Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations 2005

The only complete directory of private- and public-sector unions and union leaders—now updated. Your single comprehensive source for locating: --national & international parent unions --local & intermediate union affiliates --union and AFL-CIO officers & department heads --membership statistics nationally and by state --and other vital facts Published annually and gleaned from extensive research and information the unions themselves have reported to the U.S. government, the Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations, 2005 Edition is your ideal tool for quickly finding personal contacts, union locations, and other vital details on labor organizations in the United States. Reliable and comprehensive, the Directory is the most widely used collection of union contacts and key data—and for good reason. With this source at hand, you have quick access to: --nearly 150 national and international union entries—with proper names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, web sites, and e-mail addresses; membership figures, publications, sections, and more included where available --names of nearly 2,500 elected officers and key staff—listed by office or department in national entries --publications and convention years for most organizations --lists of nearly 30,000 active local labor organizations, by state—with cities and local union numbers --charts showing union membership by state, union ranking by size, and union member rights/officer responsibilities --chart listing federal union reporting forms required by law --tables of union acronyms and common names --names and addresses of AFL–CIO headquarters, departments, state federations, and local offices—plus history, structure, and functions of the AFL–CIO and its Executive Council --membership and earnings figures compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics --four indexes—by union name, by abbreviation/acronym, an index of offices and key staff, and an index of web sites --AFL-CIO and government tables, including membership figures and union merger information The Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations, 2005 Edition also explains federal reporting requirements for unions and summarizes the rights of union members guaranteed by law.