Union member in you family? CHECK IN

[Omaha Steve]

I've never done this before. IF there is a union member in your family, please check in.

And remember we have a DU Labor Group here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1117

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[Emile]

1. Lifetime membership in AFL-CIO UNITE

local 1470.

[unweird]

2. SO is Union today

but retiring end of month

[Lovie777]

3. Majority of my family are in the Police, Fire and County Unions - Los Angeles.............................

[Prairie_Seagull]

4. Myself (retired), One daughter

Couple cousins and a few nephews.

All doing better in life than their non-affiliated cohort.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. All five of us here at one time or another.

As of right now, two are retired and two are current.

[Blaukraut]

6. Myself and hubby

UFCW local 1445 and AFGE, respectively. I work at a unionized Macy's and hubby works for the DoD.

[marble falls]

7. I'm a member of the Wobblies. My grandfather was UMW, my father was union bricklayer, I've been a member of ...

... UAW, Teamsters (during the bad mafia years) and the AFL/CIO (the best union, I felt they had our backs).

I joined the Wobblies because I wanted a Union card and AFL/CIO doesn't offer membership to the retired.

[Srkdqltr]

8. Husband is retired Boilermaker

Son Is currently a Boilermaker. Brother is retired union electrician.

[WiVoter]

9. Public School Union Member Here

[oasis]

10. Retired. Remain NALC member

[haele]

11. Parents - Teacher's Union and SEIU

It was a bit of a rollercoaster for them until Dad got tenure, which was a retirement saver in terms of the additional benefits they were able to access while in their 50's -and after me and my brother were out of the house.
Mom had to become an ex-union member when she became a Graduate Advisor and Assistant to the Dean, but she had a rather nice pension of her own on the books through the union from the period before they transferred to 401ks.

Haele

[Beachnutt]

12. Retired Teamster

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Local 745
Local 568
Local 327
Local 89
and back to Local 745.
My daughter is going through a preapprenticeship program in Michigan Local 324 International Union of Operating Engineers.


Daddy Proud of that girl...

[Johnny2X2X]

13. Dad is a UAW member

I was a Teamster for a while when working at UPS.

Unions are why we have a middle class and they're the best way to returning the middle class to the strength it used to have.

[Elessar Zappa]

31. And they've made a pretty good comeback since the pandemic.

But there’s a lot more room for growth still.

[Johnny2X2X]

32. Since Joe Biden became president

He's the most pro worker president we've had since Jimmy Carter.

[Elessar Zappa]

36. Yup, exactly.

[cloudbase]

14. Me: Marine Engineers (MEBA) Retired

Dad: IBEW

[AKwannabe]

15. My father was...

Passed in 2012 tho

[Hotler]

16. Ironworkers, shop and erection. Boilermakers. NT

[Prairie_Seagull]

18. Blood has been spilled for Unions.

Never forget. Never, never, never forget.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_violence_in_the_United_States

[Bmoboy]

19. Retired union member

Teamsters (ice cream truck)

1199 (OR Tech)

MSEA (RN for state job)

Father was president of offset printer's local.

Unofficial wobblie.

[Alliepoo]

20. Heck yeah!

I’m a proud member of the Communications Workers of America CWA Local 4320, Cbus Ohio, retired but still active. Mr Poo was a proud member of CWA Local 4310, retired.

[we can do it]

21. Retired professional firefighter here, dad was union bricklayer and diesel mechanic.

[shrike3]

22. Husband, step-grandson,

Father was too, when he was very young.

[Drum]

23. Yup! My wife is a teacher.

I’m retired from the performing arts, so former AGMA and IATSE.

[myohmy2]

24. old...

...long retired and proud Union member...

...UAW (1307)

...Boilermakers (354)

...if it wasn't for Unions I wouldn't have most of what I have today...

...Unions gave me a strong say in my economic and political life...without a good Union Contract I would have had very little to count on and a very sketchy future...

...God Bless America and Unions...

[IronLionZion]

25. Yep, I have union members in my family

In some cases, it was a life saver for them during COVID.

but unfortunately my field, IT contracting, is non-union in the US. There are IT worker unions in other countries. And federal employees in the US have unions including IT workers.

[Martysbestcatch]

26. Husband is retired Teamster 205 and Dad was Ironworker Local 3.

[Turbineguy]

27. I'm a Union Thug.

MEBA and AFT

[Demsrule86]

52. My favorite kind of people, my son is UAW. And I work with the UAW during elections...

I have seen an upswing in union voting Democratic. Biden's chip bill kept two Ford plants open in Ohio, Parma GM is safe for now. And there has been a great deal of jobs in the parts sector...when I first moved to Cleveland...you were lucky to get $10.00 per hour this was in 2018. Jobs in steel and the big 3 auto jobs paid more...now people with no experience can walk into most factories with no experience (the number of factories have increased) and get $20.00 per hour to start with benefits and overtime usually...time and a half and double time on Sundays.

[TheJillMill]

28. Dad was in IBEW; I'm in adjunct union

I am so proud my dad made such a good living for us as a union electrician on Long Island. I'm a 30-year adjunct professor at a SUNY community college in the Finger Lakes Region of New York (the union gave us the official title!) whose part time instructors unionized maybe 7 or 8 years ago. What a difference! Seniority, titles, NYSUT benefits. I'm so grateful, I'm still teaching three classes at 72 and plan to keep going happily. One of my former students, Courtney, who cuts my hair and has done a lot of inside painting work in my house is applying to join the Pipefitters Union. She is so excited and I'm so proud of her. The union is crying for more women and she's the best.

[mikebl]

29. Ironworkers LU 396 STL. MO

Myself Retired
Son 30 yr member

[Elessar Zappa]

30. My parents were both members of the teacher's union and

I was a member of a CNA union (AFL-CIO maybe?).

[timvrip]

33. Retired from Newspaper Guild

The Guild is part of Communications Workers of America. Was local president for two years and VP before that.
I loved the bargaining sessions. It was a good time. Ten years ago.
Forgot, my daughter is in the national teachers union. I think it’s the NEA, National Education Association. She’s a chip off the old block.

[TBF]

34. My dad was AIW

Dad was AIW I believe, back in the 1970s - but probably as early as late 60s. I vividly remember a strike and painting signs while I was in elementary school, which would've been early 1970s.

Mom worked for a company that made food at a couple of different times in her life. I know she was part of a "quality circle" that negotiated company/worker demands and tried to iron out compromises. I know there was a union in the plant but I don't remember the details.

As far as I know both factories were bought & sold many times in the past 40 years, not sure if either is presently running. This is in the midwest and I don't visit often. What I do know is that unions were not perfect, but they were all the workers had at that time. My dad was proud of his union membership (in that area AIW was eventually folded into one of the big Paper unions).

[Bo Zarts]

35. ALPA (Airline Pilots Association) AFL-CIO here.

Retired, but still spreading the word.

[James48]

37. Union yes!

20 year plus member of Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS), AFL-CIO.


Retired FAA employee.

[slightlv]

38. My dad was his whole working life

After he got back from ww2. Electrician... and very proud of it the while time.

While working at DoD, I was, too. Retired now.

Also remember my grandfather on moms side was a life long member... I remember him talking about the Union, but can't remember which.

I guess you could say we're a generations strong Unions supporter... tho we're now either retired or dead. Time marches on...

[CanonRay]

39. AFGE and a brother in Teamsters

Grandmother was a founder of ILGW in Milwaukee.

[WmChris]

40. IBEW

I'm a retired IBEW A member and my son is a working A member of the IBEW.

[IbogaProject]

41. Three genetations in mine

My Great Grandfather was a telegrapher and union organizer, Grandfather was union and a accounting executive for the Nickel Plate railroad corp, and my Mom was a union teacher and later school librarian. Bonus my disabled sister is under unionized care. I and some other guardians sued Governor Christie over an attempted GOP land grab to shutter one of the origional developmentaly disabled care facilities.

[Delmette2.0]

42. Myself and sister former union, now retired.

My Dad and brother were union, both deceased.

We still support unions and so do our children.

[moniss]

43. I have a family member who is

a proud Teamster. My deceased Mom was a member of the Garment Workers and before that a member of IBEW.

[Demnation]

44. Proud member of the National Postal Mail Handler's Union (NMPHU).

[Hangdog Slim]

45. Wobbly

Card carrying member of the IWW

[Tikki]

46. Retired...CSEA

Tikki

[Demsrule86]

47. I still have my teamster union credentials from when I did office work as a young woman.

I am a member of the teachers union, and my son is UAW. He is voting a straight Democratic ticket. My daughter-in-law is also voting straight for a straight Democratic ticket. My daughter-in-law's parent are pro-life to a point but they don't like what is happening with medical care, birth control pills, and IUDs so they are all voting Democratic. They feel the GOP has gone too far. The Dad is a member of the Teacher's union. We all live in Ohio

[mitch96]

48. My Father was an member, organizer and official of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association

I was a member and organizer in 1199 health care workers union back in the day...
Lots of nasty shit went on with medical unions in the '70s..
Real cloak and dagger spy stuff and I'll leave it at that...
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[k55f5r]

49. Union man my whole life

just not one of them.
AWPPW- Association of Western Pulp and Paperworkers.
LCL 959 Teamsters
LCL 737 Laborers
LCL 2416 Piledrivers and Bridgemen
LCL 516 Steel Shopmen’s Regional Union
LCLs 701,3,12 Operating Engineers
I even have got a retirement from iuoe. Working construction from 1975 on, I changed jobs as work ebbed and flowed.

[mercuryblues]

50. Union household here

[Grumpy Old Guy]

51. Shop steward here.

30 years a shop steward at a major TV network. Fired from my first TV job for helping to organize a union. My kid is a union artist and my wife a union teacher.

[Tree Lady]

53. Husband retired union member

Drove Bart train in SF for 30 years. We get pension from Pers.

[1WorldHope]

54. My dad was in the sheet metal workers union!

I grew up comfortable because he had a good job with a living wage.

[bsiebs]

55. SAG-AFTRA!

[peacebuzzard]

56. in solidarity, and always fighting the good fight.

[BlueTsunami2018]

57. Local 98 IBEW

Construction electrician.

[AllyCat]

58. SEIU here for 19 years. Teamster before that at

UPS.

[KS Toronado]

59. Lifelong Union member, now retired.

[Mad_Dem_X]

60. My husband is union - he works for the USPS

[TexLaProgressive]

61. Me retired Local 6171 CWA

I still consider myself a member.

[Oppaloopa]

71. Mother of shop steward in Florida pray for us

[blurplenurple]

62. WFSE Member

Unionized my team at my last job and am a shop steward at my current job.

[CelticCrow]

63. Father was CWA

My father was in the CWA. He held all the various offices in the local chapter, president, secretary and treasurer over the course of years and spent the latter half of his career working directly for the union. He even participated in bargaining at the national level before. My mother happened to be a low level manager in the same company which made strike time rather awkward in my household with my father running the picket lines while my mother was working around the clock to try and keep things running.

[gopiscrap]

64. yes my wife

she is in the Tacoma Area of Classroom Teacher (TACT) the Washington Education Association and National Educational Association. and boy has the union made a difference. She taught for 15 years in the Roman Catholic school system and boy do they fuck you over. After 15 years her retirement was 22,000 no monthly check, plus they ca pretty much fire you at will. She once had a Catholic school principal tell her she had no right to be pregnant and give birth in the middle of a school year. Now she works for the Public Schools, (with a union) and her retirement as it stands is 280,000plus a monthly check for 2600 and 45 days pay that she has racked up for not taking her full sick leave

[jcgoldie]

65. I'm in a teacher's union

My wife is also. Both of my brothers are skilled union trades workers, construction and ironworkers unions.

[wolfie001]

66. Retired 39 years 2 months with the UFCW

Now comes the hard part of staying relatively fit.

[Enoki33]

67. UAW proud.

[Old Crank]

68. Daughter SEIU

In CA for 15 years.

[Lulu KC]

69. Retired NTEU husband

[hay rick]

70. Me

Retired letter carrier, NALC. Many years as an officer or steward.

[angrychair]

72. Union members here

Both me and my kid that works at NIH in a fellowship program. He helped with the organizing and vote passed to organize despite significant pushback from NIH.

I'm a shop steward too.
Union strong!

[kimbutgar]

73. My husband and I are both in unions!

[joanbarnes]

74. many

Hubby CWA shop steward, retired, me, bro, nephew and Dad IAM, retired, sis and nieces, nephew teachers, another sis is opera singer, not sure which but know she's union, almost lost benefits during pandemic if not for union fight.

[maccafan]

75. Lifetime member of NEA

I am a retired teacher and proud Union Strong NEA member.

[Maru Kitteh]

76. I am a union member. Nurse.

[Borchkins]

77. Both retired,

But Mom was AFSCME and Dad was UFCW

I'm a lifetime member of Wisconsin Union--beer and ice cream!

[Jrsygrl96]

78. Both

hubby and me! He 43 years with Local 3 IBEW, New York City. Also plays bagpipes with their band. 😘
I was an NJEA (teacher’s union) member.

[woodsprite]

79. Nephew is in the Teamsters. Drove for Yellow. Still looking for a new job. nt

[Celerity]

80. My wife and I both (as managers) belong to Unionen here in Sweden (it is the world's largest white collar trade union)

Unionen means The Union.

We are in the Unionen Chef (management sector, chef means chief/manager/director/head/boss in Swedish) part.

https://www.unionen.se/in-english/this-is-unionen

[mahina]

81. Yo

[xmas74]

82. Former vp District 7, Council 61

Out of Des Moines, AFSCME.

[SARose]

83. Several here

UFCW Imperial Sugar Co - great uncle. Was paid in company script and lived in company house until early 1950s. Bought house and began receiving paycheck thanks to Union.

AFLCIO Texaco/ExxonMobil. Father-in-law, 2 brother-in-laws, nephew and great nephew.

USW brother-in-law.

[mike_c]

84. Union member and officer, retired, California Faculty Association

Me, that is.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

85. I'm in NABET/CWA.

nt

[Omaha Steve]

86. My family in unions

I was AFSCME

My SON-I-L is AFSCME

Marta was CWA

My sister was CWA.

My niece's husband is IBEW.

[a kennedy]

87. Yup, was a proud AFSME member, have been retired 18 years now.

[TomSlick]

88. I worked two summers at a Reynolds Aluminum plant.

My father was a salaried employee and the college aged sons of employees were hired during the summer.

Being a company man, my father had little use for the union. Naturally, I joined the union (United Steel Workers) and happily paid my dues.

[Bucky]

89. I'm a family of one, so I can report

My family is 100% union

[ornotna]

90. Not a union member myself

But I was born and raised in a union house. My Father was a member of The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America till the day he died.

[cpamomfromtexas]

91. My late husband was union official

[jdadd]

92. IUE AFL CIO , Steelworkers , SMWI .....

[H2O Man]

93. I'm in.

Extended family of union members, activists, and leaders over many generations.

[Jacson6]

94. My dad was a Teamster for 35 years

He had a nice retirement and health insurance during his lifetime.

[niyad]

95. Father was a union organizer back in the '40's.

[LudwigPastorius]

96. Yes, myself.

Continuous member for 40 years.

[AwakeAtLast]

97. AFT

My 26th year!

[Kennah]

98. I'm fucking AFSCME!