// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var Biz_UnionOrganization = new Array(); Biz_UnionOrganization.ID = "Biz_UnionOrganization"; Biz_UnionOrganization.ID_WB = 8701309; Biz_UnionOrganization.sPubDate = "7/25/2005 5:36:20 PM GMT"; Biz_UnionOrganization.navsectionID = "3174182" Biz_UnionOrganization.appFmt = 2; Biz_UnionOrganization.itemsPerPage = 1; Biz_UnionOrganization.appWidth = 624; Biz_UnionOrganization.appHeader = "Fact File| Union organization "; Biz_UnionOrganization.appDeck = "The mission of the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to the nation. The union was created in 1955 and represents 13 million working women and men of every race and ethnicity."; Biz_UnionOrganization.appFooter = "Source: The Associated Press"; Biz_UnionOrganization.appNavStyle = 3; Biz_UnionOrganization.appLayout = 3; Biz_UnionOrganization.copyHeight = 220; Biz_UnionOrganization.copyWidth = 490; Biz_UnionOrganization.copyMargin = 9; Biz_UnionOrganization.sDeckStyle = "font-weight:none;"; Biz_UnionOrganization[i++] = new Array("","Dissident coalition members","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); Biz_UnionOrganization[i-1].body = "
  • Service Employees International Union.
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  • United Food and Commercial Workers International
  • UNITE HERE (formerly Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees and Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees)
  • Laborers International Union of North America
  • United Farm Workers

    Leaving the AFL-CIO:

  • SEIU
  • Teamsters
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  • Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
  • Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
  • American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
  • American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)
  • American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA)
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
  • American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
  • American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
  • American Radio Association (ARA)
  • American Train Dispatchers Department (ATDD)
  • Associated Actors and Artistes of America (4As)
  • Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
  • American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
  • American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
  • American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA)
  • Hebrew Actors’ Union Inc.
  • Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
  • The Guild of Italian American Actors (GIAA)
  • Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM)
  • Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)
  • California School Employees Association (CSEA)
  • Communications Workers of America (CWA)
  • Flight Attendants, Association of CWA (AFA-CWA)
  • IUE-CWA (IUE-CWA)
  • Federation of Professional Athletes (Professional Athletes)
  • Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union (GMP)
  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE)
  • International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (Iron Workers)
  • International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
  • International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers (AWIU)
  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
  • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (IBB)
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
  • Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLE)
  • Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWE)
  • Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (GCC/IBT)
  • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
  • International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
  • International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)
  • International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America
  • International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers (Novelty and Production Workers)
  • International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC)
  • International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC)
  • International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)
  • International Union of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada (Painters and Allied Trades)
  • International Union of Police Associations (IUPA)
  • Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
  • National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU)
  • Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA)
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
  • National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
  • Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
  • Operative Plasters’ and Cement Masons’ International Association of the United States and Canada (OP&CMIA)
  • Seafarers International Union of North America (SIU)
  • Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
  • Health & Human Service Employees Union, 1199/SEIU (SEIU 1199)
  • Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA)
  • Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)
  • United American Nurses (UAN)
  • United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA)
  • United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union (UAW)
  • United Farm Workers of America (UFW)
  • United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
  • Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union District Council, UFCW (RWDSU-UFCW)
  • United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
  • United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union (USW)
  • United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (Roofers and Waterproofers)
  • Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA)
  • Writers Guild of America, East Inc. (WGAE)
    "; // END editorial data