AFL-CIO Membership Report

AFL-CIO Executive Council Meeting February 26–28, 2013 Orlando, Fla.

Contents

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

General Methodology...... 3

Membership at Conventions...... 4

2011 and 2012 Affiliate Membership...... 5–6

2007 and 2012 Affiliate Membership...... 7–8 Average AFL-CIO Membership

The average membership of the unions Five-Year Growth affiliated with the AFL-CIO in 2012 totaled 8,384,725. In addition, our community The following unions have grown by 25,000 affiliate Working America had approximately or more members since 2007: 3.1 million members, and the Alliance for Retired Americans represented 4.2 million AFGE 61,255 retired union members. Fire Fighters 30,000

Among the unions affiliated with the Membership of the current AFL-CIO AFL-CIO in 2011, there was a loss in 2012 affiliates has increased by 646,764 since of 152,500 members. Even though this was 2007. This amount includes the 486,667 offset by 82,183 new members, the result was members added through new affiliations a net decrease of 70,317 members compared since 2007. with 2011. In these five years, 12 unions had membership increases. These unions added One-Year Comparison a total of 160,097 members in this time. The following four unions grew by more At the same time, 33 other unions had than 5,000 members in 2012: reductions in membership totaling 754,348 members. Eight unions had no membership UNITEHERE! 22,297 change. National Nurses United 16,023 AFGE 9,050 The average annual growth of unions that Machinists 5,610 grew by 5,000 members or more during these years is reflected below: Overall, 16 national unions had membership increases in 2012. These AFGE 12,251 unions added a total of 82,183 members. Fire Fighters 6,000 At the same time, 25 unions suffered losses in membership totaling 152,500 members. Sixteen unions had no change.

Current Affiliate Net Change

Unions with Growth 82,183 Unions with Loss (152,500) New Affiliations 0

Net Membership Change (70,317)

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 2012 would be are due by the 15th of the following combined not only for the 2012 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

4 AFL-CIO Membership Report 2011 and 2012 Affiliate Membership

One-Year UNION 2011 2012 Change

Actors and Artistes 52,388 37,820 (14,568) * AFGE 268,000 277,050 9,050 AFSCME 1,344,052 1,318,205 (25,847) AFT 1,129,174 1,098,661 (30,513) Air Line Pilots 41,458 41,650 192 Amalgamated Transit Union 119,350 119,556 206 American Federation of Musicians 7,200 7,200 0 of the United States and Canada Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers 72,492 69,789 (2,703) and Grain Millers Boilermakers 58,886 57,001 (1,885) Bricklayers 79,583 75,000 (4,583) Communications Workers of America 468,026 458,219 (9,807) Electrical Workers 578,157 569,106 (9,051) Elevator Constructors 23,680 22,345 (1,335) Farm Labor Organizing Committee 1,611 2,057 446 Fire Fighters 260,000 260,000 0 Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers 27,101 27,268 167 Heat and Frost Insulators 18,311 18,311 0 International Federation of Professional 52,413 50,986 (1,427) and Technical Engineers International Longshore and Warehouse Union 36,477 34,035 (2,442) International Union of Police Associations 11,198 15,302 4,104 Ironworkers 76,571 74,792 (1,779) Laborers 303,552 301,320 (2,232) Letter Carriers 186,000 183,010 (2,990) Longshoremen 59,555 34,160 (25,395) Machinists 264,793 270,403 5,610 Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association 20,384 20,384 0 Mine Workers 65,000 65,000 0 National Air Traffic Controllers Association 15,528 15,524 (4) National Nurses United 128,327 144,350 16,023 National Taxi Workers Alliance 2,093 1,998 (95) NFL Players Association 1,696 1,696 0 Novelty and Production Workers 10,300 10,300 0 Office and Professional Employees 103,519 103,309 (210) Operating Engineers 280,000 280,000 0 Painters and Allied Trades 77,719 71,346 (6,373) 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 2011 2012 Change Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 219,800 219,800 0 Postal Workers 220,000 220,000 0 Radio Association 40 40 0 Railroad Signalmen 9,591 10,173 582 SAG-AFTRA 65,134 79,662 14,528 * School Administrators 12,946 12,629 (317) School Employees Association, California 122,228 116,612 (5,616) Seafarers (includes NMU) 84,245 84,245 0 Sheet Metal Workers 86,250 85,000 (1,250) TCU/IAM 36,960 37,176 216 Theatrical Stage Employees 79,938 80,000 62 Train Dispatchers 2,100 2,100 0 Transport Workers 90,000 90,000 0 UAW 370,505 371,672 1,167 UNITEHERE! 209,327 231,624 22,297 United Steelworkers 435,512 439,535 4,023 United Transportation Union 58,180 61,690 3,510 United Union of Roofers and Waterproofers 17,432 17,052 (380) Utility Workers 46,292 44,700 (1,592) Writers Guild of America, East 3,768 3,662 (106)

TOTAL 8,455,042 8,384,725 (70,317)

* Membership numbers for 2011 for Actors and Artistes include Screen Actors Guild members. Membership numbers for 2011 for SAG-AFTRA are for American Federation of Television and Radio Artists members only. The 2012 numbers for both reflect the SAG-AFTRA merger in 2012.

6 AFL-CIO Membership Report 2007 and 2012 Affiliate Membership

Average Growth Per Five-Year Year Over UNION 2007 2012 Change Five Years

Actors and Artistes 76,000 37,820 (38,180) (7,636) 1 AFGE 215,795 277,050 61,255 12,251 AFSCME 1,343,325 1,318,205 (25,120) (5,024) AFT 1,077,188 1,098,661 21,473 4,295 Air Line Pilots 46,541 41,650 (4,891) (978) Amalgamated Transit Union 118,641 119,556 915 183 American Federation of Musicians of 7,200 7,200 0 0 the United States and Canada Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers 78,833 69,789 (9,044) (1,809) and Grain Millers Boilermakers 42,519 57,001 14,482 2,896 Bricklayers 93,761 75,000 (18,761) (3,752) Communications Workers of America 597,158 458,219 (138,939) (27,788) Electrical Workers 612,536 569,106 (43,430) (8,686) Elevator Constructors 24,596 22,345 (2,251) (450) Farm Labor Organizing Committee 1,717 2,057 340 68 Fire Fighters 230,000 260,000 30,000 6,000 Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and 34,784 27,268 (7,516) (1,503) Allied Workers Heat and Frost Insulators 18,311 18,311 0 0 International Federation of Professional 52,790 50,986 (1,804) (361) and Technical Engineers International Longshore and Warehouse Union 38,156 34,035 (4,121) (824) International Union of Police Associations 27,600 15,302 (12,298) (2,460) Ironworkers 89,011 74,792 (14,219) (2,844) Laborers 48,275 301,320 253,045 0 *2 Letter Carriers 210,000 183,010 (26,990) (5,398) Longshoremen 58,147 34,160 (23,987) (4,797) Machinists 335,954 270,403 (65,551) (13,110) Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association 20,384 20,384 0 0 Mine Workers 65,000 65,000 0 0 National Air Traffic Controllers Association 14,012 15,524 1,512 302 National Nurses United 151,691 144,350 (7,341) (1,468) National Taxi Workers Alliance 0 1,998 1,998 0 * NFL Players Association 2,150 1,696 (454) (91) Novelty and Production Workers 12,909 10,300 (2,609) (522) Office and Professional Employees 99,937 103,309 3,372 674 Operating Engineers 280,000 280,000 0 0 Painters and Allied Trades 90,887 71,346 (19,541) (3,908) Plasterers and Cement Masons 33,875 40,000 6,125 1,225

7 AFL-CIO Membership Report Average Growth Per Five-Year Year Over UNION 2007 2012 Change Five Years

Plate Printers and Die Stampers 200 200 0 0 Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 219,800 219,800 0 0 Postal Workers 211,761 220,000 8,239 1,648 Radio Association 100 40 (60) (12) Railroad Signalmen 8,914 10,173 1,259 252 SAG-AFTRA 0 79,662 79,662 0 1 School Administrators 13,733 12,629 (1,104) (221) School Employees Association, California 129,000 116,612 (12,388) (2,478) Seafarers (includes NMU) 84,608 84,245 (363) (73) Sheet Metal Workers 93,000 85,000 (8,000) (1,600) TCU/IAM 45,471 37,176 (8,295) (1,659) Theatrical Stage Employees 68,875 80,000 11,125 2,225 Train Dispatchers 2,100 2,100 0 0 Transport Workers 109,000 90,000 (19,000) (3,800) UAW 512,194 371,672 (140,522) (28,104) UNITEHERE! 0 231,624 231,624 0 * United Steelworkers 528,344 439,535 (88,809) (17,762) United Transportation Union 66,383 61,690 (4,693) (939) United Union of Roofers and Waterproofers 17,939 17,052 (887) (177) Utility Workers 47,807 44,700 (3,107) (621) Writers Guild of America, East 3,735 3,662 (73) (15)

TOTAL 8,412,647 8,384,725 (27,922) (118,851)

* New affiliate since 2007. 1 Prior to receiving its own charter in 2009, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists 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 2007 to 2009 reflects only the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU). Membership for 2012 reflects all Laborers, including NPMHU.

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Arlene Holt Baker Executive Vice President