In Honor of LABOR DAY: Union Members Past & Present Check In!

[Zomby Woof]

National Education Association

National Treasury Employees Union

:patriot:

Cued up Woody Guthrie's Mo Asch Recordings, Vol. 3, "Hard Travelin'", which is chock full of union songs. We also went to a nearby neighborhood Labor Day parade, and saluted the local unions!

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Meat Cutters union when I worked in a Grocery store in Rhode Island! present and acctd for! NT

[patrice]

2. NEA says Gobama!

[Madam Mossfern]

3. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

even though I'm a social worker...go figure :shrug:

[teamster633]

4. Local 633

30 year Teamster as of May.

[Breeze54]

5. Labor Day is for ALL workers but

I was once an IBEW member and both my oldest sons are currently members of IBEW. ;)

[Zomby Woof]

12. Absolutely

ALL workers. Currently, I am in a non-union job myself. But I like to give a special shout-out to our union brothers and sisters, whose numbers continue to be endangered these days. Labor Day was created in recognition of all workers, but unions are what made possible many of the benefits we now take for granted - 8 hour workdays, OT pay, minimum wage laws, etc. Next up: Single Payer Health Care!

[Bluzmann57]

6. Present Boilermaker here

V.P. of our local. Former BC&T and also former Machinists Union as well. Union proud! Went to a local Labor Day parade. Came home and took a nap. It's hot outside. Paid time off today courtesy of Organized Labor.

[Generic Other]

7. AFT

American Federation of Teachers for OBAMA!!

:patriot:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. NALC and APWU

[Romulox]

23. Solidarity! LOL

"The sad fact is that the United States can no longer compete on the world market without cutting the cost of labor..."

Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-01-08 03:06 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3894948#3898729

:eyes:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. Well? Let's see your arguments.

Or, are you going to sing a refrain of "Solidarity Forever" while claiming to be some kind of hotshot defender of the working class?

[Snotcicles]

9. Teamster here. nt

[frebrd]

10. Amalgamated Transit Union

Local 1555 - 1976 to 1989

Happy Labor Day!

[mitchtv]

11. CWA 9410

steward and former e board member, also TIU member and steward

[Vincardog]

13. National Maritime Union

[RoccoR5955]

14. CSEA Local 1000 member checking in!

:kick:
I have been a member of this union for 20 years.
Long live the unions.
The world's people are better because of unions!

[MercutioATC]

15. National Air Traffic Controllers Association

www.natca.com

[mokawanis]

16. AFSCMS Local 13

in Madison WI. Local 13 represents employees at a psychiatric hospital.

note: I screwed up the name...lol...should be AFSCME

[eyesroll]

17. Former NEA here.

:patriot:

I marched in the parade today with the National Lawyers Guild, which is not a union but a progressive bar association, and many NLG members represent unions and union members.

[ogneopasno]

18. Newspaper Guild.

There. I said it. Also National Writers Union, AFL-CIO.

Share a house with a UTU member. UNION ALL THE WAY.

[LiberalEsto]

19. NY-NJ Newspaper Guild

Back in the late 1970s

[kevsand]

20. I've been in a few...

United Food and Commercial Workers
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees
Communication Workers of America

Currently in an unaffiliated local organization, but we are talking about affiliating with either the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers or the Association of Federal, State, County, and Municipal Employees.

Today: the whole family marched in the local Labor Day parade; I walked with the dems, while davsand and material girl walked with Jobs With Justice. Afterwards we went to our local Central Labor Council picnic. Good day...

[countryjake]

21. Proud former member of the IAM, ILGWU, and TWU!

strike won for Union recognition

and shop steward!


ORGANIZE!

UNIONIZE!

[elfin]

22. AFT here - in one of the first

picket lines of teachers in Michigan -nearly got pic in US News and World Report, but they shot the part of the line just in front of me. A true brush with fame?

Management family furious.

[blockhead]

24. 18+ years,

Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

[Ikonoklast]

26. AMCandBW Local 427, joined 1974 aged 18

Merged with UFCW Local 880, was a member for 24 years.

Also, was an occasional with the Teamsters, a couple different locals over the years.

You got today off courtesy of our brothers and sisters that DIED for Labor Rights.

[A HERETIC I AM]

27. Former Teamster, Local 299, Detroit, MI. n/t

[knitter4democracy]

28. CHALTA in 1999-2000 school year.

The lay teacher union in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.

May we all remember Joe Hill and those who fought and died for our rights.

[Crabby Appleton]

29. Former Teamster & Steelworker here

[justgamma]

30. Proud, 36 year member of the IAM !

International Association of Machinists.

:patriot:

[countryjake]

35. Kick for the Union!

[GrantDem]

31. Proud IBEW family here...

[Graybeard]

32. Retired. 40 yrs with SEIU.

Thanks to the contracts negotiated by my union I had a living wage, health care and other benefits. Union pension now allows me to enjoy my retirement. God bless all of the men and women who fought for the rights of workers in America!

[rucky]

33. UFCW

:applause:

[BarbaRosa]

34. Former Operating Engineers -IUOE-

folks here, Copper Mining.

[High Plains]

36. Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of America

May it rest it piece. The companies broke the back of the union in the 1970s and 1980s, and wages have never come back. And it was mostly red-blooded, all-American scabs that helped.

[unkachuck]

37. a former....

....proud member of Local 1307 UAW and Local 354 Boilermakers checking in....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. SEIU Local 535...American Red Cross...

I was also a union rep on the negotiation team back in the day!

It was fascinating to see labor/management struggle over the issues...


:patriot:

[roguevalley]

39. Teamsters, American Federation of Teachers, national education

association (agency fee) and the Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Workers union

Teamsters, IBEW and others in the family too.

[Lifelong Protester]

40. NEA, Teamsters, and

I was among the first women in St. Paul (yes, the temporary police state St. Paul) to be a member of the Brotherhood of Construction Laborers.. I recall I crossed out the title "Brother" in front of my name on the card and wrote in "Sister".

[mulsh]

41. CWA, IAU, Culinary Union & Musician's Union

The CWA - Communications Workers of American and IAU-International Association of Machinists were two of the best organizations, I suppose it is because of worker participation. Although I'm retired I'm still involved in some aspects of the CWA.

The Culinary Union local was one of the most corrupt locals of its time(late 1970's). the president, vice president, treasurer and secretary were all conviceted of extortion, pimping and pandering and embezzlement the feds took it over and eventually the local merged with the SEIU and on the up and up these days.

The Musician's Union catered to jazz and big band musicians by the time I joined. since I was playing in rock n roll, soul and blues bands at small venues it really didn't benefit me in any way. The older guys I knew who were member had some great stories. I had a card and paid dues but never got any gigs through them.

my dad organized for the CWA and was a member of about 10 different unions.

[Lugnut]

42. PSEA/NEA retired

DH is a current member of UMWA Dist 2 for 40+ years. Thanks to unions Labor Day 2008 was a paid holiday for him and his fellow union members.

[Popol Vuh]

43. ILWU local 13

Happy labor day everybody, and I would like to use this post to say THANKS HARRY!

:patriot:

[Faux pas]

44. CSEA (Calif State Employees Assoc.), retired and still paying dues.

SEIU Oregon caregiver.

Union: The Only Way To Work.

[Oldtimeralso]

45. IBEW

Retired but still a dues paying member,

[REP]

46. TIU