Cheers, Ken Hanly
Doug Henwood wrote:
> [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
>
> _____________________________________________________________
>
> 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.