A complete directory of private- and public-sector unions and union leaders

Published annually and gleaned from extensive research and information unions report to the U.S. government, the 2013 Edition of Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations is the ideal tool for quickly finding personnel contacts, union locations, and other vital details on labor organizations in the United States. It provides complete coverage of union membership, including total national membership, state-by-state membership, work stoppages, and union representation elections.

The 2013 Edition offers:

• Union membership figures for 2011 and 2012 compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), including a breakdown by industry, occupation, age, sex, and race
• 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 2012
• American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (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 2012, including union victories and decertifications
• A listing of local unions nationwide
• BLS data on the earnings of union members versus non-union members in 2011 and 2012, including a breakdown by sex and race
• Tables showing union membership in each state and as a percentage of the state workforce in 2011 and 2012
• Indexes listing unions, acronyms, officers, and websites

The appendices to the Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations, 2013 Edition include BLS tables on union membership and earnings, an AFL-CIO report on membership in unions, and a chart listing union financial reporting requirements under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act and the Civil Service Reform Act.

About the Editor

Court Gifford is a former editor of Bloomberg BNA’s Daily Labor Report, Washington, DC.