million
Total Number of Local Unions
568
The largest single employer of Teamsters members is United Parcel
Service which employs more than 200,000 Teamsters members.
The best-known Teamsters work in the freight industry. More than
120,000 Teamsters are covered by multiple employers under the National
Master Freight Agreement.
http://www.teamster.org/about/demogrph.htm
"join the teamsters"
http://www.teamster.org/join/Join.htm
United Steel Workers
Organizing
http://www.uswa.org/organizing/
United Auto Workers
The UAW has approximately 710,000 active members and over 500,000
retired members in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. There
are more than 950 local unions in the UAW. The UAW currently has
contracts with some 3,200 employers in the United States, Canada and
Puerto Rico.
http://www.uaw.org/about/uawmembership.html
Recruitment
http://www.uaw.org/organize/index.html
AFSCME
over 1.3 million members — public service and health care workers —
Organizing
http://www.afscmeorganizers.org/
Boilermakers Union, a diverse union representing over 100,000 workers
throughout the United States and Canada in construction, repair,
maintenance, manufacturing, professional emergency medical services,
and related industries.
http://www.boilermakers.org/
International Association of Firefighters
The IAFF represents more than 240,000 professional fire fighters and
paramedics across the United States and Canada. IAFF members protect
more than 80 percent of the lives and the property in the U.S
http://www.iaff.org/
Communication Workers of America
CWA, America's largest communications and media union, represents over
700,000 men and women in both private and public sectors, including
over half a million workers who are building the Information Highway.
http://www.cwa-union.org/
Organize
http://www.cwa-union.org/about/organize.asp
UE-- United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, a
democratic national union representing some 35,000 workers in a wide
variety of manufacturing, public sector and private non- profit sector
jobs. UE is an independent union (not affiliated with the AFL-CIO)
http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/uewho.html#Who
Organize
http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/organize.html
Article
Major Unions Begin Campaign to Enlist More Women
Two major unions are launching a global, three-year campaign designed
to increase women's bargaining power with employers and improve what
critics say are dismal conditions in their places of work.
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/843
Labor Unions and Employee Organizations
Labor Union sites-International
http://www.workindex.com/extrefs.asp?SUBCATID=1733
Cornell University School of Labor and Industrial Relations
Catherwood Library has many resources on unions and union membership
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/reference/guides/show_guide/default.html?cat_id=613&guide_number=598
Resource Guide: Business
Labor and Unions
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/business/labor.html
"The Future of Unions"
://www.google.com/
search?q=cache:qBE6ZQJaHBoC:www.justlabour.yorku.ca/
jl_hyman.pdf+future+trade+unions+america&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8
"The Trade Union Revival"
http://www.newint.org/issue341/keynote.htm
Financial Times
"Trade Unions: Workers unite on the internet"
http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc-3230-f0.cfm
I have retrieved the listings of International and National unions in
the states your requested.
You can retrieve listings of union intermediate and locals by state at
http://www.dol-union-reports.gov/olmsWeb/docs/union.html?union=Union
Indiana has no International and National HQ listings
but has 79 'Intermediate" and several hundred locals
Illinois Unions
International and National
DATE: 2002-11-12
UNION LISTING--STANDARD
YR END
AFFILIATION NAME
DESIGNATION NAME/NUMBER/UNIT NAME
CHARTER CITY/STATE
MAILING ADDRESS
TOTAL
2000-12-31
AIR LINE EMPLOYEES ASN ALPA AFL-CIO
NHQ
CHICAGO IL
DONALD KRULL
STE 201
CHICAGO IL 60638
AIR LINE EMPLOYEES ASN ALPA AFL-CIO
NHQ
CHICAGO IL
DONALD KRULL
STE 201
CHICAGO IL 60638
CHICAGO TRUCK DRIVERS UNION
NHQ
CHICAGO IL
FRED BOUDREAU
809 W MADISON ST
CHICAGO IL 60607
INDEPENDENT UNIONS, CONGRESS OF
NHQ
ALTON IL
RICHARD DAVIS
303 RIDGE ST
ALTON IL 62002
NATIONAL PRODUCTION WKRS UNION IND
NHQ
CHICAGO IL
JOSEPH SENESE
2210 MIDWEST ROAD SUITE 310
OAK BROOK IL 60521
NOVELTY & PRODUCTION WKRS AFL-CIO
NHQ
CHICAGO IL
MARK SPANO
1950 WEST ERIE STREET
CHICAGO IL 60622
RAILROAD SIGNALMEN AFL-CIO
NHQ
MOUNT PROSPECT IL
WALT BARROWS
601 GOLF ROAD
MT PROSPECT IL 60056
TEXTILE PROCESSORS, UFCW, AFL-CIO
NHQ
CHICAGO IL
ROBERT TATE
2210 MIDWEST ROAD, SUITE 310
OAKBROOK IL 60523
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Michigan International and National
AUTO WORKERS AFL-CIO
NHQ
DETROIT MI RUBEN BURKS
8000 E JEFFERSON
DETROIT MI 48214
BARBERS STATE ASN IND
NHQ
ALMA MI ARTHUR PERCY
4400 S SAGINAW SUITE 1320
FLINT MI 48507
CHRISTIAN LABOR UNION IND
NHQ
ZEELAND MI MIKE KOPPENOL
PO BOX 65
ZEELAND MI 49464
MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLS AFL-CIO
NHQ
DETROIT MI WILLIAM LARUE
26555 EVERGREEN ROAD STE 200
SOUTHFIELD MI 48076
NATIONAL STAFF ORGANIZATION IND
NHQ
DETROIT MI VERA STAFFORD
302 S STATE ST P O BOX 405
GOBLES MI 49055
PLANT PROTECTION IND
NHQ
YPSILANTI MI JOHN A. HERMAN
CLIFFS OFFICE PAV.
YPSILANTI MI 48198
SECURITY POLICE, FIRE PROF, IND
NHQ
ROSEVILLE MI DAVID ECK
25510 KELLY RD
ROSEVILLE MI 48066
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There are no Nationals or International union HQ in Wisconsin |
