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AFL- CIO). Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of Amalgamated Transit Union (AFL-CIO Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States, 1965 Listing of National and International Unions State Labor Organizations Developments Since 1963 Structure and Membership Bulletin No. 1493 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States, 1965 Listing of National and International Unions State Labor Organizations Developments Since 1963 Structure and Membership Bulletin No. 1493 April 1966 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W . Willard Wirtz, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402 - Price 55 cents Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Preface Over the past decade, the Bureau of Labor Statistics biennial Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States has expanded, both as a practical directory and as a factbook covering many aspects of trade union structure and membership. In its latter function, the 1965 directory presents for the first time, membership data by State and the number of employees of national unions in the United States. The contents are arranged in the same way as in the previous Directory. Part I lists all national and international unions, as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the names of officers, professional employees, and the number of members and locals of each union. Part II includes (1) a brief summary of significant developments in the labor movement between 1963, the date of the previous Directory, and the end of 1965, (2) a review of the structure of the labor movement, and (3) the findings of a survey of union membership and functions conducted in conjunction with obtaining directory information. Additional details are presented in several appendixes, along with indexes of unions and officers listed in the Directory. As was done previously, the Bureau plans to issue, at irregular intervals, listings of Directory changes occasioned by mergers, deaths, personnel shifts, changes in officers and addresses, etc., as this information comes to the Bureau’s attention. These listings will be available on request. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that listings in this Directory are not intended to, nor can they, in fact, confer status or recognition on any organiza­ tion. The basic requirement for inclusion in the Directory listing of national and international unions was affiliation with the AFL-CIO or, for unaffiliated unions, the existence of collective bargaining agreements with different employers in more than one State (except for national unions of Government employees and those in the Federal service meeting the recognition require­ ments under Executive Order 10988). Every effort was made to include all unions that met this standard. The information presented in this Directory was voluntarily submitted by the unions in response to a questionnaire. The Bureau is grateful for the high degree of cooperation extended by the unions, without which this Directory would not have been possible. This bulletin was prepared by Harry P. Cohany, assisted by Fred R. Nagy, Jr., and H. James Neary, in the Bureau’s Division of Industrial and Labor Relations, Joseph W. Bloch, Chief, under the general direction of Leonard R. Linsenmayer, Assistant Commissioner for Wages and Industrial Relations. in Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Contents Page Part I. Listing of national and international labor unions_____________________ 1 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations_____ 1 Railway Labor Executives’ Association_____________________ ___________ 12 Other federations of national and international unions____________________ 13 National and international unions__________ ___________________________ 14 State labor organizations________________________,------------------------------- 35 Part II. Membership and structure of national and international labor unions in the United States, 1965________________________________________________ 40 Summary__________________________________________________________ 40 Developments since 1963 Directory____________________________________ 42 State and local central bodies__________ ___________________________ 43 Other union developments------------------------------------------------------------- 43 Structure of the labor movement__________________________ 45 Structure of the AFL-CIO________________________ 45 Railway Labor Executives’ Association_____________________________ 46 Other federations_____________________ -_________________________ 48 Unaffiliated or independent unions_________________________________ 48 Union membership__________________ 48 Total membership__________ 49 Membership in the United States_____________ 50 Membership outside the United States_________ -_______________ 50 Membership trends and changes___________________ 50 Distribution of membership______________________________ 53 Size of unions______________________________________ 53 Women members____________________________________________ 53 White-collar members_________-______________________________ 54 Industrial distribution of membership___________________________ 54 Membership by State----------- 57 Membership concepts and measurement problems________________ 57 Union functions_____________ 60 Number of locals________________________________________________ 60 Collective bargaining agreements________________________ 60 Union conventions_______________________________________________ 61 Union officials and staff__________________________________________ 62 Union publications_______________________________________________ 63 Union headquarters locations:______________________________________ 64 Appendixes: A. Changes in national and international union listings__________________ 65 B. Questionnaire to national and international unions___________________ 66 C. Members and local unions outside the United States included in member­ ship reports submitted by national and international unions, 1964____ 69 D. Approximate number of women reported by national and international unions, 1964__________________________________________________ 71 E. Dues obligations of various categories of union members as reported by unions, 1964__________________________________________________ 73 E-l. Per capita tax requirements for categories of members paying less than full dues______________________________________,------------ ------- 76 F. Estimated proportion of white-collar members reported by national and international unions, 1964________________ 77 G. Major unions and proportion in industry groups, 1964_________________ 80 H. Unions affiliated with international trade secretariats________________ - 82 I. Finding index of unions listed in directory___________________________ 84 J. Commonly used abbreviations of federations and national and inter­ national unions____________ 87 K. Index of names____________ 92 IV Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Contents—Continued Tables: Page 1. Membership reported by national and international unions, by geographic area and affiliation, 1964_______________________________________ 49 2. Distribution of national and international unions, by percent change in membership reported, 1951-64__________________________________ 52 3. Distribution of national and international unions, by number of members reported and affiliation, 1964____________________________________ 53 4. National and international unions reporting 100,000 or more members, 1964_____________________________ 53 5. Estimated distribution of national and international unions, by proportion of women members, 1964_______________________________________ 54 6. Estimated distribution of national and international unions, by proportion of white-collar members, 1964_________ 54 7. Distribution of national and international unions, by industry group and affiliation, 1964_______________________________________________ 55 8. Classification of national and international unions, by percent of member­ ship in industry groups, 1964_________________________ 56 9. Union membership in the United States, by State and as a proportion in nonagricultural establishments, 1964___________________________ 58 9-A. Membership of national and international labor unions, by State, 1964_ 58 10. Dues requirements for specified categories of members in national and international unions, 1964______________________________________ 59 11. Distribution of national and international unions, by number of locals and affiliation, 1964_______________________________________________ 60 12. Distribution of national and international unions, by number of basic collective bargaining agreements with employers, 1964______________ 61 13. Intervals at which national and international unions hold conventions, 1964____________________________________ 62 14. Number of research and education directors of national and international unions, 1964_________ 63 15. Distribution of unions by number of full-time employees on the payroll of national and international unions, 1964-----------------------------------------
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