List of unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO

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Below is a list of unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Since the founding of the AFL in 1886, the AFL-CIO and its predecessor bodies have been the dominant labor federation (at least in terms of the number of member workers, if not influence) in the United States. As of 2014, the labor federation had approximately 12.7 million members. [1] [2] As of 2015, the AFL–CIO had 56 member unions. [3] [4]

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Historical context

AFL forms

On December 8, 1886, the five-year-old Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions dissolved itself and became the American Federation of Labor (AFL). [5] [6] [7] [8] In its first half-century, a large number of trade and labor unions formed, joined the AFL, and either merged with other unions or ceased to exist. [5] [7] [8] Many unions, [5] [7] [8] particularly those in the construction industry and affiliated building trades, [9] disaffiliated from the AFL for a variety of reasons. Some rejoined; some did not.

Throughout the AFL's history, jurisdictional issues caused a number of disaffiliations. [5] [7] [8] [9] [10] In contrast to its early rival, the Knights of Labor, the AFL had adopted a policy of forming and admitting to membership (with a few limited, and notable, exceptions such as the United Mine Workers and Brewery Workers) only craft unions—unions whose membership was limited to workers with a single, narrow skill-set. [5] [7] [8] But industrialization, with its emphasis on teams rather than individual workers manufacturing a product, disadvantaged craft unions in the drive to organize workers. [5] [7] [8] A notable example was the effort to unionize the steel industry, where the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers' adherence to craft unionism was a factor in the failure of many unionization drives. [11] Some unions, including some large ones such as the Mine Workers, began advocating for a shift toward industrial unionism, where a union would organize all workers (regardless of skills) in a single company, market, or industry. [12]

CIO splits, 1936–1955

The battle between the craft and industrial union philosophies led to a major membership loss for the AFL in 1935. In the first years of the Great Depression, a number of AFL member unions advocated for a relaxation of the strict "craft union only" membership policy but to no avail. [12] [13] In 1932, Mine Workers president John L. Lewis privately proposed to several like-minded union presidents that those unions which wanted to organize workers on an industrial basis form a group to begin to do just that. [14] The group met informally for three years, and lost a number of jurisdictional battles over potential or newly organized workers. [12] [13] Eight national unions formally organized themselves into the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) on November 9, 1935. [12] [13] On September 10, 1936, the AFL suspended all 10 CIO unions (two more had joined in the previous year) and their four million members. [12] [13] In 1938, these unions formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations as a rival labor federation. [12] [13]

Over the next 20 years, both the AFL and CIO would lose member unions. [5] [8] The AFL would purge some member unions for advocating industrial unionism (notably the United Auto Workers and the United Rubber Workers) or for supporting political philosophies it felt were antithetical to its purposes. [5] [8] It also reaffiliated some unions which had joined the CIO. [12] The CIO, for its part, expelled a number of unions in 1948 after concluding they had become infiltrated by Communists (at least one additional union disaffiliated rather than be expelled). [12] Both the AFL and CIO would form new unions to compete with those they had expelled, with varying degrees of success. [5] [8] [12]

AFL–CIO, 1955–1999

By the early 1950s, however, the disagreement over craft and industrial unionism had largely ceased to exist. [12] In 1955, the AFL and CIO merged to forming a new entity known as the American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO). [12] [15] Over the next five decades, the AFL–CIO continued to gain and lose member unions. After a series of particularly divisive union raids on one another as well as repeated jurisdictional squabbles, the AFL adopted Article 20 of its constitution, which prevented its member unions from raiding one another [16] —a policy retained in the AFL–CIO constitution. [5] [8] Theoretically, violation of Article 20 could lead to expulsion, but corruption soon became much more important than jurisdictional issues. After hearings by the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management led to major revelations regarding the dominance of several AFL-CIO unions by organized crime, new rules were enacted by the AFL–CIO's Executive Council that provided for the removal of vice presidents engaged in corruption as well as the ejection of unions considered corrupt. [17] The labor federation expelled the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on corruption charges on December 6, 1957. [18]

Membership changes continued, albeit at a markedly lower level, throughout the last four decades of the 20th century. On a few occasions, unions in the construction industry disaffiliated and reaffiliated. [9] The most important membership changes, however, occurred in 1968. The United Auto Workers (UAW) disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO on July 1, 1968, after UAW President Walter Reuther and AFL–CIO President George Meany could not come to agreement on a wide range of national public policy issues or on reforms regarding AFL–CIO governance. [19] A few days after the UAW's disaffiliation, the UAW and the Teamsters formed a new labor federation, the Alliance for Labor Action (ALA). [20] Several smaller AFL–CIO unions either joined the ALA and were expelled from the AFL–CIO for dual unionism or disaffiliated and joined the ALA. [21] The ALA was not successful, however, and ceased to exist in January 1972. [22] Over the years, most of the unions which had been expelled or left the AFL–CIO rejoined it. For example, the UAW re-affiliated on July 1, 1981, [23] and the Teamsters did so on October 24, 1987. [24]

21st century

The AFL–CIO saw several disaffiliations in the first decade of the 21st century. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America disaffiliated from the AFL–CIO on March 29, 2001, disagreeing with the labor federation's rapid expansion in spending. [25] After lengthy debate and disagreement over dues levels, the governance structure, the leadership, and the philosophy of the AFL–CIO, the Laborers' International Union of North America, Service Employees International Union, Teamsters, UNITE HERE, United Farm Workers, and United Food and Commercial Workers disaffiliated from the AFL–CIO to form the Change to Win, a new national union federation. [26] The Carpenters joined the new federation as well. [27]

After the split, the AFL–CIO gained two new members. The 100,000-member independent California School Employees Association joined the federation in August 2001, [28] and the 65,000-member independent California Nurses Association joined in March 2007. [29] After a lengthy and divisive internal leadership struggle within UNITE HERE, 100,000 members of the union's apparel division disaffiliated from the national union in March 2009, formed a new union called Workers United, and affiliated their union with SEIU. [30] The remaining 265,000 members of UNITE HERE reaffiliated with the AFL–CIO on September 16, 2009. [31]

LIUNA rejoined the AFL–CIO in August 2010. [32] Three years later, UFCW did as well. [33] The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) was decertified in 2010 as players faced a lockout, but reformed and rejoined the AFL–CIO in 2011. [34] The National Taxi Workers Alliance (also known as the New York Taxi Workers Alliance) affiliated with the AFL–CIO as well. It was the first non-traditional workers' organization to do so since the early 1960s. [35] However, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union disaffiliated from the federation on August 30, 2013, accusing the AFL–CIO of unwillingness to punish other unions when their members crossed ILWU picket lines and over federal legislative policy issues. [36]

AFL–CIO membership criteria

Article III of the AFL–CIO constitution, as amended, addresses membership in the AFL–CIO. [37] Membership is limited to national and international unions and to certain subordinate bodies of the AFL–CIO (such as organizing committees, directly affiliated local unions, departments, and state and local central labor bodies). [38] Article III, Section 4(a) gives the Executive Council (or the President, if the Executive Council so designates) the power to approve new affiliations, and restricts new affiliates to union whose jurisdiction does not conflict with the jurisdiction of existing members (unless the existing members authorize such affiliation).

[39] Article III, Section 4(b) provides for provisional charters and the attaching of conditions to provisional charters. [39] Section 5 declares that charters shall not be revoked without a two-thirds affirmative vote of the convention, and for the restoration of charters upon a two-thirds vote of either the convention or Executive Council. [40] Section 7 provides for the expulsion of member unions if they are "officered, controlled or dominated by persons whose policies and activities are consistently directed toward the achievement of the program or purposes of authoritarianism, totalitarianism, terrorism and other forces that suppress individual liberties and freedom of association".

[41] Article X, Section 8 gives the Executive Council the authority to investigate "any situation in which there is reason to believe that any affiliate is dominated, controlled or substantially influenced in the conduct of its affairs by any corrupt influence" and upon a two-thirds vote suspend any member found to be so influenced. [42] Article X, Section 17 permits the Executive Council to establish a code of ethical conduct for the AFL–CIO, its departments and councils, and its staff; to require member unions to also establish such codes; and upon a two-thirds vote to suspend any member found to be in violation of such codes. [43]

Article III, Section 8, amended in 2005, establishes that it is the official policy of the AFL–CIO to encourage its members with overlapping and/or conflicting jurisdiction to merge, to encourage smaller unions to merge into larger ones, and to encourage member unions to reduce overlapping jurisdiction. [44] [45]

Article IV of the AFL–CIO constitution provides for representation of members at the quadrennial convention. [46] Article X of the AFL–CIO constitution provides for an Executive Council, and for representation of members on this council. [47]

Article XI of the AFL–CIO constitution provides for a General Board, and for representation of members on this board. [48]

Currently affiliated unions

This is a list of AFL–CIO affiliated member unions:

Formerly affiliated unions

UnionAbbreviationFounded [49] Affiliated [49] Left [49] Reason left [49] Membership (1957) [50] Membership (1980) [51]
1199 National Health and Human Services Employees' Union 193219961998Merged into SEIUN/AN/A
Air Line Dispatchers' AssociationALDA19551977Dissolved550N/A
Aluminum, Brick and Glass Workers' International Union ABG198219821996Merged into USWN/AN/A
Aluminum Workers' International Union AWIU195319551982Merged into ABG24,00029,000
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ACWA191419551976Merged into ACTWU385,000N/A
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union ACTWU197619761995Merged into UNITEN/A526,000
Amalgamated Lithographers of America ALA191519551958Disaffiliated32,000N/A
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America AMC189719551979Merged into UFCW310,000N/A
American Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union ABC195719571969Merged into BCTGMN/AN/A
American Federation of Grain Millers AFGM193619551999Merged into BCTGM39,00035,000
American Federation of Hosiery Workers AFHW191519551976Merged into ACTWU10,000N/A
American Flint Glass Workers' Union AFGWU187819552003Merged into USW35,00033,375
American Newspaper Guild ANG193319551995Merged into CWA29,00033,518
American Railway and Airway Supervisors' AssociationARASA193419551980Merged into TCU8,0007,054
American Wire Weavers' Protective AssociationWWPA190019551964Suspended431N/A
Association of Flight Attendants AFA194519842003Merged into CWAN/AN/A
Barbers' and Beauty Culturists' Union of America BBC193919551956Merged into BBAIIAN/AN/A
Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association BBAIIA188719551980Merged into UFCW72,00040,000
Boot and Shoe Workers' Union BSWU189519551977Merged into RCIU40,000N/A
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers BofLE188319892004Merged into IBTN/AN/A
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen BofLF&E187319561969Merged into UTU97,000N/A
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes BMWE188719552004Merged into IBT225,000119,203
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen BRT188319571969Merged into UTU217,462N/A
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen BRC189019551986Merged into TCU129,80493,737
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters BSCP192519551978Merged into TCU10,000N/A
California Nurses Association CNA190320072009Merged into NNAN/AN/A
Cigar Makers' International Union CMIU186419552003Merged into RWDSU8,046
Coopers' International Union of North America CIUNA186419551992Merged into GMP3,9001,056
Distillery, Wine and Allied Workers' International Union DWAW194019551996Merged into UFCW25,00026,600
Flight Engineers' International AssociationFEIA194819552000Dissolved2,3001,720
Glass Bottle Blowers' Association GBBA189519551982Merged into GPPAW51,65081,000
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union GMPIU198819882018Merged into USWN/AN/A
Glass, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers' International Union GPPAW198219821988Merged into GMPN/AN/A
Granite Cutters' International Association of America GCIA187719551980Merged into TMT4,000N/A
Graphic Arts International Union GAIU197219721983Merged into GCIUN/A88,837
Graphic Communications International Union GCIU198319832005Merged into IBTN/AN/A
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union HERE189119552004Merged into UNITE HERE441,000403,890
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America IUMSWA193319551988Merged into IAM40,00025,000
Insurance Agents' International Union IAIU195119551959Merged into IWIU11,000N/A
Insurance Workers' International Union IWIU195919591983Merged into UFCWN/A20,000
Insurance Workers of America IWA195019551959Merged into IWIU13,000N/A
International Alliance of Bill Posters, Billers and Distributors of the United States and Canada BPBD190219551977Dissolved1,600N/A
International Association of Cleaning and Dye House Workers CDHW193719551956Merged into LWIUN/AN/A
International Association of Siderographers IAS189919551992Merged into IAM4515
International Broom and Whisk Makers' UnionBWM189319551962Dissolved380N/A
International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers IBFO189819552008Merged into SEIU50,00043,000
International Brotherhood of Longshoremen IBL195319551959Merged into ILA30,000N/A
International Brotherhood of Pottery and Allied Workers IBPAW189019551982Merged into GPPAW26,00016,938
International Brotherhood of Papermakers IBP190219551957Merged into UPPN/AN/A
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers IBPSPMW190619551972Merged into UPIU165,000N/A
International Brotherhood of Teamsters IBT190319552005Transferred to CtW1,368,0821,923,896
International Chemical Workers' Union ICWU194019551996Merged into UFCW84,29965,800
International Glove Workers' Union of America IGWUA190219551961Merged into ACTWU3,100N/A
International Jewelry Workers' Union IJWU191619551980Merged into SEIU32,0009,500
International Ladies Garment Workers Union ILGWU190019551995Merged into UNITE450,802348,380
International Leather Goods, Plastic and Novelty Workers' Union ILGPNWU193719551996Merged into SEIU31,70027,000
International Longshore and Warehouse Union ILWU193719882013DisaffiliatedN/AN/A
International Molders and Allied Workers Union IMAWU185919551988Merged into GMP72,59366,449
International Photo-Engravers Union of North America IPEU190419551964Merged into LPIU16,739N/A
International Printing and Graphics Communications Union IPGCU197319731983Merged into GCIUN/A120,000
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America IPPU188919551973Merged into IPGCU104,000N/A
International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union ISEU190219551973Merged into IPGCU13,577N/A
International Typographical Union ITU185219551987Merged into CWA99,17988,876
International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America AIW193519551994Merged into UPIU80,00090,686
International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers IUB188619551973Merged into IBT62,000N/A
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers IUE194919552000Merged into CWA397,412255,427
International Union of Journeymen Horseshoers of the United States and Canada IUJAT187419552002Merged into USW260400
International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers WWML189919551979Merged into UBC16,500N/A
International Woodworkers of America IWA193719551994Merged into IAM98,517117,691
Journeymen Stonecutters' Association of North America JSANA190719551968Merged into LIUNA1,900N/A
Laundry Workers' International Union LWIU190019551957Suspended90,000N/A
Leather Workers' International Union of America LWU195519551992Merged into OPEIU5,7432,110
Lithographers' and Photoengravers' International Union LPIU196419641972Merged into GAIUN/AN/A
Mechanics Educational Society of America MESA193319551997Merged into UAW49,42325,000
Metal Polishers', Buffers', Platers' and Allied Workers' International Union MPBP189219551996Merged into IBB25,00010,000
National Agricultural Workers' Union NAWU1934195519704,500N/A
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians NABET193419551994Merged into CWA5,1007,300
National Association of Master Mechanics and Foremen of Naval Shore EstablishmentsNAMMFNSE193319551964Disaffiliated556N/A
National Association of Post Office and Postal Transportation Service Mail Handlers, Watchmen and Messengers POMH191219551968Merged into LIUNA9,000N/A
National Association of Post Office and General Services Maintenance Employees NAPOGSME193719661971Merged into APWUN/AN/A
National Federation of Post Office Clerks NFPOC190619551961Merged into UFPC97,052N/A
National Federation of Post Office Motor Vehicle Employees NFPOMVE192419581971Merged into APWUN/AN/A
National Association of Special Delivery Messengers SDM193219551971Merged into APWU2,000N/A
National Maritime Union of America NMU193719552001Merged into SIU40,00050,000
National Postal Transport Association NPTA189819551961Merged into UFPC26,800N/A
National Union of Hospital and Health Care EmployeesNUHHCE197319841989DisaffiliatedN/AN/A
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union OCAW191719551999Merged into PACE183,000180,000
Order of Railroad Telegraphers ORT188619551969Merged into TCU65,267N/A
Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union PACE199919992005Merged into USWN/AN/A
Pattern Makers' League of North America PMLNA188719551991Merged into IAM15,0009,600
Radio and Television Directors' GuildRTDG194719551960Merged into DGA800N/A
Railroad Yardmasters of America RYA191219551985Merged into UTU4,6104,701
Railway Patrolmen's International UnionRPIU194919551969Merged into TCU3,201N/A
Retail Clerks International Union RCIU189019551979Merged into UFCW300,000N/A
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union RWDSU193719551993Merged into UFCW117,668198,000
Service Employees International Union SEIU192119552005Transferred to CtW230,000625,000
Sheet Metal Workers' International Association SMWIA188819552014Merged into SMART50,000158,528
Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers' International Union of North America SFAW189419551994Merged into IBB9,1836,400
Switchmen's Union of North America SUNA189419551964Merged into UTU18,800N/A
Textile Workers Union of America TWUA193919551976Merged into ACTWU202,700N/A
Tile, Marble, Terrazzo, Finishers', Shopworkers' and Granite Cutters' International Union TMT190119551988Merged into UBC8,2009,300
Tobacco Workers International Union TWIU189519551978Merged into BCTGM34,686N/A
Transportation Communications International Union TCU189919552012Merged into IAM350,000201,083
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees UNITE199519952004Merged into UNITE HEREN/AN/A
United American Nurses UAN199920012009Merged into NNUN/AN/A
United Brick and Clay Workers of America UBCWA191719551981Merged into ABG15,000
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America UBC186719552001Disaffiliated850,000780,398
United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers International Union UCLGWIU193919551984Merged into IBB40,00036,800
United Farm Workers of America UFW196219722006Transferred to CtWN/A25,000
United Federation of Postal Clerks UFPC196119611971Merged into APWUN/AN/A
United Furniture Workers of America UFWA193719551987Merged into IUE50,00027,042
United Garment Workers of America UGWA189119551994Merged into UFCW40,00031,000
United Glass and Ceramics Workers of North America UGCWNA193719551982Merged into ABG53,00034,539
United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union UHCMW193419551983Merged into ACTWU40,00010,000
United Packinghouse Workers of America UPWA194319551968Merged into AMC150,000N/A
United Papermakers and Paperworkers UPP195719571972Merged into UPIU130,000N/A
United Paperworkers of America UPA194419551957Merged into UPPN/AN/A
United Paperworkers' International Union UPIU197219721999Merged into PACEN/A284,329
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America URW193519551995Merged into USW178,017199,990
United Shoe Workers of America USWA193719551979Merged into ACTWA60,000N/A
United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America USAPWA190319551970Merged into USW13,260N/A
United Telegraph Workers UTW190319551986Merged into CWA32,00011,466
United Textile Workers of America UTW190119551996Merged into UFCW100,00040,000
United Transportation Union UTU196919692014Merged into SMARTN/A175,500
United Transport Service Employees of America UTSEA194219551972Merged into TCIU6,500N/A
United Wall Paper Craftsmen and Workers of North America UWPC192319551958Merged into IBPSPMW1,500N/A
Upholsterers International Union of North America UIU188219551985Merged into USW55,56948,920
Window Glass Cutters' League of America WCGLA191719551975Merged into GBBA1,600N/A

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