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MEMBERSHIP Report MEMBERSHIP REPoRt CoNtENtS Schedule No. 1 100 Schedule No. 2 101 Schedule No. 3 103 Schedule No. 4 106 AFL-CIO CONVENTION • 2009 99 SCHEDULE No. 1 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial organizations MEMBERSHIP National and International Unions and Directly Affiliated Local Unions The following table shows the average two-year membership of the AFL-CIO for each Convention period. The totals do not include the membership numbers related to affiliates’ associate members, for which the affiliates pay a reduced monthly per capita tax. Neither do they include the 3 million members of our community affiliate Working America, or the 3.9 million retired union members represented by the Alliance for Retired Americans. The totals are expressed in thousands of members. Period Membership Period Membership 1955 12,622 1980–81 13,602 1956–57 13,020 1982–83 13,758 1958–59 12,779 1984–85 13,109 1960–61 12,553 1986–87 12,702 1962–63 12,496 1988–89 13,556 1964–65 12,919 1990–91 13,933 1966–67 13,781 1992–93 13,299 1968–69 13,005 1994–95 13,007 1970–71 13,177 1996–97 12,905 1972–73 13,407 1998–99 12,952 1974–75 14,070 2000–01 13,164 1976–77 13,542 2004–05 12,976 1978–79 13,621 2008–09 8,374 100 AFL-CIO CONVENTION • 2009 SCHEDULE No. 2 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial organizations MEMBERSHIP National and International Union Affiliates The average annual membership figures in this report were computed by taking the total number of regular members on whom per capita tax payments were made to the AFL-CIO for the 12 months ended in June of each year, and dividing that total by the number of months for which payments were made. Membership reported at conventions and used as the basis for the determination of voting strength at conventions is determined by the average membership reported by affiliates during the 24-month period ending with the last calendar month occurring before the 90th day preceeding the opening of the convention. Associate member payments are not included in the figures below, nor in computing average membership for the purposes of determining voting strength at conventions. The figures below incorporate all mergers that have occurred since the Convention was held in 2005. Organizations FYE FYE FYE FYE 6/30/06 6/30/07 6/30/08 6/30/09 Actors and Artistes 76,000 76,000 76,000 76,000 Air Line Pilots 47,905 46,691 46,035 42,658 Air Traffic Controllers 14,253 14,061 14,163 14,763 Asbestos Workers 18,311 18,311 18,311 18,311 Automobile, Aerospace & 578,562 540,961 480,085 427,521 Agricultural Implement Workers Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers 83,414 78,924 75,606 76,972 and Grain Millers Boilermakers 36,862 38,424 44,084 44,084 Bricklayers 93,761 93,761 93,761 93,761 California School Employees Association 129,000 129,000 129,000 129,000 California Nurses Association - 62,639 66,543 75,371 Communications Workers 646,449 607,367 587,667 576,833 Electrical Workers 614,028 611,712 615,716 618,740 Elevator Constructors 23,401 24,155 25,005 25,796 Engineers, Operating 280,000 280,000 280,000 280,000 Farm Labor Organizing Committee - 704 1,539 3,325 Farm Workers 16,000 - - - Fire Fighters 230,000 230,000 238,250 248,000 Food and Commercial Workers 937,661 - - - Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers 37,662 35,896 33,622 31,245 Government Employees 210,875 213,577 219,921 233,591 AFL-CIO CONVENTION • 2009 101 Organizations FYE FYE FYE FYE 6/30/06 6/30/07 6/30/08 6/30/09 Ironworkers 82,167 84,875 92,961 93,032 Laborers 366,417 - - - Letter Carriers 210,000 210,000 210,000 207,333 Longshoremen 59,941 57,539 59,720 61,306 Longshore and Warehouse 36,253 36,855 37,035 36,552 Machinists and Aerospace Workers 325,635 313,152 327,868 299,107 Marine Engineers 20,384 20,384 20,384 20,384 Mine Workers 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 Musicians 7,200 7,200 7,200 7,200 Novelty and Production Workers 10,000 11,000 14,000 12,125 Nurses, United American 88,200 88,200 88,200 44,300 Office and Professional Employees 106,653 105,394 102,453 104,184 Painters and Allied Trades 87,335 89,696 91,583 92,610 Plasterers and Cement Masons 29,500 29,500 39,125 40,000 Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers 200 200 200 200 Plumbing and Pipe Fitting 219,800 219,800 219,800 219,800 Police Associations 39,601 29,797 21,947 10,654 Postal Mail Handlers - 48,000 48,476 46,915 Postal Workers 240,000 220,341 208,923 210,894 Professional Athletes 2,160 2,155 2,138 2,075 Professional and Technical Engineers 51,701 52,790 53,322 55,119 Radio Association 100 100 100 100 Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers 18,431 17,939 17,939 18,269 School Administrators 13,500 13,867 13,483 13,533 Seafarers 84,790 84,790 84,336 84,245 Service Employees 1,308,197 - - - Sheet Metal Workers 93,000 93,000 93,500 95,000 Signalmen, Railroad 8,404 8,683 9,066 9,169 Stage Employees and Moving Pictures Technicians 64,458 67,375 70,375 73,375 State, County and Municipal Employees 1,315,379 1,337,382 1,358,137 1,397,879 Steelworkers 541,642 527,863 524,740 484,190 Teachers 1,028,326 1,055,840 1,092,035 1,129,361 Teamsters 921,059 - - - Train Dispatchers 2,100 2,100 2,100 2,100 Transit Union, Amalgamated 117,075 117,664 119,546 122,107 Transport Workers 109,000 109,000 109,000 109,000 Transportation-Communications 45,942 45,850 43,062 39,807 Transportation Union, United 65,167 66,982 64,938 63,256 UNITE HERE 441,276 - - - Utility Workers 46,118 49,053 47,805 53,160 Writers Guild 3,833 3,739 3,759 3,741 TOTAL 12,350,085 8,395,290 8,409,562 8,343,053 102 AFL-CIO CONVENTION • 2009 SCHEDULE No. 3 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial organizations MEMBERSHIP National and International Union Affiliates The following table shows the average per capita membership of current affiliates reported to the AFL-CIO for the year 1955; the two-year periods ending in 1965, 1975 and 1985; and the two-year periods ending June 30, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2009. The totals are expressed in thousands of members. Organizations 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 1997 1999 2001 2005 2009 Actors and Artistes of America, Associated 34 61 76 100 80 69 69 69 69 76 Air Line Pilots Association 9 18 47 33 35 37 40 45 49 44 Air Traffic Controllers Association, National 7 13 15 14 Asbestos Workers, International Association 9 12 13 12 12 12 12 14 18 18 of Heat and Frost Insulators and Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural 1,260 1,150 b 974 751 766 745 737 624 455 Implement Workers of America International Union, United Bakery, Confectionery and 115 96 95 k k k k Tobacco Workers International Union Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers 110 k 106 89 76 and Grain Millers International Union Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, 151 108 123 110 42 43 40 39 41 44 Forgers and Helpers, International Brotherhood of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsworkers, 120 120 143 95 84 71 62 63 94 94 International Union of Communications Workers of America 249 288 476 524 478 480 508 626 665 582 Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine 135 130 119 o o o and Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO, International Union of Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood of 460 616 856 791 679 657 656 670 630 617 Elevator Constructors, International Union of 10 12 13 20 20 20 20 22 23 25 Engineers, International Union of Operating 200 270 300 330 298 295 291 281 280 280 Farm Labor Organizing Committee 2 Fire Fighters, International Association of 72 87 123 142 151 155 166 184 229 243 Flight Attendants, Association of d17 31 34 38 42 r r Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and 72 66 66 66 66 63 54 41 32 Allied Workers International Union Glass Workers Union, American Flint 28 31 35 24 20 18 18 18 s s Government Employees, American 47 132 255 199 153 167 179 194 207 227 Federation of Grain Millers, American Federation of 33 25 29 30 20 21 k k k k Iron Workers, International Association of 133 132 160 140 82 80 81 88 84 93 Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Letter Carriers, National Association of 100 130 151 186 210 210 210 210 210 209 AFL-CIO CONVENTION • 2009 103 Organizations 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 1997 1999 2001 2005 2009 Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO, 50 60 65 61 61 61 62 59 61 International Longshore and Warehouse Union, International h36 h32 35 37 34 37 Machinists and Aerospace Workers, 627 663 780 520 448 411 446 452 339 313 International Association of Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association 27 27 26 28 20 20 Maritime Union, National 21 21 13 l l l l Mine Workers of America, United 75 i 75 75 73 65 65 Musicians of the United States and Canada, 250 225 215 67 35 33 25 15 7 7 American Federation of Newpaper Guild, The 21 23 26 24 20 22 m m m m Novelty and Production Workers, 23 20 19 18 17 10 13 International Union of Allied Nurses Association, California 71 Nurses, United American p100 8 58 Office and Professional Employees 44 52 74 90 86 82 90 101 109 103 International Union Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers 160 140 145 108 83 81 n n n n International Union Painters and Allied Trades of the United States 182 160 160 133 95 80 92 102 89 92 and Canada, International Union of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and n 293 273 t t Energy Workers International Union Paperworkers International Union, United 275 232 233 230 n n n n Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ 60 68 55 46 29 28 29 29 30 40 International Association of the United States and Canada, Operative Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Union of North America, International Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the 200 217 228 226 220 220 220 220 220 220 United States and Canada, United Association
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