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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