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Omaha Steve

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Mon May 27, 2013, 09:52 PM May 2013

10 Jobs You Probably Didn't Know Were Union Jobs (plus video)


http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/10-Jobs-You-Probably-Didn-t-Know-Were-Union-Jobs

05/24/2013 Kenneth Quinnell

When most people think about union members, they probably picture blue-collar workers in factories. Maybe teachers, police, firefighters and other government employees come to mind.

But workers in many more fields come together in unions to have a voice on the job to improve their lives and the lives of their families—from rocket scientists at NASA (members of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers [IFPTE]) to actors like Alec Baldwin (a member of SAG-AFTRA) and all across the spectrum of work that goes on in the United States.

Here are 10 jobs that you probably didn't know were held by union members:

1. Fox News camera operator (see video above): At local Fox News stations in cities like Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Detroit, the camera operators and other technicians that keep the network running are members of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA).

2. Urban park ranger: Managing our city parks and playgrounds are AFSCME members like Danielle Clemons, who works at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Recreation Center in New York.

FULL story AND video at link.



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