union salaries revisited

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 6 08:40:46 PST 2000


[The other day I posted some material on union presidents' salaries, provided by Michael Eisenscher. Michael has expanded the list to include Sweeney, as well as the average earnings of the occupations typically represented by each union. I took those numbers and computed a "bloat factor" - total salary and compensation for the bosses divided by the average workers' salaries. Where multiple occupations were given, I used the highest earnings to compute the bloat factor, in order to appear reasonable and conservative. The first panel of the table includes salaries and is sorted by bloat factor; the second panel shows the occupations and earnings used to compute the bloat factor.]

AFL-CIO Salaries and Benefits/Allowences for 1998

compen- bloat union/president salary benefits sation factor

LIUNA, Arthur A. Coia 335,674 86,120 421,794 15.5 HERE, John Wilhelm 280,793 30,700 311,493 15.0 BSOIW, Jake West 196,390 184,750 381,140 11.6 UFCW, Douglas H. Dority 264,152 58,167 322,319 10.6 AFSCME, Gerald McEntee 352,404 16,800 369,204 10.0 AFT, Sandra Feldman 246,563 94,932 341,495 9.5 UNITE, Jay Mazur 196,462 54,796 251,258 9.5 NEA, Robert F. Chase 196,427 94,049 290,476 8.1 UBC, Douglas J. McCarron 194,250 28,700 222,950 7.8 IUOE, Frank Hanley 231,237 15,600 246,837 7.4 SEIU, Andrew Stern 215,218 7,800 223,018 6.1 AFL-CIO, John J. Sweeney 199,750 7,250 207,000 5.8 IBEW, J.J. Barry 198,533 198,533 5.5 IAM, R.T. Buffenbarger 142,801 57,871 200,672 5.2 UWSA, George F. Becker 131,499 22,432 153,931 4.3 CWA, Morton Bahr 152,762 9,556 162,318 3.9 ALPA, Randolph Babbitt 314,995 34,000 348,995 3.8 AFGE, Bobby L. Harnage 122,746 15,109 137,855 3.7 UAW, Stephen P. Yokich 112,608 6,900 119,508 3.1 UMW, Cecil Roberts 96,224 3,960 100,184 2.5

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earnings & occupations used to compute bloat factor; where multiple earnings are listed, the highest was used

AFSCME, Gerald McEntee 37,076 all public, including fedl.

LIUNA, Arthur A. Coia 27,196 misc. construction trades

ALPA, Randolph Babbitt 92,768 pilots & navigators

HERE, John Wilhelm 20,800 hotel/motel

14,872 eating places

UFCW, Douglas H. Dority 30,420 wholesale food

17,576 grocery stores

AFT, Sandra Feldman 35,805 K-12 teachers

IUOE, Frank Hanley 33,200 heavy equipment operators

SEIU, Andrew Stern 36,608 registered nurses

33,072 all hospital workers

21,996 residential care

20,852 all social services

16,016 janitors

AFL-CIO, John J. Sweeney 35,932 all union members

30,004 all workers

IBEW, J.J. Barry 36,296 electricians

UNITE, Jay Mazur 26,364 misc. textile mills

25,428 finished textiles

21,840 apparel

NEA, Robert F. Chase 35,805 K-12 teachers

BSOIW, Jake West 32,916 structural metal workers

UBC, Douglas J. McCarron 28,496 carpenters

CWA, Morton Bahr 41,392 telecom workers

IAM, R.T. Buffenbarger 38,749 air transport

27,976 auto mechanics

47,802 aircraft mechanics

UWSA, George F. Becker 36,083 iron & steel blast furnace & forges

AFGE, Bobby L. Harnage 37,076 all public workers

UAW, Stephen P. Yokich 38,636 motor vehicles & equipt.

UMW, Cecil Roberts 40,196 coal mining

* worker incomes were computed by multiplying average weekly earnings X 52; where several occupations were combined (i.e., teachers), weighted averages were computed; in most cases, occupations and in all cases industry figures include management and supervisors, and unless specified (Sweeney), include both represented and unrepresented employees.

Source of worker earnings: Union Membership and Earnings Data Book, Bureau of National Affairs, 1999.



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