IBEW 658,812 members in 2014 – down from 740,869 in 2002
Laborers 557,999 members in 2013 – down from 795,335 in 2002
Operating Engineers 379,597 in 2013 – down from 388,526 in 2002
UA 329,954 in 2014 – up from 324,349 in 2002 NOTE: The UA is the union with the highest attendance in the Labor Rising Program.
SMART 202,960 in 2013 – 151,257 in 2002 – down to 134,335 in 2012 and then merged with United Transportation Union to rise to 202,960 in 2013.
Ironworkers 123,906 in 2014 – down from 135,072 in 2002
IUPAT 103,858 in 2013 – down from 115,511 in 2002
BAC 76,233 in 2013 – down from 101,823 in 2002
Boilermakers 54,798 in 2014 – down from 79,892 in 2002
OPCMIA 37,932 in 2013 – down from 40,396 in 2002
IUEC 24,916 in 2014 – down from 26,693 in 2002
Insulators 22,277 in 2013 – up from 22,200 in 2002
Roofers 20,617 in 2014 – down from 21,777 in 2002
Data provided by Office of Labor-Management Standards
Record levels of dollars spent on total construction from 2002 to 4th Quarter of 2008, and since 2008 total dollars spent in construction is nearly 1 Trillion Dollars.
https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/c30index.html
Top 3 skills needed in construction today are welding – and is keeping the UA & IW somewhat in the mix, electrical workers and hvac techs.
Top 3 areas of recruitment by non-union is welder, electrical – these 2 trade places as 1 & 2 and #3 is hvac.
Time for a change Brothers and Sisters – and not on the margins!!
Danny L Caliendo
Organizer
Labor Rising Group
