Are you now, or have you ever been....

[Robb]

...A proud union member? :patriot: Check in!

I've listed the biggest, but a lot will be "other" -- mine, UA, just a little smaller in membership than the top 8.

If you've been more than one, pick the longest membership. :)

[givemebackmycountry]

1. CWA

Communications Workers of America

[blueamy66]

23. Me too

when I worked at AT&T

[IDemo]

29. CWA as well

[Balbus]

52. I'm sorry to hear that.

[hobbit709]

2. UMW-1968

[Uben]

3. USW

United Steel Workers

[Lyric]

4. Same here, although I wasn't a steelworker.

I worked for a small grocery store chain based out of Butler, PA, and for whatever reason, we were part of the USW.

:hi:

[NOLALady]

5. APWU

:thumbsup:

[blindpig]

6. AFSCME & Teamsters

[jjblazes]

7. IBEW

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers...AFL-CIO

[kentuck]

13. Me too.

Also, was with the Teamsters a couple of times.

[old mark]

8. AFSCME - retired Steward.....I was in several other unions as well over the course

of my working life, since joining the Musicians Union (AFM) at age 15.

mark

[Little Star]

9. I wish there was a choice for people like me who..

are not union members but have immediate family members who are. We support unions too and unions jobs literally support us.

[Lyric]

11. Choose "Other" and explain.

I think that families supported by Unions should count too. :)

[joshcryer]

10. IWW

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. BLE, oldest union in America.

[riverwalker]

14. NNU-MNA

The victorius Minnesota Nurses Association, part of National Nurses United, AFL-CIO.
Walked the picket line last summer. ;)

[mia]

15. NEA/AFT n/t

[Cassandra]

16. As of last year...

I'm a proud member of the Freelancer's Union. Not your usual but useful.

[a la izquierda]

17. Unfortunately not...

but I will provided I get a job as a professor when I get my PhD in May.

[Cirque du So-What]

18. USWA

Not currently a member, but I served as a union steward, safety rep, contract negotiator & organizer over the years. I'm currently in management, but I will never forget where I came from or the issues that are still just as important as they were all those years ago.

[ixion]

19. Never been in one, but have no problem with them

[peace frog]

22. Never been in one

but absolutely I support union membership.

[NNN0LHI]

20. UAW Local 588 since I was 18

Be 56 next month and still a dues paying member in good standing.

Don

[DeadEyeDyck]

21. been mostly a student

except for some IT support in a poultry plant. Non-union

[rustydog]

24. No, but my wife is SEIU member if that counts!

[Sisaruus]

25. Never had the opportunity

Have always been part of executive management in non-unionized nonprofits but have also always been pro-union.

[pipi_k]

26. Not me, but to honor my little brother...

who passed away Feb 12th.

He was a Union representative for the Ironworkers Local 7 and Ironworkers Local 357.


I'm proud of him for the work he did.

[flying rabbit]

27. UBC

United brotherhood of carpenters

[needledriver]

28. IATSE!

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC

I took my membership oath in December of 1977.

[jdadd]

30. Other's..... Three to be exact......

IUE AFL-CIO, USWA, SMWI :patriot:

[slackmaster]

31. I've never had an opportunity to join a union

:hi:

[madokie]

32. Carpenters union

albeit a short time as I was going places at the time and it was getting in my way so I dropped out.

[Rabblevox]

33. IATSE (stagehands). Also SEIU and CWA (and grew up on the URW picket lines with my grandfather) nt

[rucky]

34. UFCW

[yewberry]

35. OPEIU (AFL-CIO) here, husband is ILWU.

:fistbump:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

36. APWU and NALC

[lumberjack_jeff]

37. UFCW, for 9 months, 31 years ago. n/t

[philly_bob]

38. NEA in the late 60's, but since then, no union available.

My peripatetic work life took me from computers to printing to journalism. I wish there had been unions.

[Ikonoklast]

39. AMC&BW, Local 427, 12 years. UFCW, another 12.

Shop steward, bargaining committee.

[spanone]

40. AFM - american federation of musicians

[Blue-Jay]

57. Me too.

[Xicano]

41. ILWU 16½ yrs

[Robb]

42. Kick. nt

[steve2470]

43. never had the chance but would have joined nt

[LeftishBrit]

44. Yes.

UCU, the British university and college teachers' union.

Until recently, it was pretty wishy-washy, but now it's finding its teeth, and fighting for its own members and in solidarity with the students; and I can genuinely call myself a *proud* member.

[TorchTheWitch]

45. unfortunately, no

Had I been there's a ton of jobs I would never have lost.

[underpants]

50. Me too - growing up in Virginia you are basically trained out of even considering it

brainwashed if you will

there are some big unions here:
Railroads - my father-in-law and his family prospered exceedingly due to him having a union job
Phillip Morris - Richmond
The Shipyard in Newport News
and the A-B brewery in Williamsburg

all of these areas benefitted from a union presence in terms of wages being higher than they would without them. This is a fact that is completely ignored around here.

In south and southwest Va they used to have textile industries but those got shipped overseas partly to avoid unions and they are the poorest parts of the state.

[Brickbat]

46. Newspaper Guild and National Writers Union 1981, which is affiliated with the UAW.

Mr. Brickbat has been a member of the UBC and the UTU and is currently a member of the BLET.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. Yes! Seiu Local 535, American Red Cross!

[Shandris]

48. I've never worked in an industry that had a union. (n/t)

[Dystopian]

49. SEIU 888

peace~

[Tikki]

51. CSEA......

TIKKI

[DCofVA]

53. IAFF

International Association of Fire Fighters! :woohoo:

[Robb]

58. So you gotta tell me...

...I'm told y'all have window stickers than can keep me from getting a speeding ticket. :silly:

[DCofVA]

69. I never did get a ticket when I had the Union sticker on my car...

but, I left the fire department when I moved to Virginia, and I just got my first speeding ticket. :mad:

[socialshockwave]

54. Never had a proper job -

in my almost 19 years of life. I work part time with my father(but even that's hard to come by). My city economy is in the crapper and has been since I was 14.

[CTyankee]

55. Actors Equity at one time in my life. I was doing summer stock theatre.

My husband was in AFSME until he was laid off/forced into retirement in 2009.

[dana_b]

56. CNA and an old Flight Attendant union

in the 80s. I miss them both!

[trof]

59. ALPA (AirLine Pilots' Association) AFL/CIO affiliated. 30+ years.

:-)

[Oak2004]

60. Not fair to limit me to just one choice!

You had the UFCW, so I picked that, but I was also a member of the drivers' union in the old Yellow Cab of Denver cooperative (years after I left it went bankrupt and was bought out by a corporation), and at one point I was a member of the IWW.

[csziggy]

61. No union - AFSCME came in for Florida state workers after I quit

Since then I've been self employed.

[trayfoot]

62. NEA for over 3 decades!

Would have joined AFT had that been an option!

[Critters2]

63. Not in a union job now, but was a shop steward for UNITE,

which is now UNITE HERE.

[intheflow]

64. No but I have worked with labor unions many times over the years.

I just have never had a union job myself. :(

[TK421]

65. Proud member of the UDPHOA here!!

[wickerwoman]

66. UFCW and TAA

UFCW for some part-time college jobs and the TAA (Teaching Assistants' Association) in grad school.

[REP]

67. CWA and TIU

[tabbycat31]

68. never been union

and raised in a strong anti-union household. I still attended yesterday's rally in Trenton with union brothers and sisters. Loved every minute of it.