American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Die American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) ist der mitgliederstärkste Gewerkschafts-Dachverband der USA und Kanadas.

Er hat 60 nationale und internationale Mitgliedsorganisationen, die zusammen mehr als 12,5 Millionen (Stand: 2023)[1] Organisierte vertreten.

Die AFL-CIO ist Mitglied des Internationalen Gewerkschaftsbundes (IGB). In der Mitgliederliste des IGB wird die Mitgliedschaft mit 8,4 Millionen angegeben (Stand: 2019).[2]

Geschichte

1935 hatte sich die CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) von der AFL (American Federation of Labor) abgespalten. 1955 vereinigten sich beide wieder zur AFL-CIO.

Bis 2005 arbeitete er praktisch als zentraler Dachverband. Interne Meinungsverschiedenheiten führten dazu, dass im Juli/August 2005 zahlreiche Gewerkschaften (darunter mit der Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft SEIU die größte Einzelgewerkschaft) austraten und sich unter einem neuen Dachverband „Change to Win“ formierten.

Präsidenten

  • 1955–1979 George Meany
  • 1979–1995 Lane Kirkland
  • 1995 Thomas R. Donahue
  • 1995–2009 John J. Sweeney
  • 2009-2021 Richard Trumka[3]
  • seit 2021 Liz Shuler

Gewerkschaften

In der AFL-CIO sind 2023 folgende 60 Gewerkschaften vertreten:[4]

  • Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
  • Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
  • Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
  • American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
  • American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)
  • American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA)
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
  • American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
  • American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
  • American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
  • American Radio Association (ARA)
  • American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA)
  • Associated Actors and Artistes of America (4As)
    • American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA)
    • The Guild of Italian American Actors (GIAA)
  • Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM)
  • Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)
  • California School Employees Association (CSEA)
  • Communications Workers of America (CWA)
    • Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA)
    • Industrial Union of Electronic Workers (IUE-CWA)
    • National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA)
    • Printing, Publishing and Media Workers, CWA (PPMW-CWA)
    • The Newspaper Guild (TNG-CWA)
  • Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE)
  • International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (Ironworkers)
  • International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
  • International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers (AWIU)
  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
    • National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM)
    • Transportation Communications International Union/IAM (TCU/IAM)
  • International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART)
  • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (IBB)
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
  • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
  • International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P)
  • International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America
  • International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers (Novelty and Production Workers)
  • International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC)
  • International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC)
  • International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)
  • International Union of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada (IUPAT)
  • International Union of Police Associations (IUPA)
  • Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA)
    • National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU)
  • Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA)
  • Major League Soccer Players Association (MLSPA)
  • Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA)
    • Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS)
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
  • National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
  • National Nurses United (NNU)
  • National Taxi Workers Alliance (NTWA)
  • National Women’s Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA)
  • NFL Players Association (NFLPA)
  • Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
  • Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association of the United States and Canada (OPCMIA)
  • Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
  • Seafarers International Union of North America (SIU)
  • Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)
  • UNITEHERE (UNITEHERE)
  • United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA)
  • United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union (UAW)
  • United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
    • Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU-UFCW)
  • United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
  • United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union (USW)
    • Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union (GMP-USW)
  • United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (Roofers and Waterproofers)[5]
  • Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA)[6]
  • Women’s National Basketball Players’ Association (WNBPA)
  • Writers Guild of America, East Inc. (WGAE)

Siehe auch

Literatur

  • Peter Lösche: Kapitel B6 Verbände, Gewerkschaften und das System der Arbeitsbeziehungen, in dsb., Hg.: Länderbericht USA. Geschichte, Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Kultur. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, BpB, 5. neub. Aufl. Bonn 2008 ISBN 978-3-89331-851-3 ISSN 0046-9408 S. 274–314 (zahlreiche Lit. dazu im Anhang)
  • Robert H. Zieger & Gilbert J. Gall: American workers, american unions. The 20th century. Johns Hopkins University Press, 3. Aufl. Baltimore 2002 ISBN 0-8018-7078-X (zuerst: American workers, american unions, 1920–1985. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1986; 2. Aufl. 1994)

Weblinks

Commons: AFL-CIO – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

Fußnoten

  1. ↑ Our Unions and Allies | AFL-CIO. Abgerufen am 10. Juni 2023 (englisch).
  2. ↑ Mitgliederliste des IGB (Stand 2019), abgerufen am 10. Juni 2023
  3. ↑ https://aflcio.org/, Trumka; zuletzt aufgerufen am 15. August 2017.
  4. ↑ Our Affiliated Unions. AFL-CIO, abgerufen am 10. Juni 2023 (englisch).
  5. ↑ www.unionroofers.com
  6. ↑ https://uwua.net/