Dept of Labor censors union publication

[J Cullen]

Texas has an active AFL-CIO which does the best it can, given the 
general antipathy towards unions. The old Oil, Chemical and Atomic 
Workers union, which was one of the main supporters of the Labor 
Party, is now part of PACE (Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & 
Energy Workers International Union) after merging with the paper 
workers' union a few years ago, and the new union seems less 
progressive. Other large unions in the state include CWA (SBC and 
AT&T), UAW (there's a couple car assembly plants in Texas), 
Teamsters, Service Employees, AFSCME, Texas State Employees Union 
(AFGE affiliate, I think), Texas State Teachers Association (NEA 
affiliate) and I think the aerospace plants in Dallas/Fort Worth are 
Machinists. Those are the main ones you see represented at the 
Legislature.


>On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 at 11:36am Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>>  Brian O. Sheppard wrote:
>>
>>  >(Texas AFL-CIO eNews)
>>
>>  Just how many union members are there in Texas? My
>>  cliched Yankee image is 0, but it's obviously a positive
>>  number. So how many?
>
>I don't know the answer to your question, but remember the
>oil/chemical industry around Houston is heavily unionized
>because the big oil companies are largely unionized.  The
>living wage campaign in Houston a few years ago was
>organized and lead by the local AFL-CIO.  The old Oil,
>Chemical & Atomic Workers Union, which is a pretty militant
>union, has a presence here.  (I say 'old', because I think
>they merged w/ another union a few years ago and changed
>their name.)
>
>But I do take your point; I am always a little surprised
>when I see a pickup truck go by with a pro-union label on
>it.
>
>
>
>--
>no Onan