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Table 1. Number of private industry major collective bargaining agreements(1) and
Table 2. Calendar of major collective bargaining activity in private industry, 1996
Table 3. Private industry collective bargaining agreements covering 5,000 or more workers expiring or reopening
Table 3. Private industry collective bargaining agreements covering 5,000 or more workers expiring or reopening
Historical, technical data: USDL: 95-322
Janice Devine (202) 606-6276 For Release: 10:00 A.M. EDT
William Davis (202) 606-6282 Tuesday, August 22, 1995
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BARGAINING ACTIVITY IN 1996
Contract expirations and reopenings in 1996 will affect 1.7
million workers under major collective bargaining agreements (those
covering 1,000 or more workers) in private industry, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, reported today. These workers
account for almost one-third (32 percent) of the 5.4 million workers under
all major agreements, a slightly lower proportion than in 1995 when
scheduled bargaining affected 35 percent of the covered workers.
Industries on the 1996 bargaining calendar that account for major
concentrations of workers are: Transportation equipment manufacturing,
primarily automobiles (471,000 workers); construction (319,000 workers);
wholesale and retail trade (226,000 workers); and primary metals
manufacturing (94,000 workers). (See table 1.)
Bargaining will be heaviest in the second and third quarters of
the year, when contracts for 68 percent of the 1.7 million workers expire
or reopen. (See table 2.) The year begins with contract expirations for
marine cargo handlers on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and for workers at
major oil refineries. In the Spring, the construction industry will
dominate the bargaining calendar. Steel industry contracts can be reopened
in August for wage and benefit changes, and agreements at General Motors,
Ford, and Chrysler expire in September. Workers in food stores,
particularly in southern California, go to the bargaining table in October.
The year closes with the December reopening of the bituminous coal industry
contract for wage and benefit discussions.
Agreements covering 5,000 or more workers account for 58 percent
of the 1.7 million workers slated for bargaining in 1996. (See table 3.)
This release is based on information available through July 31,
1995. A preliminary listing of all major agreements in private industry
expiring or reopening in 1996 appears in the August 1995 issue of
Compensation and Working Conditions. A more detailed account of 1996
bargaining, including information for the public sector, is planned for the
January 1996 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. The 1996 Bargaining
Calendar bulletin, a final listing of all major agreements expiring or
reopening in 1996, is scheduled for publication in late December 1995.
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Table 1. Number of private industry major collective bargaining agreements(1) and
workers with scheduled 1996 expirations and reopenings, by industry (preliminary)
[Workers in thousands]
_______________________________________________________________________________
| |
| 1996 expirations | Total
| and reopenings |
|___________________|__________________
Industry | | | |
| Number | | Number |
| of | Workers | of | Workers
| agree- | covered | agree- | covered
| ments | | ments |
________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|________
| | | |
Total.................................| 411 | 1,741 | 1,222 | 5,431
| | | |
Manufacturing.....................| 139 | 760 | 409 | 1,624
Food and kindred products...............| 16 | 35 | 60 | 147
Stone, clay, glass, and concrete........| 8 | 26 | 13 | 32
Primary metals..........................| 23 | 94 | 40 | 125
Electronic and other electric equipment.| 7 | 34 | 33 | 177
Transportation equipment................| 29 | 465 | 68 | 656
Other manufacturing.....................| 56 | 106 | 195 | 487
| | | |
| | | |
Nonmanufacturing...................| 272 | 981 | 813 | 3,807
Mining..................................| 6 | 78 | 8 | 81
Construction............................| 121 | 319 | 342 | 1,002
Water transportation....................| 11 | 34 | 13 | 39
Airlines................................| 9 | 70 | 30 | 202
Other transportation....................| 4 | 10 | 36 | 508
Communications..........................| 7 | 27 | 35 | 461
Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 25 | 73 | 71 | 201
Wholesale and retail trade..............| 42 | 226 | 140 | 713
Finance, insurance, and real estate.....| 8 | 22 | 27 | 137
Services, except health services........| 26 | 84 | 69 | 283
Health services.........................| 13 | 37 | 42 | 180
________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|________
1 Agreements covering 1,000 or more workers in private nonagricultural industry.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Table 2. Calendar of major collective bargaining activity in private industry, 1996
(preliminary)
[Workers in thousands]
____________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Agreement |
| expirations or |
| scheduled wage |
Month | reopenings(1) | Principal industries
|___________________|
| | |
| Number | Workers |
| | covered |
______________________|_________|_________|_________________________________
| | |
| | |
Total.............| 411 | 1,741 |
| | |
January...............| 35 | 70 | Marine cargo handling, petroleum
February..............| 17 | 53 | Transportation equipment manufact-
uring
March.................| 40 | 119 | Construction, glass containers
April.................| 35 | 103 | Construction
May...................| 76 | 192 | Construction, food stores, alumi-
num
June..................| 67 | 190 | Construction, gas and electric
utilities
July..................| 21 | 66 | (2)
August................| 26 | 127 | Steel
September.............| 29 | 506 | Automobiles, food stores
October...............| 25 | 143 | Food stores
November..............| 17 | 40 | (2)
December..............| 23 | 132 | Bituminous coal mining
______________________|_________|_________|_______________________________________
1 Agreements covering 1,000 or more workers in private nonagricultural industry.
2 No single industry accounts for a substantial proportion of the workers.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Table 3. Private industry collective bargaining agreements covering 5,000 or more workers expiring or reopening
in 1996, by month (preliminary)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Number of | Industrial
Month of agreement expiration or scheduled wage reopening and contracting parties | workers | classification
| | code
__________________________________________________________________________________________|___________|________________
| |
| |
Total:(1) 61 situations............................................................| 1,011,224 |
| |
February | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 22,200 |
| |
| |
Litton Industries, Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding (Pascagoula) - MTC - (MS) ................| 7,800 | 37
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (upstate New York) - IBEW - (NY) ............................| 8,400 | 49
United Technologies Corp., Sikorsky Aircraft Div. (Bridgeport and Stratford) - IBT - | |
(CT) ................................................................................| 6,000 | 37
| |
March | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 58,470 |
| |
| |
General Telephone Co. of California (southern California) - CWA - (CA) .................| 11,000 | 48
Kaiser-Permanente (Los Angeles and Orange counties) - SEIU - (CA) ......................| 11,415 | 80
Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Co. (Marietta) - IAM - (GA) .......................| 5,700 | 37
Owens-Illinois, Inc. - GMPPAW - (OH) ...................................................| 9,043 | 32
Southern California Gas Co. - UWU and ICU - (CA) .......................................| 6,200 | 49
United Airlines (flight attendants) - AFA - (Interstate) ...............................| 15,112 | 45
| |
April | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 46,250 |
| |
| |
Building Contractors Assn. of New Jersey - LIUNA - (NJ) ................................| 9,500 | 15
Building Contractors Assn. of New Jersey - CJA - (NJ) ..................................| 15,000 | 15
Pipe Line Contractors Assn. - PPF - (Interstate) .......................................| 6,250 | 16
Pipeline Contractors Assn. - LIUNA - (Interstate) ......................................| 10,000 | 16
USAir (pilots) - ALPA - (Interstate) ...................................................| 5,500 | 45
| |
May | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 58,000 |
| |
| |
Aluminum Co. of America - ABGW - (Interstate) ..........................................| 5,700 | 33
Aluminum Co. of America - USA - (Interstate) ...........................................| 5,300 | 33
Building Contractors Assn., and Construction League of Indianapolis - CJA - (IN) .......| 5,000 | 15
Electrical Contractors Assn. of the City of Chicago - IBEW - (IL) ......................| 8,500 | 17
King Sooper Stores (grocery depts.--Denver) - UFCW - (CO) ..............................| 6,500 | 54
Kroger Food Stores (Dallas-Ft. Worth) - UFCW - (TX) ....................................| 7,500 | 54
McDonnell Douglas Corp. (St. Louis) - IAM - (MO) .......................................| 8,000 | 37
Mechanical Contractors Assn. - PPF - (IL and IN) .......................................| 6,500 | 17
Pipeline Contractors Assn. - IUOE - (Interstate) .......................................| 5,000 | 16
| |
June | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 58,610 |
| |
| |
AGC (northern California) - IUOE - (CA) ................................................| 8,500 | 16
AGC, and others (Detroit) - CJA - (MI) .................................................| 5,500 | 15
Building Construction Agreement (New York City) - CJA - (NY) ...........................| 20,000 | 15
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. - IBEW and UWU - (NY) ........................| 12,310 | 49
Continental (flight attendants) - IAM - (Interstate) ...................................| 6,800 | 45
Georgia Power Co. - IBEW - (GA) ........................................................| 5,500 | 49
| |
July | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 38,750 |
| |
| |
A & P Tea Co., Inc. (New York City area) - UFCW - (Interstate) .........................| 8,000 | 54
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (Los Angeles) - IATSE - (CA) .......| 17,000 | 78
General Telephone Co. of Florida (Tampa and St. Petersburg areas) - IBEW - (VA) ........| 5,800 | 48
Pacific Maritime Assn. - ILWU - (Interstate) ...........................................| 7,950 | 44
| |
August | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 84,928 |
| |
| |
Bethlehem Steel Corp. - USA - (Interstate) .............................................| 10,000 | 33
Cotton Garment Negotiating Group - UNITE - (Interstate) ................................| 11,000 | 23
Inland Steel Co. - USA - (Interstate) ..................................................| 8,000 | 33
LTV Steel Co. - USA - (Interstate) .....................................................| 10,300 | 33
Maintenance Contractors of New England (building service--Boston area) - SEIU - (MA) ...| 8,500 | 73
Nabisco Brands, Inc. - BCTW - (Interstate) .............................................| 7,000 | 20
National Steel Corp. - USA - (Interstate) ..............................................| 6,700 | 33
Northwest Airlines (flight attendants) - IBT - (Interstate) ............................| 8,300 | 45
USX Corp. (production and maintenance) - USA - (Interstate) ............................| 15,128 | 33
__________________________________________________________________________________________|___________|________________
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 3. Private industry collective bargaining agreements covering 5,000 or more workers expiring or reopening
in 1996, by month (preliminary) - Continued
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Number of | Industrial
Month of agreement expiration or scheduled wage reopening and contracting parties | workers | classification
| | code
__________________________________________________________________________________________|___________|________________
| |
| |
September | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 457,110 |
| |
| |
Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers (videotape) - IATSE - (CA) .................| 7,000 | 78
Chrysler Corp. (hourly employees) - UAW - (Interstate) .................................| 51,110 | 37
Chrysler Corp. (salaried employees) - UAW - (Interstate) ...............................| 5,000 | 37
Cleveland Food Industry Committee (grocery depts.) - UFCW - (OH) .......................| 8,500 | 54
Dominicks Finer Foods (north central states) - UFCW - (Interstate) .....................| 8,500 | 54
Ford Motor Co. - UAW - (Interstate) ....................................................| 95,000 | 37
General Motors Corp. - IUE - (Interstate) ..............................................| 22,000 | 36
General Motors Corp. - UAW - (Interstate) ..............................................| 240,000 | 37
Giant Food Inc. - UFCW - (DC area) .....................................................| 12,000 | 54
Safeway Inc. - UFCW - (DC area) ........................................................| 8,000 | 54
| |
October | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 99,557 |
| |
| |
Food Employers Council, Inc. (clerks--southern California)) - UFCW - (CA) ..............| 73,000 | 54
Food Employers Council, Inc. (meat department employees--southern California) - UFCW - | |
(CA) ................................................................................| 7,000 | 54
Northwest Airlines (mechanics and ground service) - IAM - (Interstate) .................| 7,842 | 45
Northwest Airlines (office and clerical) - IAM - (Interstate) ..........................| 11,715 | 45
| |
December | |
| |
Total...........................................................................| 87,349 |
| |
| |
Amtrak - TCU - (Interstate) ............................................................| 5,535 | 40
AGC, BTEA of Boston and Eastern Mass., Inc. - LIUNA - (MA) .............................| 5,500 | 15
Bituminous Coal Operators Assn. - UMW - (Interstate) ...................................| 60,000 | 12
Independent Bituminous Coal Bargaining Alliance - UMW - (Interstate) ...................| 7,500 | 12
USAir (flight attendants) - AFA - (Interstate) .........................................| 8,814 | 45
__________________________________________________________________________________________|___________|________________
1 There are no contract expirations or scheduled wage reopenings in January and November 1996 for contracts covering
5,000 or more workers.
NOTE: Employment figures are those existing at the time of the last collective bargaining settlement.
Appendix: Key to Employer and Union Abbreviations
and Industrial Classification Codes
Employer abbreviations
AGC Associated General Contractors
BTEA Building Trades Employers Association
NECA National Electrical Contractors Association
PDCA Painting and Decorating Contractors Association
SMACC Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors
SMCA Sheet Metal Contractors Association
Union abbreviations
ABGW Aluminum, Brick and Glass Workers
AEA Actors' Equity
AFA Flight Attendants
AFGM Grain Millers
AFGW Flint Glass Workers
AFM Musicians
AFSCME State, County and Municipal Employees
AFT American Federation of Teachers
AFTRA Television and Radio Artists
AIW Allied Industrial Workers
ALPA Air Line Pilots
ANA (Ind.) American Nurses' Association
ASPEP (Ind.) Association of Scientists and Professional
Engineering Personnel
ATD Train Dispatchers (Affiliated with the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in 1991.)
ATU Amalgamated Transit Union
BAC Bricklayers
BBF Boilermakers
BCTW Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers
BLE Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
BMWE Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
BRS Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
BSOIW Iron Workers
CA-SEA California School Employees
CJA Carpenters and Joiners
CWA Communications Workers
DA (Ind.) Doctors Associations
DGA (Ind.) Directors Guild
DHHCE Local 1199 of the Drug, Hospital
and Health Care Employees Union
(Broke with the Retail, Wholesale, and
Department Store Union in 1991.)
DWW Distillery Workers
EAA (Ind.) Engineers and Architects
FNHP Federation of Nurses and Health Care
Professionals
FOP (Ind.) Fraternal Order of Police
GCIU Graphic Communications
GMPPAW Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied
Workers (In 1988, the Molders Union merged with
the Glass, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers to
form the GMPPAW.)
HHCE Hospital and Health Care Employees
HERE Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees
IAM Machinists
IAFF Fire Fighters
IATSE Theatrical Stage Employees
IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers
IBFO Firemen and Oilers
IBT Teamsters
ICW Chemical Workers
ILA Longshoremen's Association
ILWU Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
IUE Electronic Workers
IUMSW Marine and Shipbuilding Workers (Merged into
the Machinists' Union in 1989.)
IUOE Operating Engineers
IUPA Police Associations
IWA Woodworkers
IWNA Independent Workers of North America
(Affiliated with the Paperworkers in 1991.)
LDC Laundry and Dry Cleaning Workers
LGPN Leather Goods, Plastic and Novelty Workers
LIUNA Laborers
MEBA Marine Engineers (Merged with the National
Maritime Union in 1988; disaffiliated in 1994.)
MESA Mechanics Educational Society
MTC Metal Trades Council
NABET Broadcast Employees and Technicians
(Affiliated with the Communications
Workers in 1992.)
NEA (Ind.) National Education Association
NMU National Maritime Union (Merged with
the Marine Engineers in 1988; disaffiliated in
1994.)
NPW Novelty and Production Workers
OCAW Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
OPCM Plasterers and Cement Masons
OPEIU Office and Professional Employees
PAT Painters
PBA (Ind.) Police Benevolent Association
PNHA (Ind.) Physicians Housestaff
PPF Plumbers and Pipe Fitters
RWAW Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers
RWDSU Retail, Wholesale and Department Store (Merged
with the Service Employees International Union in
1993.)
RYA Railroad Yardmasters (Merged with the
United Transportation Union in 1985.)
SAG Screen Actors Guild
SEIU Service Employees
SFAAW Stove Workers
SIU Seafarers
SMW Sheet Metal Workers
TCU Transportation Communications Union
TDA Train Dispatchers
TNG Newspaper Guild
TWU Transport Workers
UAW Automobile Workers
UE (Ind.) United Electrical Workers
UFCW United Food and Commercial Workers
UMW United Mine Workers (Reaffiliated
with the AFL-CIO in 1989.)
UNITE Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees
(Formed when the Clothing and Textile Workers and
the Ladies' Garment Workers merged in 1995.)
UPIU Paperworkers
URW Rubber Workers (Merged with the Steelworkers
in 1995.)
USA Steelworkers
UTU United Transportation Union
UTW Telegraph Workers (Merged with the
Communications Workers in 1986.)
UTWA Textile Workers
UWU Utility Workers
WCIW Western Council of Industrial Workers
(Chartered by the Carpenters and Joiners.)
WPPW (Ind.) Western Pulp and Paper Workers
NOTE: Unions are affiliated with the AFL-CIO, except where noted as
independent (Ind.). Union abbreviations are based on the name at the time
the latest contract was negotiated. Later changes in name, organization,
or affiliation are also listed.
Standard Industrial Classification Codes
Code Title
10 Metal mining
12 Coal mining
13 Oil and gas extraction
14 Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic
minerals, except fuels
15 Building construction--general contractors
16 Construction other than building
construction--general contractors
17 Construction--special trade contractors
20 Food and kindred products
21 Tobacco manufactures
22 Textile mill products
23 Apparel and other finished products
made from fabrics and similar materials
24 Lumber and wood products, except furniture
25 Furniture and fixtures
26 Paper and allied products
27 Printing, publishing, and allied industries
28 Chemicals and allied products
29 Petroleum refining and related industries
30 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
31 Leather and leather products
32 Stone, clay, glass, and products
33 Primary metal industries
34 Fabricated metal products, except machinery
and transportation equipment
35 Industrial and commercial machinery and
computer equipment
36 Electronic and other electrical
equipment and components, except
computer equipment
37 Transportation equipment
38 Measuring, analyzing, and controlling
instruments;
photographic and optical goods; watches and
clocks
39 Miscellaneous industries
40 Railroad transportation
41 Local and suburban transit and interurban
transportation
42 Motor freight transportation and warehousing
44 Water transportation
45 Transportation by air
48 Communications
49 Electric, gas, and sanitary services
50 Wholesale trade--durable goods
51 Wholesale trade--nondurable goods
52 Retail trade--building materials, hardware, and
garden supplies
53 Retail trade--general merchandise
54 Retail trade--food stores
55 Retail trade--automotive dealers and gasoline
service stations
56 Retail trade--apparel and accessory stores
57 Retail trade--furniture, home furnishings, and
equipment stores
58 Retail trade--eating and drinking places
59 Retail trade--miscellaneous retail stores
60 Depository institutions
61 Nondepository credit institutions
62 Security and commodity brokers, dealers,
exchanges, and services
63 Insurance carriers
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and service
65 Real estate
67 Holding and other investment offices
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other
lodging places
72 Personal services
73 Business services
75 Automotive repair services and parking
76 Miscellaneous repair services
78 Motion pictures
79 Amusement and recreation services
80 Health services
81 Legal services
82 Educational services
83 Social services
84 Museums, art galleries, and botanical and
zoological gardens
86 Membership organizations
89 Miscellaneous services
98 State government
99 Local government