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AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO Membership Report Prepared for the October Convention
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 two-year 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. The totals are expressed in thousands of members.

 
Period Membership
1955 12,622
1956-57 13,020
1958-59 12,779
1960-61 12,553
1962-63 12,496
1964-65 12,919
1966-67 13,781
1968-69 13,005
1970-71 13,177
1972-73 13,407
1974-75 14,070
1976-77 13,542
1978-79 13,621
1980-81 13,602
1982-83 13,758
1984-85 13,109
1986-87 12,702
1988-89 13,556
1990-91 13,933
1992-93 13,299
1994-95 13,007
1996-97 12,905
1998-99 12,952

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 a basis for the determination of voting strength at conventions is determined by the average membership reported by affiliates during the 24 months ended in the June just prior to 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 held in 1997.

 
Organizations
FYE 6/30/97
FYE 6/30/98
FYE 6/30/99
Actors and Artistes
69,000
69,000
69,000
Air Line Pilots
37,675
39,634
40,915
Air Traffic Controllers
11,273
11,503
Asbestos Workers
12,000
12,000
12,000
Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers
766,032
748,520
741,706
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers
115,871
114,896
104,875
Boilermakers
41,775
40,154
39,728
Bricklayers
62,275
62,275
62,275
Carpenters and Joiners
323,929
323,929*
323,929*
Communications Workers
503,558
505,010
510,631
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers
128,441
121,683
115,336
Electrical Workers
653,946
654,324
658,647
Elevator Constructors
19,954
20,271
20,712
Engineers, Operating
294,500
292,000
289,083
Farm Workers
16,000
16,000
16,000
Fire Fighters
156,000
159,750
171,500
Flight Attendants
34,609
36,442
38,757
Flight Engineers
26
20
13
Food and Commercial Workers
1,060,820
1,078,939
1,122,521
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers
65,000
64,500
60,667
Glass Workers, American Flint
18,348
17,873
17,616
Government Employees
169,500
176,500
181,317
Graphic Communications
90,493
88,766
86,024
Horseshoers
97
93
81
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees
224,937
226,523
229,726
Iron Workers
79,342
79,754
83,054
Laborers
297,618
297,618
299,080
Laundry and Dry Cleaning
10,569
10,825
11,082
Letter Carriers
210,000
210,000
210,00
Locomotive Engineers
19,000
19,083
23,083
Longshoremen
63,343
60,200
61,849
Longshore and Warehouse
33,849
32,349
36,821
Machinists and Aerospace Workers
431,058
435,922
456,030
Maintenance of Way Employees
29,158
29,004
29,307
Marine Engineers
26,507
21,923
29,507
Maritime Union
20,825
17,472
6,000
Mine Workers
75,250
75,250
75,250
Musicians
32,624
26,934
22,688
Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
225,000
215,000
205,000
Novelty and Production Workers
19,255
18,227
17,995
Office and Professional Employees
83,295
90,089
90,635
Painters and Allied Trades
80,000
86,250
97,103
Paper, Allied-Industrial Chemical and Energy Workers
305,969
296,998
289,969
Plasterers and Cement Masons
27,475
27,947
29,070
Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers
200
200
200
Plumbing and Pipe Fitting
219,800
219,800
219,800
Police Association
22,101
22,607
31,141
Postal Workers
279,313
276,622
280,956
Professional Athletes
1,700
1,700
1,700
Professional and Technical Engineers
24,545
24,753
24,818
Radio Association
280
280
243
Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers
19,970
20,506
20,907
School Administrators
11,175
12,100
12,300
Seafarers
80,250
80,250
77,250
Service Employees
1,165,572
1,063,212
1,143,932
Sheet Metal Workers
93,000
93,000
93,000
Signalmen
9,734
9,805
9,735
Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians
47,100
47,225
49,100
State, County and Municipal Employees
1,236,042
1,236,875
1,247,051
Steelworkers
499,090
488,895
468,313
Teachers
694,402
731,872
786,921
Teamsters
1,271,039
1,244,805
1,231,144
Train Dispatchers
2,051
2,100
2,100
Transit Union
97,607
99,480
103,942
Transport Workers
75,000
75,000
75,000
Transportation· Communications
63,700
63,700
70,953
Transportation Union
59,479
58,930
60,859
Utility Workers
44,395
40,179
43,088
Writers
3,233
3,600
3,600
TOTAL
12,955,701
12,848,716
13,056,138

* Estimated membership due to partial payments

Note: Reported NMU members reflect NMU's direct payments to the AFL-CIO during the nine months ended 3/98, and the payments made on their behalf by SIU during the six months ended 6/99. See Schedule 3 for additional information.

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; two-year periods ending in 1965, 1975 and 1985, and the two-year periods ended June 30, 1995, 1997 and 1999. The totals are expressed in thousands of members.
Organizations
1955
1965
1975
1985
1995
1997
1999
Actors and Artistes of America, Associated
34
61
76
100
80
69
69
Air Line Pilots Association
9
18
47
33
35
37
40
Air Traffic Controllers Association, National
j7
Asbestos Workers, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and
9
12
13
12
13
12
12
Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, United
1260
1150
a
974
751
766
745
Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union
115
96
95
j
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union
j110
Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, International Brotherhood of
151
108
123
110
42
43
40
Bricklayers and Allied Craftsworkers, International Union of
120
120
143
95
84
71
62
Carpenters and Joiners of America, United Brotherhood of
750
700
700
609
378
337
o324
Communications Workers of America
249
288
476
524
478
480
508
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO, International Union of
135
130
119
Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood of
460
616
856
791
679
657
656
Elevator Constructors, International Union of
10
12
13
20
20
20
20
Engineers, International Union of Operating
200
270
300
330
298
295
291
Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, United
14
12
16
16
16
Fire Fighters, International Association of
72
87
123
142
151
155
166
Flight Attendants, Association of
b 17
31
34
38
Flight Engineers' International Association
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Food and Commercial Workers International Union, United
989
983
986
1101
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union
72
69
66
63
Glass Workers Union, American Flint
28
31
35
24
20
18
18
Government Employees, American Federation of
47
132
255
199
153
167
179
Grain Millers, American Federation of
33
25
29
30
20
21
j
Graphic Communications International Union
141
94
93
87
Health and Human Service Employees Union, National
h 57
h
Horseshoers of United States and Canada, International Union of Journeymen
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union
300
300
421
327
241
223
228
Iron Workers, International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing
133
132
160
140
82
80
81
Laborers' International Union of North America
403
475
383
352
298
298
Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union, AFL-CIO
22
20
15
11
11
11
Letter Carriers, National Association of
100
130
151
186
210
210
210
Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of
c 19
19
21
Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO, International
50
60
65
61
61
61
Longshore and Warehouse Union, International
d 36
d 32
35
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, International Association of
627
663
780
520
448
411
446
Maintenance of Way Employees, Brotherhood of
159
77
71
61
31
29
29
Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association
27
27
26
Maritime Union, National
21
21
k 13
Mine Workers of America, United
e 75
75
75
Musicians of the United States and Canada, American Federation of
250
225
215
671
35
33
25
Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, Union of
235
210
Newspaper Guild, The
21
23
26
24
20
22
1
Novelty and Production Workers, International Union of Allied
23
20
19
18
Office and Professional Employees International Union
44
52
74
90
86
82
90
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
160
140
145
108
83
81
m
Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada, International Brotherhood of
182
160
160
133
95
80
92
Paper, Allied-Industrial Chemical and Energy Workers International Union
m293
Paperworkers International Union, United
275
232
233
230
m
Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada, Operative
60
68
55
46
29
28
29
Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America, International
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the
200
217
228
226
220
220
220
Police Associations, International Union of
14
26
25
27
Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, American
249
232
261
277
279
Professional Athletes, Federation of
2
2
2
2
Professional and Technical Engineers, International Federation of
14
19
22
23
25
Radio Association, American
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
97
114
118
106
76
72
n
Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, United Union of
26
21
20
21
School Administrators, American Federation of
7
9
11
11
12
Seafarers International Union of North America
42
80
80
80
80
80
79
Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO
480
688
1027
1037
1104
Sheet Metal Workers International Association
50
100
120
108
106
96
93
Signalmen, Brotherhood of Railroad
15
11
10
11
10
10
10
Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, International Alliance of Theatrical
46
50
50
50
51
48
48
State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of
99
237
647
997
1183
1242
1242
Steelworkers of America, United
980
876
1062
572
403
503
479
Teachers, American Federation of
40
97
396
470
613
682
759
Teamsters, International Brotherhood of
f 1285
1276
1238
Train Dispatchers Department, American
3
3
3
2
2
2
Transit Union, Amalgamated
98
90
94
95
97
102
Transport Workers Union of America
80
80
95
85
75
75
75
Transportation?·?Communications International Union
58
64
67
Transportation Union, United
134
88
58
60
60
Utility Workers Union of America
53
50
52
52
46
46
42
Writers Guild of America, East, Inc.
g 3
3
4
a Disaffiliated 7/1/68. Reaffiliated 7/1/81
b Association of Flight Attendants charter granted 2/23/84.
c Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers charter granted 4/1/89.
d International Longshore and Warehouse Union charter granted 8/22/88. Exonerated from per capita taxes for calendar year 1995.
e United Mine Workers of America affiliated 10/1/89.
f International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America affiliated 11/1/87.
g Writers Guild of America East, Inc. affiliated 8/19/89.
h National Health and Human Service Employees Union affiliated 2/20/96, then merged with Service Employees International Union effective 4/1/98.
i National Air Traffic Controllers Association charter granted 3/20/98.
j Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union merged with American Federation of Grain Millers to form Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union effective 1/1/99.
k National Maritime Union affiliated with Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association effective 3/27/98, disaffiliated from MEBA and affiliated with Seafarers International Union of North America effective 1/1/99. Average members reported for the two-year period ended 6/99 does not include NMU members for which payment was received from MEBA during the nine-month period of NMU's affiliation with MEBA.
l The Newspaper Guild merged with Communications Workers of America effective 7/1/97.
m United Paperworkers International Union merged with Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union to form Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union effective 1/4/99.
n Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union merger with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union completed 10/1/98.
o United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America members reported for the two-year period ended 6/99 are estimated, due to receipt of only partial payments from UBC during that period.

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