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Table 2.XXI

NY City's Largest Local Unions

(by number of members)  

  Name Number of Members 2007 Groups Represented 2006 Dues Receipts
(in millions)
2006 Assets
(in millions)
1 1199 SEIU New York Health & Human Service 295,000 Healthcare workers, registered nurses, pharmacists, nursing/physician assistants, homecare/nursing home workers $120.40 $64.40
2 United Federation Teachers (UFT) Local 2 150,000 Nonsupervisory public school educators N/D¹ N/D
3 Local 32 BJ Service Employee International Union (SEIU) 85,000 Residential and commercial property service workers $49.80 $28.40
4 Transport Workers Union Local 100 39,975 Transport workers: bus&train operators, train conductors, motormen, station agents, tower operators $20.70 $44.30
5 IBEW Local Union 3 30,677 Construction, manufacturing, maintenance employees $1.80 $32.10
6 Unite Here Local 6 25,000 Hotel & private club employees $13.10 $13.70
7 New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association 24,000 Police officers N/D N/D
8 IBT Loca 237 22,914 School safety agents, hospital police officers, CUNY campus peace officers, NYC housing authority caretakers $11.70 $4.10
9 UFCW Local 1500 21,856 Grocery store and pharmacy workers $8.10 $27.70
10 Professional Staff Congress 20,956 CUNY faculty and professional staff $8.70 $6.90
11 AFTRA - NY Local 20,619 Actors, broadcasters, singers, dancers, sportscasters, disc jockeys and recording artists N/D N/D
12 OPEIU Local 153 18,556 Office, clerical, technical and professional employees $6.40 $0.80
13 AFSCME Local 1549 18,000 Clerical-administrative employees N/D N/D
14 RWDSU Local 338 14,000 Supermarket and retail pharmacy employees $5.00 $49.00
15 Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU Local 1957 12,500 Medical interns, residents&fellows at public&private teaching hospitals $7.60 $4.60
16 Council of School Supervisors 11,903 Principals, assistant principals, education administrators, daycare directors and assistant directors $9.60 $11.80
17 LIUNA Local 300 Mall Handlers 11,468 Mail handlers $2.80 $1.20
18 IBT Local 210 10,817 Airline employees, generic drug manufacturer employees, Costco employees $5.70 $7.50
19 CWA Local 1180 9,300 NYC government administrative workers, supervisors, nonprofit employees $2.10 $1.20
20 Uniformed Firefighters Association Local 94 9,000 Professional firefighters N/D N/D
21 Associated Musicians of Greater New York Local 802 8,981 Professional musicians $6.80 $7.30
22 AFSCME Local 389 8,740 Home care employees $0.20 $0.10
23 CWA Local 1101 8,197 Wireless & wire telecommunications, healthcare, education workers $5.50 $5.20
24 Laborers Local 79 8,132 Mason tenders, demolition workers $10.10 $11.10
25 Unite Here Local 100 7,707 Bartenders, cashiers, cooks, waiters & food service employees $2.90 $0.40
       
¹Not disclosed
       
Source:      
Crain's New York Businesses: Book of lists 2008

 

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