Bloomberg BNA Publishes 2012 Edition of “Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations”

Arlington, Va. (August 2012) Bloomberg BNA has published the Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations, 2012 Edition, offering the only complete directory of private and public-sector unions and union leaders. This treatise provides complete coverage of union membership, including total national membership, state-by-state membership, work stoppages, and union representation elections.

Published annually and gleaned from extensive research and information unions report to the U.S. government, the 2012 Edition is the ideal tool for quickly finding personnel contacts, union locations, and other vital details on labor organizations in the United States.

 Updates in the 2012 Edition include:

• Union membership figures for 2010 and 2011, including a breakdown by industry, occupation, age, sex, and race, as compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National union profiles with proper names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, website and email addresses, membership figures, publications, and top union officers
• BLS data on major strike activity in the U.S. from 1947 to 2011
• Names and addresses of AFL-CIO headquarters and state officials
• Information on the history, structure, and functions of AFL-CIO leadership
• Names and addresses of Change to Win officers and unions
• An analysis of union representation elections supervised by the National Labor Relations Board in 2011, including union victories and de-certifications
• BLS data on the earnings of union members versus non-union members in 2010 and 2011, including a breakdown by sex and race

The author of Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations, 2012 Edition, Court Gifford, is a former editor of Bloomberg BNA's Daily Labor Report, Washington, DC. This title is available for sale directly from Bloomberg BNA and is also available on the Bloomberg Law legal research system.