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  2. 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. [2] However, that trend has since reversed.

  3. List of unions affiliated with the AFL–CIO - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of unions affiliated with the AFL–CIO. Since the founding of the AFL in 1886, the AFL–CIO and its predecessor bodies have been the dominant labor federation (at least in terms of the number of member workers, if not influence) in the United States. As of 2014, the labor federation had approximately 12.7 million members.

  4. International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Wikipedia

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    The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), also known as the Teamsters Union, is a labor union in the United States and Canada.Formed in 1903 by the merger of The Team Drivers International Union and The Teamsters National Union, the union now represents a diverse membership of blue-collar and professional workers in both the public and private sectors, totalling about 1.3 million in 2015.

  5. Trade union - Wikipedia

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    A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organisation of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees ...

  6. 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.

  7. List of labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The workers voted 2,654 to 2,131 in favor of joining the Amazon Labor Union. The Amazon Labor Union was founded by Christian Smalls, a former Amazon employee at the warehouse who helped organize a walkout over safety concerns during an early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and was subsequently fired by Amazon.

  8. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

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    AFL–CIO, CLC, ITF, IMF, IFBWW [needs update] Website. www .goiam .org. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ( IAM) is an AFL–CIO / CLC trade union representing approx. 646,933 workers as of 2006 in more than 200 industries with most of its membership in the United States and Canada .