Labor Unions

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National Education Association (NEA)

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Represents more than 3 million public school employees, including teachers, Education Support Professionals, cafeteria workers, and more

Question 2

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

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Represents almost 2 million healthcare workers, public employees, and more

Question 3

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

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Represents more than 1.5 million public school teachers, health care workers, and more

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American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees

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Represents almost 1.5 million state, county, and municipal government employees

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters

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Represents almost 1.5 million truck drivers, warehouse workers, and other trades

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United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)

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Represents almost 1.5 million retail store and distribution employees

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United Steelworkers (US)

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Represents more than 800 thousand steel mill workers and related trades

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International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (United Auto Workers) (UAW)

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Represents almost 1 million automobile, truck, and equipment manufacturing workers

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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

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Represents more than 800 thousand electrical manufacturing and utility workers

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Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)

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Represents more than 600 thousand construction workers and other trades

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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW)

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Represents more than 600 thousand aircraft manufacturing, maintenance, and repair workers

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Communications Workers of America (CWA)

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Represents more than 500 thousand telecommunication, customer service, public sector, healthcare, and other workers

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United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA)

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Represents more than 500 thousand building industry carpenters and millwrights

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International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

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Represents almost 500 thousand freight handlers at ports

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International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)

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Represents almost 400 thousand operators of construction equipment and stationary engineers

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International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)

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Represents more than 300 thousand professional firefighters and emergency medical service workers

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United Association (UA)

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Represents more than 300 thousand workers in the plumbing and pipefitting industries in the United States and Canada

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National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU)

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Represents more than 200 thousand USPS workers other than letter carriers

Question 16

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Represents more than 300 thousand hotel, casino, restaurant, and commercial food service workers and garment manufacturing employees

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National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

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Represents almost 300 thousand USPS mail delivery workers in urban areas

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American Postal Workers Union (APWA)

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Represents almost 300 thousand USPS workers other than letter carriers

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American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

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Represents almost 300 thousand miscellaneous U.S. federal government workers

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Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)

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Represents almost 200 thousand mass transit service workers

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International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)

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Represents more than 100 thousand non-performing entertainment workers in Theater, Motion Picture & Television, & Trade Shows

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American Nurses Association (ANU)

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Represents more than 100 thousand registered nurses

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International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (IASMARTW)

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Represents more than 100 thousand sheet metal workers, service technicians, bus operators, and more

Question 21

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IABSORIW)

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Represents more than 100 thousand construction, shipbuilding, and metal fabrication employees

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International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)

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Represents more than 100 thousand construction-industry painters, glaziers, and more

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Transport Workers Union of America (TWUA)

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Represents more than 100 thousand mass transit, railroad, and airline workers

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Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)

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Represents more than 100 thousand white-collar workers in the public and private sector

Question 23

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCU)

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Represents more than 100 thousand USPS mail delivery workers in rural areas

Question 24

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

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The largest federation of unions in the united states, representing more than 12 million active and retired workers

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Major unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO

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American Federation of Teachers (AFT), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)

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Strategic Organizing Center (SOC)

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A coalition of North American labor unions formed as an alternative to the AFL-CIO

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Major unions affiliated with the SOC

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Service Employees International Union (SEIU), United Farm Workers (UFW), and the Communications Workers of America (CWA)

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National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)

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Represents more than 300 thousand law enforcement officers in police unions and fraternal organizations