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Show Women as Workers 82 Table 39.-WOMEN MEMBERS n·; LABOR UNIONS,11964 Approximate number of women Union American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 353,854 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America 282,750 241,800 213,778 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Retail Clerks International Associatlon Hotel & Restaurant Union Employees and Bartenders International . Communications Workers of America International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricul- 200, 061 161,645 tural Implement Workers of America 151,849 96,000 90,190 SO,807 Textile Workers Union of America_______________________________ 70,800 Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union__________________ 66, 800 American Federation of Teachers________________________________ 60,000 Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes________________________________ 48,600 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America 44,378 Office Employes International Union_____________________________ 42,250 International Brotherhood of Bookbinders 36,234 United Federation of Postal Clerks______________________________ 34, 750 American Federation of Government Employees___________________ 34, 661 United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America___ 32,932 United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers___________________ 30,595 United Shoe Workers of America________________________________ 28,050 American Bakery and COnfectionery Workers' International Union., 27,964 International Leather Goods, Plastic and Novelty Workers' Union., 27,750 Building Service Employees' International Union__________________ International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers____ International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers___ , , U naffilia ted : Alliance of Independent Telephone Unions_______________________ United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America_________ International Brotherhood of men 1 a Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouse- and Helpers of America__________________________________ 50,425 41,250 C) Unions reporting 25,000 or more women workers. Data not reported, but number of women believed to be significant. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States, 1>9'65." |
