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UnionTotal MembersEst. Members Higher EdHigher Ed Percent of Total Membership (%)NotesSource for Estimate
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AFT1,690,000230,00014%
SUNY, CUNY, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, the State University System of Florida, and the Montana State University system unions account for 99,400 joint AFT and NEA represented workers.
https://www.aft.org/about/leadership/randi-weingarten
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NEA2,910,000150,0005%
SUNY, CUNY, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, the State University System of Florida, and the Montana State University system unions account for 99,400 joint AFT and NEA represented workers.
Calculations from data on other tabs of this sheet.
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SEIU1,838,000140,0008%
SEIU counts 60,000 workers in its Faculty Forward wing (half are in the California Faculty Association, ~2,300 are grad workers), and there are another 80,000+ campus staff members (calculations from other tabs on this sheet).
https://victories.seiufacultyforward.org/index.php/2019/
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UAW372,000100,00027%
Around 66,400 of the UAW higher education members are student workers, ~13,250 are postdocs or academic researchers, and ~5,000 are faculty. Total membership does not include the Student Researchers United (SRU-UAW) or other recent union recognition campaigns, accounting for around 20,000 workers.
https://uwresearchersunited.org/uaw-in-higher-education/
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AFSCME1,320,00092,7307%
Total higher ed membership is higher. There are not yot any easily accessible totals for higher ed members for this union.
Calculations from data on other tabs of this sheet.
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AAUP45,00045,000100%
The AAUP has many multi-union affiliates with AFT, NEA, and SEIU, such as the large Professional Staff Congress and California Faculty Association, accounting for over 81,000 members. 45,000 are solely AAUP members, according to 2020 Department of Labor disclosures, with 30,000 of those being collective bargaing chapters and 15,000 from advocacy chapters.
Calculations from data on other tabs of this sheet.
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CWA627,00032,0005%
CWA plans to drastically grow its higher ed membership.
https://www.statepress.com/article/2020/12/spcommunity-asu-workers-form-united-campus-workers-union# | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1naHucNVxHQWP1UxC4B2pFQdW9kl9enEkezu5FL47Ke8/edit#gid=0
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NNU157,00029,00018%
Total higher ed membership is likely somewhat higher. There are not yot any easily accessible totals for higher ed members for this union, especially since NYSNA affiliated with the NNU in fall of 2022.
Calculations from data on other tabs of this sheet.
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Teamsters1,020,00026,0003%
Total higher ed membership is likely somewhat higher. There are not yot any easily accessible totals for higher ed members for this union.
Calculations from data on other tabs of this sheet.
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USW537,00013,5003%
Currently organizing grads and staff UPitt; many campus service workers in Ontario, Canada have contracts.
https://www.pittgradunion.org/about-our-union.html
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UE35,00014,30041%
Total membership is likely somewhat higher. There are not yot any easily accessible totals for higher ed members for this union, especially considering a recent wave of successful new union recognition campaigns. The union membership will not increase until after first contracts are ratified.
Calculations from data on other tabs on this sheet.
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UNITE HERE!219,00011,2005%
Total union membership should drastically increase across 2022, following a return to tourism. Total higher ed membership is higher; there are not yot any easily accessible totals for higher ed members for this union.
Among other places, mostly on the coasts and in Chicago, UNITE HERE! represents 5,100 workers at Yale. Their website notes that they have members on 125 different campuses: https://unitehere.org/industry/food-service/
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OPEIU88,0002,7003%Estimate from staff.
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Current estimates of higher ed union representation, across occupations (data from other sheets):
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Staff480,000
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Faculty316,500
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Student Workers124,500
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Postdocs11,000
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Total932,000
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Other unions with potentially large campus union membership include the IFPTE, building trades unions (especially LIUNA, IBEW, and IUOE), and UFCW. Particularly important to know are the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC, 100,000 members), the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council (LA/OC BCTC, 100,000 members), and the Greater Boston Building Trades Council (Metro BTC, 35,000 members).
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Data created and maintained by WashU Undergraduate & Graduate Workers Union, last updated 7/31/2021. Email wugwu1@gmail.com with updates, corrections, complaints, or praises. Please cite us when using this data.
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Total national union membership numbers come from disclosures to the US Department of Labor (2020).
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