Union members, past and present, check in

[Zomby Woof]

Cross-posted from the Lounge, out of respect for those who don't. Happy Labor Day to all. Never forget the sacrifices made by working people! :patriot:

National Education Association

National Treasury Employees Union

[dsc]

1. NEA Member here

I come from a family of union members. Steelworkers, autoworkers, miners, and teachers.

[lonestarnot]

2. Past membership in

APWU and CWA. Walked a few picket lines with CWA.

[IDemo]

7. I also walked a few picket lines with CWA.

But this was so long ago, "communications" meant telegraphy. ;-)

[lonestarnot]

11. cord boards

:toast: fellow picketer! :toast:

[IDemo]

13. I did the cord board, along with microfiche readers on directory assistance

"What city?"

[lonestarnot]

17. No I didn't do the cord board deal. A little before my time.

But I did DA in Tempe. No microfiche, just fish carp, which translates in Beijing to crap, thus steaming crap and bushitler is serving it in al Anbar Province today.

[bridgit]

3. SAG, since 1987...

http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp h is Operating Engineers since 1972 http://www.iuoestateunit12.org/index.htm and his uncle was key in the establishment of: The California Teachers Association http://www.cta.org/home.aspx

[Kansas Wyatt]

4. IBEW

[LWolf]

5. NEA n/t

[AwakeAtLast]

78. Me, too!

I have served as a building rep. for three years. :hi:

[NNN0LHI]

6. Current dues paying and in good standing UAW member since 1973 n/t

[hunter]

8. United Teachers Los Angeles

Los Angeles is an amazing city, but I don't live there any more.

:patriot:

[Popol Vuh]

36. Thank you hunter

Five years ago during our union's (ILWU) lock-out, some LAUSD United Teachers Los Angeles came out and walked the line with us... Thank you

:hug:

[MethuenProgressive]

9. CWA 1365 (once 15000 strong, now outsourced down to zero)

My nana-in-law was a striker during the Bread and Roses strike, my Dad a Teamster.

[XOKCowboy]

10. IATSE - Local 7

[yurbud]

12. AFT executive council member, state part time faculty committee member, agitator

[Richard Steele]

14. Past member, UFCW & United Steelworkers. nm

[Hubert Flottz]

15. Building Trades union member since 1973.

My how things have changed.

[billybob537]

16. Pipefitters LU#537 Boston n/t

[jimshoes]

18. CWA

Local 4340 Printing Sector

[fishwax]

19. American Federation of Teachers

:kick:

[rodeodance]

20. yup

[proud patriot]

21. CSEA an AFL-CIO member UNION

:headbang: California School Employees Association :headbang:

I'm a Special Education Assistant

[Fox Mulder]

22. I'm in the Graphic Communications Conference International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

union.

:patriot:

[Snotcicles]

24. Proud Teamster since 1/31/1984 nt

[teamster633]

48. Proud Teamster since May of 1978.

I was still in high school at the time, and it was the seventies, so I was, of course, high. For that reason, the exact date escapes me.

[Doc_Technical]

23. AFLCIO

Hotel, Motel, Restaurant, Bartenders union Local 180.

[ldf]

25. former AFSCME

if i could still be in a union, i would.

there needs to be organized unions for administrators...

:shrug:

[flyarm]

26. FORMER APFA , SAG AND AFTRA...HAPPY LABOR DAY!!

retired ..former member of :

APFA Association of Professional Flight Attendants

SAG Screen Actors Guild

AFTRA American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

fly

[nono]

27. I.B.E.W.

40 Years, Retired now

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

28. Former AFSCME

and staunch union supporter here! :hi:

[BarbaRosa]

29. Past IUOE.

During the '70's Both MamaRosa and I worked in a copper mine; mill first, then open pit driving haulage trucks and operating heavy equipment.

[JitterbugPerfume]

30. my dad was AFL-CIO in the 1930s

until his death at 95.

My husband was AFL until his death in 1997 and I belonged to the union when I worked for the State of Indiana.

If people only knew the great American story of the unions <sigh>

[Popol Vuh]

31. ILWU local 13

Member 15yrs..

[life_long_dem]

32. I.B.E.W. n/t

[Skidmore]

33. AFSCME steward in another life.

[paulk]

34. former BMWE

20 years workin' on the railroad....

http://www.bmwe.org/

[Sabriel]

35. Union since 1989

NEA

TAA

TAAUWP (which has no power, but...)

[Bombero1956]

37. former member of

Graphic Arts International Union. Now member of International Association of Fire Fighters.

[B Calm]

38. AFLCIO Local 1470

Destroyed by Raygun

[Bill McBlueState]

39. UAW 2322

I'm a member of the Graduate Employee Organization, a unit of UAW Local 2322.

[kineneb]

40. former member- Musicians Union

belonged for a short time, while I was still doing professional gigs.

[GreenInNC]

41. IATSE #46

[Blue_Tires]

42. former member

Newspaper Guild - Communications Workers of America

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

43. I Was In The Local Teamsters. Am So Thankful I Got Promoted Out Of It! Happy Labor Day To All Who

work, whether union or otherwise! :toast:

[Blue_In_AK]

44. I used to be a member of the Alaska Public Employees

Association when I was a correctional officer 25 years ago. Does that count?

[Drum]

45. Former AGMA, IATSE, AFTRA here...

Salute!

:patriot:

[alfredo]

46. NALC member. Retired. National Association of Letter Carriers.

[Kingofalldems]

65. Retired NALC here

Back atcha!

[alfredo]

66. Hey Bro. My shoulder hurts and my varicose veins are itching.

[Kingofalldems]

68. Your shoulder hurts?

Gee I wonder why. That freakin third bundle marriage mail used to tear me up. :rofl:

[alfredo]

79. I walked ten miles a day. On Monday's we had community newspapers

I would have my satchel full. a satchel full on my right arm. Three or four bundles of first class in or attached on the outside of the satchel.
My neck gave out. My C4,5,6 have bad disks. I can't work anymore, I'm 100% disabled. It took three years to win my case, but I won without help from lawyers. I also got SS disability on my first try.

My route was a killer route I was the third straight carrier that went out on disability. It was a bitch to case too. It had over 600 customers, and a very high turnover.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

47. IAM-AW (Machinists) 1971-74

Union born, union bred!

[WillyT]

49. SEIU Local 1000

[vireo]

50. AFSCME

Council 24. :patriot:

[bridgit]

51. kick for union labor...

:kick:

[zabet]

52. Back in the early '80s

when I lived in Connecticut and worked for
Bardens.
:patriot:

[mikebl]

53. Ironworkers

L.U. #396 St. Louis, Mo.

[XOKCowboy]

54. I can also check in for a couple of members of Pipeliners Union Local 798

Mitch Rice and Robbie Antle are probably out making double time today in Louisiana. Either that or they're celebrating pretty hard. I think I'll call 'em. :)

[Lugnut]

55. For my husband...

He is a UMWA coal miner.

[Babel_17]

56. Laborer's (Road and Heavy Construction) Union member here (nt)

[hamerfan]

57. IBEW

11 years now!
And please DO look for the Union label!
dumpbush

[Bolo Boffin]

58. Not a member, but my grandfather was an organizer for the IBEW

Maurice Conway.

[NMDemDist2]

59. Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union

and AFSCME

but not currently....

[spanone]

60. AFM

[mountainvue]

61. Former HERE member here!

Happy Labor Day everyone!

[MilesColtrane]

62. A.F.of M. 25 year member here.

I've got my "Scabs Suck" button at the ready fot the next picket line.

[Yogi]

63. Past member United Steelworkers

N/T

[Gold Metal Flake]

64. Former IATSE 776.

:patriot:

[madmom]

67. past member of both AFLCIO and UFCW, SO is UAW....n/t

[roody]

69. CTA---California Teachers Association

Heads up on new NCLB. Pelosi and Reid okayed stripping teachers of collective bargaining.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

70. Formerly SEIU, currently UFCW.

Married to SEIU. :toast: MKJ

[mikeargo]

71. Happy Labor Day

From a proud member of SEIU Local 1984 (NH State Employees)

[Canuckistanian]

72. Former member of two unions

UBC Local 27 (Toronto) and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Local 975.

In the former, I was a laborer in construction working for my father, making money for my tuition.

In the latter, well, that was a different story. I started a union in my workplace.

Working at my first job in electronics, I got fed up with our owner. It was a small company, about 40 people, with all job descriptions from cleaning staff to engineers.

But the boss was a real piece of work. He practically WAS Montgomery Burns - old, balding, money-grubbing, insulting and arrogant. He was filthy rich from the company, yet he ran an ad hoc lending business, making loans for his employees. He also owned about 20 houses and liked selling them (with his own mortgaging deal) to employees. He loved that. He also tried to pay a receptionist to have an abortion when she became pregnant and tried to pick physical fights with people on the shop floor.

He was terrible as a boss as well. An engineer once demanded that this boss institute a profit-sharing program in a public letter, because we were all paid so little, but the company was raking it in. The engineer was let go. His customers hated dealing with him so much, they banded together and threatened to stop buying from him.

So, one day, I just walked into the nearby C.E.P. union office and said, "How do I organize?".

Well, they took me in hand. They gave me an education in Labor law, signing up members and negotiating.
I had about half the signatures I needed when "Mr. Burns" found out. He came up to me, grabbed me by the collar and threatened me. I didn't back down.

The next day, I was fired. The reason? "We don't need this kind of trouble here". I left quietly, knowing I had the union at my back. The next week, the boss had a summons to appear at a Labor Rights Tribunal.

Long story short, I won the case, got my job back and the case of the unfair dismissal helped us get our certification. We even had a vote (even though we didn't need one) and we won anyways with a majority.

I ended up leaving the company (I hated the job, I just did it for the others who worked there) and got another position that was far better.

[mod mom]

73. Not a union worker but I worked with many fine ones during the '04 campaign &

my father was a teamster so I'd like to wish a BIG:

HAPPY LABOR DAY to all of them and thank them for their role in building this great country!

[nosmokes]

74. IATSE,#44, #122, AEA, AFTRA,IUOE #501

Ive never inderstood the reasoning of working people that are indifferent to unions.

[A HERETIC I AM]

75. Former Teamster, Local 299, Carhaul Division, Detroit, MI.

from late 1998 through 2000. Leaving the Union was one of many big mistakes i have made in my life.

[Snotcicles]

93. What Terminal did you work out of? nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

94. Woodhaven & Flat Rock mostly.. E&L Transport and Allied Automotive Group.

Hauled Exploreres and Navigators from Wayne Assembly for a while. Worked an overnight shift, moving 6 units per load down to a rail "Mixing Center" in Fostoria - 2 loads per night. About 220 miles round trip. Woodhaven distributed loads as far away as Southern OH/Northern KY, Western MD and as far west as the Quad cities.

Also hauled out of a yard in Canton, from the River Rouge facility and Wixom Assembly.

[Snotcicles]

95. Wow man, I pull out of Flat Rock , I work the short board at Allied nt

[DeepBlueC]

76. United Steelworkers of America Local 01998 District 06

That's University of Toronto staff.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

77. Not me but my father.

Secretary of Local 4-367, Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers, Pasadena Texas, in 1940. Age 29. Youngest secretary of a Local in their history. Now the OCAW Is called PACE.

Member of Pipefitters Local 227, Houston, Texas.

He raised money for the widows and orphans left behind after the great dual ship explosion (ammonium nitrate) at Texas City, Texas in April 1947.

Union organizer for OCAW in the 1930s. He told me about picketing at Crown Central Petroleum and if you showed up and picketed at a lockout, you got your head busted open by the cops, you got hauled off to jail, and your bail was $100.

Nobody had any money so Arthur Mandell's wife bailed everyone out. Arthur Mandell was the first labor lawyer in Houston. He started Mandell & Wright. The name is different now but the successor firm is still around doing employment law.

"I always figured if someone called me a communist, I was doing something right." -- Dad.

Here's to you, Dad, gone to that great union hall in the sky with all the other hard working folks who built this country and made sure we had 40-hour weeks, overtime, safety protections, and minimum wages thanks to FDR.


And you voted for Norman Thomas in 1932 for President. Ashtabula County wondered who that dirty commie was on the voter rolls!

[CANDO]

80. 18+ year Teamster. Local 429 - Reading, PA.

And counting!

[CatWoman]

81. Present!!

:hi:

:loveya:

[mitchtv]

82. CWA local 9410 Executive board member

transfered to a TIU (me too) union
left in '92

[Fading Captain]

83. Canadian Auto Workers/Teamsters

It was while I was a student. But I paid dues. Proudly.

[diane in sf]

84. AFL/CIO: AFT/CFT local 4269

[MattSh]

85. CWA, State of NJ

Left in 2005 to move to Europe and get married.

Hat's off to Union Members everywhere.

** Dang, no hat's off smiley. **

[ConsAreLiars]

86. OCAW, IE, UAW, GCIU, nowTeamsters. (nt)

[ismnotwasm]

87. WSNA

Here's to nurses everywhere-:patriot:

[Wapsie B]

88. Teamster here.

And UFCW too.

[cats4dems]

89. Former CWA member

I used to work as a database technician for SEIU (OPEU) local 503.

[Donna Zen]

90. NEA

and a union negotiator

[RubyDuby in GA]

91. Teamster wife

My hubby, Bezerko, is the Teamster.
Also, my grandmother is a Teamster. Ha! My 88 year old grandmother!

[GliderGuider]

92. National Farmers Union

www.nfu.ca

Supporting family farms and food sovereignty in Canada and across the world

[Upfront]

96. USWA

36.6 years. Held a Union office for most of that time. Had lots of fun and did some good. I will always be Union!!!!!!!!!!