United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

410 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
N o . 6 8 3 . N a t i o n a l U n io n s — N u m b e r a n d M e m b e r s , b y I n d u s t r y : 1970 a n d 1 9 7 8
[See headnote, table 680. Excludes employee associations and local unions directly affiliated with the AFL-CIO]
INDUSTRY GROUP
N U M BER, N U M B E R , M E M B E R S , A L L M E M B E R S , A F L - P E R C E N T
A L
A F L - C I O
U N I O N S 2 C I O 2 U N I O N S M E M B E R S ,
UNIC N S 1 U N I O N S 1
(1.000)
(1.000)
1 9 7 8
1 9 7 0 1 9 7 8 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 8 AFL-
1 9 7 0 1 9 7 8 All
C I O
A l l u n io n s . ...............
Manufacturing3,..........................
Food and kindred products4
Tobacco manufactures.....
Textile mill products..... .....
Apparel and related products
Lumber and wood productss,_____
Furniture and fixtures........
Paper and allied products..
Printing, publishing, allied industries..
Chemicals and allied products...... -.........
Petroleum refining and related industries
Rubber and misc. plastics products...
Leather and leather products.............
Stone, day, glass, concrete products..
Primary metals industries...................
Fabricated metal products...........
Machinery, except electrical.........
Efectricaf machinery equipment, supplies...
Transportation equipment...........
Nonmanufacturing3-..........-....
Mining and quarrying6
Contract construction7
Transportation.........
Telephone and telegraph.............
Electric, gas. sanitary services....
Wholesale and retsffl trade.....;.....
Service Industries........................
Government........................
Federal.........
State and local...........................
1 8 5 1 7 4 1 2 0 1 0 8 2 0 , 6 8 9 2 1 , 7 4 2 1 5 , 9 1 6 1 6 , 9 8 2 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0
1 0 0 9 4 7 3 6 4 9 , 1 7 3 8 , 1 1 9 6 , 6 6 6 6 , 1 1 9 3 7 . 3 3 6 . 0
2 5 2 4 1 7 1 6 9 0 5 5 9 5 5 8 8 5 7 5 2.7 3 . 4
8 4 5 3 3 8 3 7 3 7 3 7 .2 .2
1 0
! 1
4 7 1 9 1 1 5 6 1 7 7 1 4 9 .7 .9
1 6 1 5 11 11 8 5 2 6 6 3 8 3 6 6 6 7 3.1 3. 9
1 3 1 8 8 1 4 2 1 5 2 6 2 2 0 8 2 6 0 1.2 1.5
1 7 1 0 1 3 8 2 1 4 1 7 4 1 8 7 1 6 0 ;8 .9
2 0 2 1 1 2 1 7 4 5 3 3 8 9 3 9 1 3 6 4 1.8 2.1
1 8 1 8 15 13 3 7 0 2 8 1 3 6 7 2 7 0 1.3 1.6
2 6 2 5 1 9 1 5 3 6 2 2 1 9 1 5 1 2 0 1 1.0 1.2
1 2 1 3 7 1 0 7 9 7 7 6 9 7 3 .4 .4
1 9 2 4 1 3 19 2 7 1 2 6 9 2 4 8 2 5 3 1.2 1.5
1 3 1 5 1 0 13 1 4 0 1 1 9 1 3 4 1 1 8 .5 .7
2 2 2 2 1 7 1 9 2 8 4 2 9 3 2 3 4 2 7 7 1.3 1.6
1 6 1 3 11 1 2 7 8 7 7 7 4 6 6 7 6 8 8 3.6 4.1
3 3 2 9 21 1 9 9 1 7 6 1 3 7 1 9 4 3 8 2.6 2.6
2 3 1 8 1 6 1 3 5 5 0 6 7 0 2 7 8 4 1 1 3.1 2,4
1 9 1 5 11 9 1, 0 3 3 7 1 5 7 9 3 4 9 2 3.3 2.9
21 1 3 1 5 1 0 1, 1 0 9 1 , 1 1 0 2 9 1 3 0 6 5.1 1.8
1 0 4 9 6 7 3 7 0 9 , 1 9 8 9 , 9 9 8 7 , 3 9 0 7 , 8 1 1 4 6 . 0 46 . 0
1 5 1 4 8 1 0 3 6 8 4 2 8 1 5 4 1 4 9 2.0 .9
2 8 2 9 21 2 3 2 , 5 7 6 2 , 8 8 4 2 ,4 7 6 2 . 7 1 1 13.3 16.0
4 4 31 3 4 2 6 2,441 1 , 7 4 8 1 , 4 2 5 1 . 2 5 4 8.0 7.4
1 0 7 7 6 5 3 3 5 4 7 4 8 3 5 4 7 2.5 3. 2
1 7 1 5 1 2 14 3 1 2 3 5 6 2 6 8 3 5 3 1.6 2.1
2 4 2 1 1 5 1 3 1 , 5 4 9 1 , 7 1 3 1 , 3 1 5 1 , 0 5 9 tS' 6. 2
4 8 4 7 3 1 2 9 1,286 1, 8 2 4 1 , 1 6 6 1 , 5 4 8 8.4 9.1
6 0 6 2 3 4 3 9 2 , 3 1 6 3 , 6 2 5 1 , 8 6 0 3 , 0 5 2 16 . 7 18.0
5 6 5 1 3 1 3 0 1, 3 7 0 1, 3 8 4 9 2 7 9 6 7 6.4 5.7
1 9 4 5 1 6 41 9 4 8 2 , 2 4 2 9 3 3 2 . 0 8 5 10 . 3 12.3
‘Nonadditive; ive; many unions have membership in more than onej group. Membership computed by applying reported
percentages to total membership,
'
____________
ies industries not shown separately. "Includes
beverages, "Except furniture. "Includes crude petroleum and natural gas production. ’Building and special trade.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, D ire c to ry o f N a tio n a l U n io n s a n d E m p lo y e e A s s o c ia tio n s , 1 9 7 1 a n d "1 9 7 9 .
No. 684. W o r k S t o p p a g e s : 1 9 4 7 t o 1 9 8 1
{Excludes work stoppages Involving fewer than 6 workers or fasting fess than 1 day. Information obtained directly from companies
and unions Involved as well as from various Government labor boards, conciliation services, and other neutral parties See also
H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series D 970-976]
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WORK STOPPAGES WORKERS INVOLVED DAYS IDLE DURING YEAR
YEAR
Number
beginning in
year
Average
duration
(calendar
days)
Number1
(1,000)
Percent
of total
employed2
Number
(1,000)
Percent of
estimated
working
time2
Per
worker
Involved
1947................................... 3,693 25.6 2,170 4.7 34,600 .30
1950................................... 4,843 19.2 2.410 5.1 38,800 .33
1955................................. . 4,320 18.5 2 ,6 5 0 5.2 28,200 .22
1960 3,333 23.4 1,320 2.4 19,100 .14
1965 3,963 25.0 1.550 2.5 23,300 .15
1967 4,595 22.8 2,870 4.3 42,100 .25
1968................................... 5,045 24.5 2.649 3.8 49,018
1969 5,700 2 2 .5 2.481 3.5 42,869
1970 5,716 2 5 .0 3,305 4.7 66,414
1971 5,138 2 7 .0 3,260 4.6 47,589 .26 14!B
1972................................... 5,010 2 4 .0 1,714 2.3 27,066
1973................................... 5,353 24.0 2,251 2.9 27,948
1974................................... 6.074 27.1 2,778 3.5 47,991
1975............ ....................... 5,031 26.B 1,746 2.2 31,237
1976..................... .............. 5.648 28.0 2,420 3.0 37,859
1977................................... 5.506 29.3 2,040 2.4 35,822
1978................................... 4,230 33.2 1,623 1.9 36,922
1979................................... 4,827 32.1 1,727 1.9 34,754
1980............ ...................... 3,885 35.4 1,366 1.5 33.289
1981................................... 2,568 (NA) 1,081 1.2 24,730 .11 22.9
NA Not available.
. . , ©nsers c o u m e a m o re m a n o n c e w m v o w e o m m o re m a n 1 s to p p a g e durina vear. *in 1967 tM a i
employed workers was redefined to coincide with U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures tor nonaqricultural employment 3 ,2
agricultural waae a n d salaried workers. Idleness computed on this basis is lower than the formerseries
time computed by multiplying average number of employed workers (see footnote 2) by number of days worked bv most
employees. *
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, A n a ly s is o f W o rk S to p p a g e s , annual.