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Florida AFL–CIO is a statewide federation of labor unions in the state of Florida affiliated with the AFL–CIO. The federation's membership consists of about 450 local unions from 41 international unions (or about 500,000 active and retired workers). [1] The headquarters of the organization are located in Tallahassee, Florida.
A plurality of Americans believed labor unions mostly helped state and local governments by a 47–45 margin. A plurality of Americans believed labor unions mostly hurt the US economy in general by a 49–45 margin. The majority of Americans believed labor unions mostly hurt workers who are not members of unions by a 56–34 margin.
It established the right to organize unions. The Wagner Act was the most important labor law in American history and earned the nickname "labor's bill of rights". It forbade employers from engaging in five types of labor practices: interfering with or restraining employees exercising their right to organize and bargain collectively; attempting ...
The teachers union for Miami-Dade County — United Teachers of Dade — was the very first public sector union recognized in the state in 1974, a history it bears with the state certification ...
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) 1932 289,023 Miscellaneous U.S. federal government workers. 2012: AFGE: American Postal Workers Union (APWU) 1971 286,700 United States Postal Service workers other than letter carriers. APWU: International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) 1918 331,003
Whether or not the union is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) was also provided as supplemental data. All data was collected and ...
Union affiliation by U.S. state (2024) [1] [2] Rank State Percent ... Florida: 5.1 0.4%: 462,000: 6.3 ... International comparisons of labor unions;
In 2010 8.4 million government workers were represented by unions, [19] including 31% of federal workers, 35% of state workers and 46% of local workers. [20] As Daniel Disalvo notes, "In today's public sector, good pay, generous benefits, and job security make possible a stable middle-class existence for nearly everyone from janitors to jailors."