Directory of National Unions and Employee Associations, 1979 U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics September 1980 Bulletin 2079 SOUTHWEST MISSOURI -TAT UNIVERSITY l.i SR ARY U.S. DEPOSITORY Cur* Digitizedv for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Directory of National Unions and Employee Associations, 1979 U.S. Department of Labor Ray Marshall, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner September 1980 Bulletin 2079 Por sale l>.v the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 2040 - Price $5.00 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 For several decades the Bureau of Labor Statistics vided at the end of the volume. has published a biennial directory to provide an easily Listings in the directory are not intended to confer accessible factbook on the many aspects of union struc­ status or recognition on any organization. The basic re­ ture and membership. Information in this directory is quirement for inclusion was affiliation with the AFL- submitted voluntarily by unions and employee associa­ CIO or, for unaffiliated unions, the existence of collec­ tions in response to a questionnaire. The Bureau appre­ tive bargaining agreements with different employers in ciates the high degree of cooperation it has received to more than one State (except those meeting requirements make this publication possible. for exclusive recognition). Professional or State em­ This directory is divided into five sections. Part I re­ ployee associations were included if they reported that views the structure of the labor movement in the Unit­ they engaged in collective bargaining or representation­ ed States, concentrating particularly on the AFL-CIO. al activities and claimed membership in more than one Part II lists national unions and professional and State State or, if claiming membership in only one State, they employee associations as defined by the Bureau of La­ represented employees in two or more cities within the bor Statistics, giving the names of the major officers State. Every effort was made to include all unions and and officials as well as the number of members and lo­ associations meeting these standards. cals or affiliates of each organization. Other details are The directory was prepared in the Bureau’s Division presented in several appendixes. Part III provides a brief of Industrial Relations, Office of Wages and Industrial summary of significant developments in organized la­ Relations, by Eugene Becker, Larry Adams, and Evelyn bor in 1978 and 1979. Part IV presents information on Traylor under the direction of Harry P. Cohany. Carl union and association membership in 1978. The various Barsky, in the Division of Occupational Wage Struc­ functions and activities that unions perform are dis­ tures, provided the necessary computer support cussed in part V. For the first time the directory in­ services. cludes, in appendix J, historical data on union and as­ Unless specifically identified as copyright, material sociation membership by State. Indexes of organizations in this publication is in the public domain and may, with and officers and officials listed in the directory are pro­ appropriate credit, be reproduced without permission. iii Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Contents Page Part I. Structure of the labor movement ............... ................................................................................. 1 The AFL-CIO ............................................ ............................................................................................. 1 Councils ........................................................................................................ 3 Railway Labor Executives’ Association ........................................................................................... • • 4 Other federations ..................................................................................... 4 Unaffiliated or independent unions ...................................................................... ............................... 4 Professional and State employee associations ..................................................................................... 4 Part II. Listings ............................................................................................................................................... 5 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations ...................................... 5 Department of Organization and Field Services .......................................................................... 7 Trade and industrial departments of the AFL-CIO ............... ; .................................................. 8 AFL-CIO State labor organizations ................................................................................................ 13 Railway Labor Executives’ Association ............................ .................................................................. 18 Other federations of national unions and employee associations ..................................................... 19 National unions and employee associations ............................................................................................ 20 Part III. Developments in industrial relations, 1978-79 .......................................................................... 50 Changes within the AFL-CIO ................................................................................................................. 50 New police union ...................................................................................................................................... 51 The national accord ............................................................................................................. 51 Turnover of union presidents ................................................................................................................... 51 The United Mine Workers ....................................................................................................................... 52 Supreme Court decisions .......................................................................................................................... 52 Labor legislation ........................................................................................................................................ 53 Civil Service reorganization ........................................................................................ 53 Union and association mergers ............................................................................................................... 53 Part IV. Union and association membership ........... .............................................................................. '5 Summary ........................................................................................................................ 55 Total union and association membership ................................................................................................ 56 Membership in the United States .................................................................................................... 57 Membership outside the United States ............................................................................................ 58 Union membership trends .......................................................................................... 58 Size distribution ........................................................................................................................................ 60 Women members ......................................................................................: ........................................... 62 Occupational distribution ....................................................................................................... 63 Industrial distribution .............................................................................................................................. 65 Membership by State ................................................................................................................................ 68 Part V. Union and association activities ..................................................................................................... 73 Summary ...................................................................................... 73 Number of locals ....................................................................................................................................... 73 Collective bargaining agreements .................................................................................. 73 Conventions ........................................................................................................ 74 Staff ............................................................................................................................................................. 74 iv Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Contents—Continued Page Part V—Continued Publications.............................................................................................................................................. 77 Location of headquarters.........................................................