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  2. North America's Building Trades Unions - Wikipedia

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    The Building and Construction Trades Department, commonly known as North America's Building Trades Unions ( NABTU ), is a trade department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) with 14 affiliated labor unions in the building trades. It was originally founded by the American Federation of Labor ...

  3. Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - Wikipedia

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    A resolution against trade unionism was actually proposed, and labor union delegates had to work hard to secure adjournment in order to avoid passage of the motion. The trade unionists decided to call another conference for November 15, 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a larger number of trade union members could participate.

  4. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The US Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent survey indicates that union membership in the US has risen to 12.4% of all workers, from 12.1% in 2007. For a short period, private sector union membership rebounded, increasing from 7.5% in 2007 to 7.6% in 2008. [1] However, that trend has since reversed.

  5. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers - Wikipedia

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    The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ( IBEW) is a labor union that represents approximately 820,000 workers and retirees [1] in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, [3] Guam, [4] [5] Panama, [6] Puerto Rico, [7] and the US Virgin Islands; [7] in particular electricians, or inside wiremen, in the construction ...

  6. New York City Central Labor Council - Wikipedia

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    nycclc .org. New York City Central Labor Council ( NYCCLC) is the largest local labor membership organization under the direction of the national AFL–CIO. Founded in 1959 the NYCCLC represents over 400 local New York City unions in both the public and private sectors of the New York economy. [2] Of the 11 million total workers represented by ...

  7. International Longshoremen's Association - Wikipedia

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    www.ilaunion.org. The International Longshoremen's Association ( ILA) is a North American labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways; on the West Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

  8. Communications Workers of America - Wikipedia

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    The Communications Workers of America ( CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States, representing about 700,000 members in both the private and public sectors (also in Canada and Puerto Rico ). [1] [2] The union has 27 locals in Canada via CWA-SCA Canada (French: Syndicat des communications d'Amérique ...

  9. Coalition of Black Trade Unionists - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .cbtu .org. The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists ( CBTU) is a nonprofit organization of African American trade union members affiliated with the AFL–CIO. More than 50 different international and national trade unions are represented in CBTU and there are 50 chapters in the United States and one in Ontario, Canada. [1]