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) 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).

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
• seit 2021 Liz Shuler

Gewerkschaften

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

• 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)
• Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA)
• Women’s National Basketball Players’ Association (WNBPA)
• Writers Guild of America, East Inc. (WGAE)

Siehe auch

• Union Busting

Literatur

• Hamilton Nolan: The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor. Da Capo, New York 2024, ISBN 978-0-306-83092-1.
• 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

• AFL-CIO Website