Labor Unions (Page 8)


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    Maine Education Association

    The Maine Education Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association, is a labor union for teachers in the state of Maine that has historically advocated in favor of tax increases to fund public education, stricter regulatory requirements concerning teachers’ qualifications, and tenure policies for public school teachers. Background
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    Major League Baseball Players Association

    The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is the union representing Major League Baseball (MLB) players, as well as managers, coaches, and athletic trainers who hold or have held a signed contract with an MLB club. Formation of the Union Attempts to organize baseball players began as early as 1885
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    Major League Soccer Players Association

    The Major League Soccer Players Association is a labor union that represents major league soccer players.1
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    Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association

    The Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA) is a labor union affiliated with the AFL-CIO that represents licensed mariners on U.S.-flagged merchant ships. As of 2019, MEBA reported a total of 24,448 members.
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    Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO

    The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, is a department within the AFL-CIO labor federation that acts as an advocacy group and coalition of 23 national labor unions involved in maritime, trade, and port issues. The department acts as the AFL-CIO’s lobbying arm on those issues and supports left-leaning pro-union policies
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    Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO

    The Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO (more commonly abbreviated to MDDC AFL-CIO) is a state federation of labor unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest federation of labor unions in the United States. Founded in 1954, MDDC AFL-CIO claims to
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    Massachusetts AFL-CIO

    The Massachusetts AFL-CIO is the state-level affiliate of the national AFL-CIO labor federation. The organization is comprised of over 500 local labor unions in Massachusetts and lobbies for left-leaning labor policies at the state, local, and federal levels. The organization is led by Steve Tolman, a Massachusetts Democratic
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    Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO

    The Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO is a labor union federation and arm of the AFL-CIO union federation that consists of 17 U.S.-based labor unions associated with metal-related industries such as ironworking, steel working, plumbing, and pipefitting. The department was founded in 1908 and operates a network of affiliated regional
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    Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO

    The Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO is a local labor federation and affiliate of the left-of-center national labor federation the AFL-CIO. The organization is comprised of more than 50 local labor unions in the greater Baltimore, Maryland area and is the largest local labor federation in the state of Maryland.
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    Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO

    The Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO is the Detroit local affiliate branch of the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of labor unions in the United States. The organization is made up of smaller affiliate unions operating in the Detroit area.
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    Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO

    The Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO (MWC AFL-CIO) is federation of local Washington, D.C.-based labor unions that claims to represent nearly 200 union affiliates, in both government and private sectors. The council supports its member unions by organizing rallies and strikes, as well as by endorsing Democratic politicians. The council is
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    Michigan Education Association (MEA)

    The Michigan Education Association (MEA) is a National Education Association-affiliated state-level federation of teachers’ unions in Michigan. The MEA is one of Michigan’s largest labor unions and claims to represent “about 120,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher-education employees throughout the state,”
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    Michigan State AFL-CIO

    The Michigan American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (MI AFL-CIO) is an umbrella organization for left-of-center labor unions and a lobbying organization made up of numerous local and national unions. The MI AFL-CIO claims to represent over 1,000,000 active and retired members of 59 unions throughout Michigan, which include
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    Minnesota AFL-CIO

    The Minnesota AFL-CIO is the state-level affiliate of the left leaning AFL-CIO national labor federation. The organization is comprised of more than 1,000 local labor unions in Minnesota and claims to represent more than 300,000 union members. The organization lobbies for left-leaning labor policies at the state, local, and
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    Mississippi Association of Educators

    Mississippi Association of Educators is a state-level teachers union in Mississippi. It is affiliated with the National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the United States.
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    Missouri National Education Association (MNEA)

    The Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) is the largest statewide teachers union in Missouri. 1 It is an affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), and represents 32,000 teachers and school-staff
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    Montana Education Association-Montana Federation of Teachers (MEA-MFT)

    The Montana Education Association-Montana Federation of Teachers is a left-leaning labor union that represents education, teachers, and students in Montana. The union merged with the Montana Public Employee Association, a left-leaning union that represents government employees, in 2018 to create the Montana Federation of Public Employees.
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    Montana Federation of Public Employees

    The Montana Federation of Public Employees (MFPE) is a left-of-center government worker union representing teachers and other state and local government employees in Montana. The group is a result of a 2018 merger between the state teachers’ union, the Montana Educators Association-Montana Federation of Teachers, and the Montana Public Employees
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    Municipal Labor Committee

    The Municipal Labor Committee is the umbrella organization that represents unions in New York City. The Municipal Labor Committee is chaired by Harry Nespoli, the President of New York Teamsters Local 381.1
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    National Air Traffic Controllers Association

    The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is a union which represents air traffic controllers and other FAA personnel. In 1987, it was given exclusive bargaining rights with the FAA.1