Union

Membership

National Education Association (NEA)

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)

The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Workers (AFSCME)

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

United Steelworkers

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of

America (UAW)

3.0 million

2.0 million

1.7 million

1.4 million

1.6 million

1.3 million

775,000

625,000

569,000

408,000

TABLE 14.6 The Largest American Unions in 2021 (Source: U.S. Department of Labor and individual union websites)

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