AFL-CIO Membership Report

AFL-CIO Executive Council Meeting February 23–25, 2015 Atlanta

Contents

Average AFL-CIO Membership...... 2

General Methodology...... 3

Membership at Conventions...... 4

2013 and 2014 Affiliate Membership...... 5–6

2009 and 2014 Affiliate Membership...... 7–8 Average AFL-CIO Membership

The average membership of the AFL-CIO in 2014 totaled 12,623,990. This includes 9,323,990 members of the unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO and approximately 3.3 million members of our community affiliate, Working America.

In addition, the Alliance for Retired Americans represented nearly 4.4 million members.

In 2014, unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO experienced a collective net loss of 43,483 members, compared with 2013.

Working America grew by 100,000 members in 2014.

One-Year Comparison Five-Year Growth

The following three unions grew by more The following unions have grown by 25,000 than 5,000 members in 2014: or more members since 2009:

UAW 17,861 National Nurses United 43,564 AFT 8,414 AFGE 43,517 National Nurses United 5,232 UNITE HERE 28,596

Overall, 14 national unions had Membership of the current AFL-CIO membership increases in 2014. These affiliates has increased by 808,721 since unions added a total of 39,763 members. 2009. This amount includes the 1,288,425 members added through new affiliations At the same time, 24 unions suffered losses since 2009. in membership totaling 83,246 members. Eighteen unions had no change. In these five years, 11 unions had membership increases. These unions added Summary Affiliate Net Change a total of 163,425 members in this time.

Membership Growth 39,763 At the same time, 31 other unions had Membership Loss (83,246) reductions in membership totaling 643,129 New Affiliations 0 members. Nine unions had no membership change. Net Membership Change (43,483)

2 AFL-CIO Membership Report General Methodology

The annual average membership in this Membership reported at conventions is a report was computed by taking the total combined total average of the membership number of per capita tax payments on for each union for the 24 months defined regular members made to the AFL-CIO for in Article IV, Sec. 9(a) of the AFL-CIO the 12 months ending in December of each Constitution. year and dividing that by the total number of months for which payments were made Associate member payments are not and received. Thus, a union that paid less included in these figures. than 12 months per capita would have its total number of payments divided only by For the years reported here, the membership the number of months for which it paid. of each union includes the membership This means that unions that are delinquent of any national union that merged into do not show any variation in membership. the union, regardless of when the merger took place. Thus, the membership averages Payments to the AFL-CIO for any month for unions that merged in 2014 would be are due by the 15th of the following combined not only for the 2014 averages, month. Thus, payments for December are but also for all previous years. This method due in January. Payments are attributed ensures that union membership change is to the month for which they are paid, not not attributable to mergers. the month in which they are received. Delinquent payments are recorded for the original month for which they were due.

3 AFL-CIO Membership Report Membership at Conventions

The following table shows the average 1955 12,622,000 membership of the AFL-CIO for each 1957 13,020,000 convention period. Because these are 1959 12,779,000 calculated over 24 months, the totals will 1961 12,553,000 not exactly match the 12-month totals 1963 12,496,000 reflected in this report for the same years. 1965 12,919,000 1967 13,781,000 1969 13,005,000 1971 13,177,000 1973 13,407,000 1975 14,070,000 1977 13,542,000 1979 13,621,000 1981 13,602,000 1983 13,758,000 1985 13,109,000 1987 12,702,000 1989 13,556,000 1991 13,993,000 1993 13,299,000 1995 13,007,000 1997 12,905,000 1999 12,952,000 2001 13,164,000 2005 12,976,000 2009 8,373,000 2013 8,429,000

4 AFL-CIO Membership Report 2013 and 2014 Affiliate Membership

One-Year UNION 2013 2014 Change

Actors and Artistes 5,786 3,458 (2,328) Actors’ Equity 15,000 15,833 833 AFGE 283,141 285,313 2,172 AFSCME 1,295,819 1,277,053 (18,766) AFT 1,111,924 1,120,338 8,414 Air Line Pilots 40,918 40,971 53 Amalgamated Transit Union 120,291 120,734 443 American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada 7,200 7,200 0 Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers 64,545 62,937 (1,608) Boilermakers 55,465 54,686 (779) Bricklayers 75,000 70,000 (5,000) Communications Workers of America 453,333 447,263 (6,070) Electrical Workers 565,566 563,995 (1,571) Elevator Constructors 21,408 21,084 (324) Farm Labor Organizing Committee 2,027 2,048 21 Fire Fighters 260,000 260,000 0 Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers 26,799 25,504 (1,295) Heat and Frost Insulators 18,311 18,311 0 International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers 51,950 48,358 (3,592) International Union of Police Associations 17,417 12,847 (4,570) Ironworkers 73,426 75,173 1,747 Laborers 289,173 284,992 (4,181) Letter Carriers 180,875 180,875 0 Longshoremen 23,000 23,000 0 Machinists (includes TCU) 307,568 305,326 (2,242) Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association 20,384 20,384 0 Mine Workers 65,000 63,750 (1,250) National Air Traffic Controllers Association 15,375 15,046 (329) National Nurses United 159,413 164,645 5,232 National Taxi Workers Alliance 2,260 2,521 261 NFL Players Association 1,696 1,696 0 Novelty and Production Workers 10,300 10,300 0 Office and Professional Employees 102,401 102,097 (304) Operating Engineers 280,000 280,000 0 Painters and Allied Trades 69,746 69,578 (168) Plasterers and Cement Masons 40,000 40,000 0 Plate Printers and Die Stampers 200 200 0

5 AFL-CIO Membership Report One-Year UNION 2013 2014 Change Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 219,800 219,800 0 Postal Workers 220,000 220,000 0 Radio Association 40 36 (4) Railroad Signalmen 10,370 10,620 250 SAG-AFTRA 100,000 100,000 0 School Administrators 12,225 12,336 111 School Employees Association, California 116,057 116,057 0 Seafarers (includes NMU) 84,245 84,245 0 SMART 141,327 139,731 (1,596) Theatrical Stage Employees 80,731 83,074 2,343 Train Dispatchers 2,100 2,100 0 Transport Workers 90,000 90,000 0 UAW 382,434 400,295 17,861 UNITE HERE 252,612 241,596 (11,016) United Food and Commercial Workers 1,034,969 1,030,981 (3,988) United Steelworkers 423,506 412,416 (11,090) United Union of Roofers and Waterproofers 16,467 16,165 (302) Utility Workers 44,175 43,302 (873) Writers Guild of America, East 3,698 3,720 22

TOTAL 9,367,473 9,323,990 (43,483)

6 AFL-CIO Membership Report 2009 and 2014 Affiliate Membership

Average Growth Per Five-Year Year Over UNION 2009 2014 Change Five Years

Actors and Artistes 52,388 3,458 (48,930) (9,786) 1 Actors’ Equity 0 15,833 15,833 0 *1 AFGE 241,796 285,313 43,517 8,703 AFSCME 1,415,195 1,277,053 (138,142) (27,628) AFT 1,142,276 1,120,338 (21,938) (4,388) Air Line Pilots 42,672 40,971 (1,701) (340) Amalgamated Transit Union 123,240 120,734 (2,506) (501) American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada 7,200 7,200 0 0 Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers 76,755 62,937 (13,818) (2,764) Boilermakers 44,084 54,686 10,602 2,120 Bricklayers 93,761 70,000 (23,761) (4,752) Communications Workers of America 559,667 447,263 (112,404) (22,481) Electrical Workers 612,295 563,995 (48,300) (9,660) Elevator Constructors 26,028 21,084 (4,944) (989) Farm Labor Organizing Committee 1,837 2,048 211 42 Fire Fighters 251,750 260,000 8,250 1,650 Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers 28,641 25,504 (3,137) (627) Heat and Frost Insulators 18,311 18,311 0 0 International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers 56,219 48,358 (7,861) (1,572) International Union of Police Associations 13,429 12,847 (582) (116) Ironworkers 89,289 75,173 (14,116) (2,823) Laborers 45,902 284,992 239,090 0 *2 Letter Carriers 202,833 180,875 (21,958) (4,392) Longshoremen 59,482 23,000 (36,482) (7,296) Machinists (includes TCU) 324,950 305,326 (19,624) (3,925) Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association 20,384 20,384 0 0 Mine Workers 65,000 63,750 (1,250) (250) National Air Traffic Controllers Association 15,022 15,046 24 5 National Nurses United 121,081 164,645 43,564 8,713 National Taxi Workers Alliance 0 2,521 2,521 0 * NFL Players Association 1,838 1,696 (142) (28) Novelty and Production Workers 11,500 10,300 (1,200) (240) Office and Professional Employees 103,836 102,097 (1,739) (348) Operating Engineers 280,000 280,000 0 0 Painters and Allied Trades 94,715 69,578 (25,137) (5,027) Plasterers and Cement Masons 40,000 40,000 0 0

7 AFL-CIO Membership Report Average Growth Per Five-Year Year Over UNION 2009 2014 Change Five Years

Plate Printers and Die Stampers 200 200 0 0 Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 219,800 219,800 0 0 Postal Workers 218,479 220,000 1,521 304 Radio Association 75 36 (39) (8) Railroad Signalmen 9,188 10,620 1,432 286 SAG-AFTRA 59,350 100,000 0 0 *1 School Administrators 13,667 12,336 (1,331) (266) School Employees Association, California 129,000 116,057 (12,943) (2,589) Seafarers (includes NMU) 84,245 84,245 0 0 SMART 153,052 139,731 (13,321) (2,664) Theatrical Stage Employees 74,813 83,074 8,261 1,652 Train Dispatchers 2,100 2,100 0 0 Transport Workers 104,250 90,000 (14,250) (2,850) UAW 382,848 400,295 17,447 3,489 UNITE HERE 213,000 241,596 28,596 5,719 United Food and Commercial Workers 0 1,030,981 1,030,981 0 * United Steelworkers 454,567 412,416 (42,151) (8,430) United Union of Roofers and Waterproofers 18,495 16,165 (2,330) (466) Utility Workers 50,305 43,302 (7,003) (1,401) Writers Guild of America, East 3,809 3,720 (89) (18) TOTAL 8,474,619 9,323,990 808,721 (95,942)

* New affiliate since 2009 1 Prior to receiving its own charter in 2013, Actors’ Equity was reported with Actors and Artistes. Prior to receiving its own charter in 2009, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists also was reported with Actors and Artistes. In 2012, the Screen Actors Guild merged with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Prior to 2012, the Screen Actors Guild also was reported with the Actors and Artistes. 2 Membership from 2006 to 2009 reflects only the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU). Membership for 2014 reflects all Laborers, including NPMHU.

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