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Official website of the AFL–CIO, the largest federation of trade unions in the U.S. Official website of the Strategic Organizing Center (formerly the Change to Win Federation), the second-largest federation of trade unions in the U.S. The U.S. Labor Movement Is Popular, Prominent and Also Shrinking - The New York Times interactive (2022)
At America's union peak in the 1950s, union membership was lower in the United States than in most comparable countries. By 1989, that figure had dropped to about 16%, the lowest percentage of any developed democracy, except France. Union membership for other developed democracies, in 1986/87 were: [3] 95% in Sweden and Denmark. 85% in Finland
The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) is the interface of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) [1] with organized labour. TUAC has 59 affiliated trade union centres in 31 OECD countries, representing more than 66 million workers. It also has associate members in Brazil, Indonesia, Russia and South ...
Unions exist to represent the interests of workers, who form the membership. Under US labor law , the National Labor Relations Act 1935 is the primary statute which gives US unions rights. The rights of members are governed by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959 .
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States. [2] It represents 1.3 million [1] public sector employees and retirees, including health care workers, corrections officers, sanitation workers, police officers, firefighters, [3] and childcare providers.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers [2] in over 100 occupations in the United States and Canada. [3] SEIU is focused on organizing workers in three sectors: healthcare (over half of members work in the healthcare field), including hospital, home care and nursing home workers; public services (government employees, including law ...
Workers United is an American and Canadian labor union which represents about 86,000 workers in the apparel, textile, commercial laundry, distribution, food service, hospitality, fitness and non-profit industries.
Union affiliation by U.S. state (2023) [1] [2] Rank State Percent union members Percent change Union members Percent represented by unions Percent change Represented