TEXT 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 Media Contact: (202) 606-5902 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. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-606-7828, TDD phone: 202-606-5897, TDD Message Referral Phone Number: 1-800-326-2577. 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