Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States, 1963
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Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States, 1963 Listing of National and International Unions State Labor Organizations Developments Since 1961 Structure and Membership Bulletin No. 1395 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague, Commissioner 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 Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States, 1963 Listing of National and International Unions State Labor Organizations Developments Since 1961 Structure and Membership Bulletin No. 1395 May 1964 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague, Commissioner For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402 Price 50 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 The 1963 edition of the Bureau of Labor Statistics biennial Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States supplements the type of data presented in previous Directories by the addition of appendices showing unions organizing white-collar workers and how significant propor tions of the unions’ members are distributed among specified industry groups. Also appearing for the first time is a listing of U.S. unions affiliated with International Trade Secretariats. 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 organi zation. 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 em ployers in more than one State (except for national unions of government employees). Every effort was made to include all unions that met this standard. The information presented in this bulletin 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 bul letin would not have been possible. This bulletin was prepared by H. James Neary, under the supervision of Harry P. Cohany, in the Bureau’s Division of Industrial and Labor Relations, Joseph W. Bloch, Chief, under the general direction of Leonard R. Linsen- mayer, Assistant Commissioner for Wages and Industrial Relations. u i 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_____________________________________________ 34 Part II. Membership and structure of national and international labor unions in the United States, 1963________________________________________________ 39 Summary__________________________________________________________ 39 Developments since 1961 Directory____________________________________ 40 State and local central bodies_____________________________________ 41 Other union developments________________________________________ 41 Structure of the labor movement______________________________________ 42 Structure of the AFL-CIO________________________________________ 42 Railway Labor Executives’ Association_____________________________ 45 Other federations.____ __________________________________________ 45 Unaffiliated, or independent, unions________________________________ 45 Union membership__________________________________________________ 45 Total membership_______________________________________________ 46 Membership in the United States____ ______________________________ 46 Membership outside the United States______________________________ 47 Membership trends and changes___________________________________ 47 Size of unions___________________________________________________ 50 Women members________________________________________________ 50 White-collar members____________________________________________ 51 Industrial distribution of membership______________________________ 52 Measurement problems___________________________________________ 53 AFL-CIO membership by State___________________________________ 55 Union functions_____________________________________________________ 56 Number of locals________________________________________________ 56 Collective bargaining agreements__________________________________ 56 Union conventions_______________________________________________ 57 Union professional staff__________________________________________ 58 Union publications___ ___________________________________________ 59 Union headquarters locations______________________________________ 59 Appendixes: A. Changes in national and international union listings___________________ 60 B. Questionnaire to national and international unions____________________ 61 C. Members and local unions outside the United States included in member ship reports submitted by national and international unions, 1962____ 64 D. Approximate number of women reported by national and international unions, 1962__________________________________________________ 66 E. Categories included in or excluded from union membership data reported by unions, 1962_______________________________________________ 68 F. Estimated proportion of white-collar members reported by national and international unions, 1962___ 70 G. Major unions and proportion of members in industry groups, 1962_______ 73 H. Unions affiliated with international trade secretariats__________________ 75 I. Finding index of unions listed in directory___________________________ 77 J. Commonly used abbreviations of federations and national and interna tional unions_________________________________________________ 80 K. Index of names__________________________________________________ 85 IV Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Contents—Continued Page Tables: 1. Membership reported by national and international unions, by geo graphic area and affiliation, 1962________________________________ 48 2. Distribution of national and international unions, by percent change in membership reported, 1951-62__________________________________ 49 3. Distribution of national and international unions, by number of members reported and affiliation, 1962___________________________________ 50 4. National and international unions reporting 100,000 or more members, 1962__________________________________ 50 5. Estimated distribution of national and international unions, by propor tion of women members, 1962__________________________________ 51 6. Estimated distribution of national and international unions, by propor tion of white-collar members, 1962__________ 51 7. Distribution of national and international unions, by industry group and affiliation, 1962_______________________________________________ 52 8. Classification of national and international unions, by percent of mem bership in industry groups, 1962________________________________ 53 9. Specified categories included in or excluded from union membership data reported, 1962________________________________________________ 55 10. AFL-CIO membership by State, as reported by State bodies, 1962_____ 55 11. Distribution of national and international unions, by number of locals and affiliation, 1962_______________________________________________ 56 12. Distribution of national and international unions, by number of basic collective bargaining agreements with employers, 1962______________ 57 13. Intervals at which national and international unions hold conventions, 1962________________________________________________________ 57 14. Number of research and education directors of national and international unions, 1962_________________________________________________ 58 15. Cities with five or more international union headquarters, 1962________ 59 Charts: 1. Membership of national and international unions, 1930-62_____________ 48 2. Membership as a percent of total labor force and of employees in non- agricultural establishments, 1930-62______________________________ 48 3. Membership of six largest unions, 1951-62___________________________ 49 V 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 Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States, 1963 Part I. Listing of National and International Labor Unions AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS AFL-CIO BLDG., 815 SIXTEENTH STREET NW. WASHINGTON 6, D.C. PHONE: NATIONAL 8-3870 President Secretary- Treasurer George M