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  Union Endorsement Scorecard
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Last EditedRP  Nov 07, 2003 06:40pm
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DescriptionStolen from DailyKOS, cleaned up (put into a table html format)

All numbers are thousands of members unless otherwise noted.  Membership data comes from multiple sources and is approximate only.

AFL-CIO
Service Employees International Union 1,600 Dean
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 1,500 Dean
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1,500 Gephardt
Kerry - Chicago Local
United Food and Commercial Workers  1,400 Gephardt
American Federation of Teachers 1,000  
Laborers International Union of America 800 Gephardt
International Machinists and Aerospace Workers 780 Gephardt
United Auto Workers 746 No Endorsement;
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 727  
United Steelworkers of America 700 Gephardt
Communications Workers of America 630  
Carpenters 525  
Int'l Union of Operating Engineers 360
American Postal Workers Union 350  
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Int'l Union 350  
PACE International Union 320 Gephardt
National Ass'n of Letter Carriers 313  
Plumbers 307  
Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters 250 Kerry - MA Local?
Lieberman - CT Local
Needletrades (UNITE) 250  
American Federation of Government Employees 197  
Amalgamated Transit Union 165 Gephardt
Graphic Communications International Union 150  
Sheet Metal Workers 150  
United Transportation Union 135  
Iron Workers 135 Gephardt
United Mine Workers of America 130  
Painters and Allied Trades 130 Dean
Office and Professional Employees 130 Gephardt
American Federation of Musicians 125  
Bakery, etc. Workers 125 Gephardt
Transportation Workers of America 125  
Int'l Union of Electronic, etc. Workers 120  
Bricklayers 100 Gephardt
Transportation-Communications Int'l Union 100  
Theatrical Stage Employees 95 Gephardt
Seafarer's 85 Gephardt
Boilermakers 80 Gephardt
International Union of Police Ass'ns 80  
Horseshoer's 75 Gephardt
Television and Radio Artists 75  
Longshoremen Int'l (ILA) 65 Gephardt
Glass Workers 65  
Longshoreman and Warehouse Uinion, International (ILWU) 60  
Locomotive Engineers 58  
Air Line Pilots 57  
Maintenance of Way Employees 55 Gephardt
Farm Worker's of America 50  
Flight Attendants 46  
Utility Worker's Union of America 43  
Plasterers 40 Gephardt
Actor's Equity 40  
Marine Engineer's Beneficial Association 30 Gephardt
Firemen and Oilers 26  
Roofers 25  
Leather Goods 6  
Maritime Officers ~10 Gephardt


Totals - AFL-CIO
Gephardt 6,600K
Dean 3,230K
Kerry ~250K?
Lieberman ~10K
Edwards 0
Clark 0
Available 7,751K
Required for AFL-CIO Endorsement 12,715K
Grand Total AFL-CIO 21,191K


Independent Unions
National Education Association 2,500  
    Missouri NEA 32 Gephardt
    California NEA 335 Dean
    South Carolina NEA ~20 Edwards
National Fraternal Order of Police 290  
American Nurses Association 177  
Treasury Employees 155  
American Nurses Association 133  
National Federation of Federal Employees 120  
Rural Letter Carriers 100  
American Ass'n of University Professors 44  
Nat'l Ass'n of Postal Supervisors 36  
Security, Police and Fire Professionals 12  


Totals - ALL
Gephardt 6,632K
Dean 3,565K
Kerry ~250K?
Edwards ~20K
Lieberman ~10K
Clark 0
Available 10,698K
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