AFL-CIO points to
gains in membership
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The na-
tional AFL-CIO’s Organizing Depart-
ment says workers are joining union
ranks at the highest rate in two genera-
tions.
According to their report, between
2004 and 2006 the combined growth of
AFL-CIO unions rose by 1.42 percent
— a net gain of 136,000 members.
Using documents filed with the U.S.
Department of Labor, the Organizing
Department cited growth of several
unions in net members, including AF-
SCME, which gained more than
120,000 members, the largest gain in
the union movement. Some 56,000
workers became members of the Postal
Workers, another 37,000 employees
joined the Machinists, and nearly
66,000 entertainment workers chose the
Screen Actors Guild.
Ten unions grew by more than 10
percent between 2004 and 2006, and
the largest private-sector union victory
in recent years came in 2005 and 2006
when 20,000 workers at Cingular Wire-
less joined the Communications Work-
ers of America.
The Organizing Department said
560 organizers have gone through the
AFL-CIO Organizing Institute training
program this year. The department also
is working with 15 affiliated unions to
assist them in their “change to organ-
ize” programs, and the labor federa-
tion’s Center for Strategic Research is
assisting in nine major organizing cam-
paigns.
To continue growing, the Organizing
Department, according to its report, will
focus on five goals:
• Recruiting and training the best
possible organizers.
• Helping affiliate unions increase
their organizing capacity through strate-
gic planning, assessing resource allo-
cation and developing the political will
to change the union’s culture through
leadership training.
• Helping affiliates design and carry
out large-scale campaigns.
• Changing the climate for organiz-
ing by passing the Employee Free
Choice Act and other measures.
• Developing global strategies to
provide the opportunity for more peo-
ple to join unions, including hosting the
first-ever global organizing summit in
December.
Labor Roundtable award winners
The Labor Roundtable of Southwest Washington held its 17th annual awards banquet Sept. 28 at the Vancouver
Hilton & Convention Center. Awards were presented to, from left to right: Glenn Shuck, executive director of
Labor’s Community Service Agency, Union Member of the Year; Dan Ogden, past chair of the Clark Couinty
Democrats, Community Service Award; John Rowand of Laborers Local 335 and recently retired from the Fair
Contracting Foundation, Labor Leader of the Year; and Dave Ritchey, business manager of Laborers Local 335,
Local Union of the Year. Jackie Straub, a retired member of Machinists Lodge 63 and past treasurer of the Labor
Roundtable, received a Lifetime Achievement Award. She was unable to attend. Pictured with the award recipients
are Labor Roundtable officers Harold Abbe (left), vice chair; Phillip Parker (second from left), chair; and Roy
Jennings (far right), treasurer. Nearly 100 union members, politicians and friends attended the banquet. The guest
speaker was Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart.
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