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Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1921 1,901,161 [1] RNs, professional, technical and non-professional health care workers; public employees; janitorial and security employees. 2012: SEIU: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 1932 1,459,511 Employees of state, county, and municipal governments. 2012 ...
The pros. Unions aim to create positive benefits for all workers — not just their individual members. And research shows their efforts have had a massive impact on the face of work in the U.S.
The 1947 federal Taft–Hartley Act governing private sector employment prohibits the "closed shop" in which employees are required to be members of a union as a condition of employment, but allows the union shop or "agency shop" in which employees pay a fee for the cost of representation without joining the union. [1]
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The postal unions did not engage in strikes, but there was the U.S. postal strike of 1970, a two-week wildcat walkout in New York City and 12 other cities by 200,000 of the 750,000 postal employees. It was not officially sponsored and ended when the Army started delivering the mail in "Operation Graphic Hand."
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The Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) is a statewide federation of unions in Ohio, affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFL–CIO. The OFT represents more than 20,000 members in 54 local unions. Its members include public education employees, higher education faculty and support staff, and public employees.