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There are no accurate reports on how many of the 800,000 sworn officers are members of a police union. The best estimate would be 75-80 percent; that would rank police officers with firefighters as having the highest unionization rates in the United States. [1] The New York City Police Department is the largest in the country. With roughly ...
The police strike chilled union interest in the public sector in the 1920s. The major exception was the emergence of unions of public school teachers in the largest cities; they formed the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), affiliated with the AFL.
The first police unions formed in the United States. Shortly after World War I, the rising cost of living, wage reductions, concerns over amount of rest and growing dissatisfaction among rank and file police officers led to a number of police strikes from 1918–1923 and the formation of police unions globally. [1]
The unionization rate for public-sector employees, including government workers, teachers and police, was far higher, at 32.5%. US unions flexed their muscles last year, but membership rates fall ...
In the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, news reports have suggested that police unions bear some of the responsibility for the violence perpetrated ...
1. National Education Association of the United States (NEA) Total membership: 3,002,516 Description: Public school employees including but not limited to teachers, education support professionals ...
Police unions in the United States (19 P) Postal trade unions in the United States (1 C, 8 P) S. Service Employees International Union (2 C, 36 P)
United States Postal Service mail delivery workers in urban areas. 2016: NALC: American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) 1932 289,023 Miscellaneous U.S. federal government workers. 2012: AFGE: American Postal Workers Union (APWU) 1971 286,700 United States Postal Service workers other than letter carriers. APWU