Directory of

UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

with

EXCLUSIVE RECOGNITION

in the

FEDERAL SERVICE


May 1999


This directory lists national and international unions and associations which have, either directly or through local units, exclusive recognition with departments and agencies of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and the U. S. Postal Service. The abbreviations used are, in most instances, the official ones for these organizations, and are used in Office of Personnel Management reports and publications.

The listing is in alphabetical order by abbreviation of the organization name. Listings for the U. S. Postal Service, the Public Employee Department (AFL-CIO) and the Metal Trades Department (AFL-CIO) are found on the last 5 pages.



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1. (AAE) National Association of Aeronautical Examiners (Ind)
2239 Hyde Park Road
Jacksonville, FL 32210
     Phone: (904) 542-0757
     President: Richard Carroll
     Executive Vice President: Jim Pendleton

2. (ACT) Association of Civilian Technicians (Ind.)
12510B Lake Ridge Drive
Lake Ridge, VA 22192
     Phone: (703) 690-1330
     President: John T. Hunter
     Vice-President: Thomas Bastas

3. (AFGE) American Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO)
80 F St., NW.
Washington, DC 20001
     Phone: (202) 639-6435
     President: Bobby Harnage
     Secretary-Treasurer: Rita Mason

4. (AFSA) American Foreign Service Association (Ind.)
2101 E St., NW.
Washington, DC 20037
     Phone: (202) 647-8160
President: Dan Geisler

5. (AFSCME) American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
1625 L. St, NW.
Washington, D.C. 20036
     Phone: (202) 452-4800/ (fax) 429-1000
     President: Gerald McEntee
     Secretary-Treasurer: William Lucy

6. (AFU) Alaska Fishermen's Union (Ind.)
2505 St. Avenue
Room 3
Seattle, WA 98121
     Phone: (206) 441-3425
     President: Mark T. Coles

7. (AMC) American Maritime Congress
1300 Eye Street, NW.
Suite 250 West
Washington, DC 20005
     Phone: (202) 842-4900
     Director: Glorin Tosi
     Deputy Director: Thomas Scoville

8. (ANA) American Nurses Association (Ind.)
600 Maryland Avenue, SW.
Suite 100 West
Washington, DC 20024-2571
     Phone: (202) 651-7000
     President: Beverly Malone
     Executive Director: David Hennage

9. (APWU) American Postal Workers Union (AFL-CIO)
1300 L Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20005
     Phone: (202) 842-4200
     President: Moe Biller
     President: William Burrus
     General Executive Vice-Secretary-Treasurer: Bob Tunstall

10. (BNA) Balboa Registered Nurses Association (Ind.)
United Nurses Association of California
NUHHCE, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
300 S. Park Avenue
Suite 840
Pomona, CA 91766
     Phone: (909) 620-7749
     President: Kathy Sackman
     Vice President: Sonia Mosley

11. (BPAT) International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada (AFL-CIO)
United Nations Building
1750 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
     Phone: (202) 637-0700
     President: Michael E. Monroe
     Secretary-Treasurer: James A. Williams

12. (CBTC) Columbia Basin Trades Council (AFL-CIO)
2800 1st Avenue
Room 301
Seattle, WA 98121-99352
     Phone: (206) 443-1239
     President: Steve Angenbroad
     Secretary and Treasurer: John Masterjohn

13. (CIR) Committee of Interns and Residents (Ind.)
386 Park Avenue South
Room 1502
New York, NY 10016
     Phone: (212) 725-5500
     Executive Director: March Levy

14. (CJA) United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (AFL-CIO)
101 Constitution Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC 20001
     Phone: (202) 546-6206
     President: Douglas J. McCarron
     Vice-President: Douglas Banes

15. (CPTC) Columbia Power Trades Council (AFL-CIO)
17200 NE Sacramento Street
Grisham, OR 97230
     Phone: (503) 262-9125
     President: Don Wheeler
     Executive Secretary: Bill Miller

16. (CREA) Congressional Research Employees Association - Affiliated with International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 75 (AFL-CIO)
Congressional Research Employee Association
101 Independence Ave SE
Room LM 412
Washington, DC 20541
     Phone: (202) 707-7636
     President: Dennis Roth      Vice-President: Angela Smith & John Contrubis

17. (DEC) Depot Employees Council (Ind.)
P.O. Box 960001
Building 231 DDJi0
Stockton, CA 95296-0236
     Phone: (209) 832-9548
     President: Raymond Villalpando

18. (ESCA) Engineers and Scientists of California - Affiliated with Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (AFL-CIO)
1540 San Pablo Avenue 8th floor
Oakland, CA 94612
     Phone: (510) 238-8320 / (fax) 238-8950
     Business Manager: Ben Hudnall

19. (FEA) Federal Education Association (Ind.)
1201 16th Street NW.
Suite 117
Washington, DC 20036
     Phone: (202) 822-7850
     President: Jane A. Mohr
     Vice President: Karen Rose

20. (FFA) Federal Firefighters Association (Ind.)
P.O. Box 8459
Washington DC, 20336-8459
     Phone: (202) 433-3334
     President: Steve Sheriff
     Vice President: Bill Rabbitt
Secretary: Dan Kwiatkowsky


21. (FLEA) Federal Law Enforcement Association
350 Old Country Road, Suite 101
Garden City, NY 11530
     Phone: (516) 228-3536
     President: Richard Gallo
     Vice President: Walter Walmart

22. (FOP) Fraternal Order of Police (Ind.)
1410 Donaldson Pike, Suite A17
Nashville, TN 37217
     Phone: (615) 399-0900
     President: Gilbert Gallegos
National Secretary: Jerry Atnip


Fraternal Order of Police U.S. Park Police Labor Comittee
1100 Ohio Drive SW
Washington, DC 20003
Or
P.O. Box 15179
Washington DC 20003-0179
Phone (202) 488-3640
Chairman: Peter Ward (202) 215-5995
     Executive Director: Leon Capps


23. (GCIU) Graphic Communications International Union (AFL-CIO)
1900 L Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone (202) 462-1400
     President: James Norton
     Secretary-Treasurer: Gerald H. Deneau

24. (IAFF) International Association of Fire Fighters (AFL-CIO)
1750 New York Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC 20036
     Phone: (202) 737-8484
     President: Alfred K. Whitehead
     Secretary-Treasurer: Vincent J. Bollon

25. (IAM) International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (AFL-CIO)
9000 Machinists Place
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2687
     Phone: (301) 967-4500
     President: Thomas Buffenbarger
     Secretary-Treasurer: Donald Wharton

26. (IAS) International Association of Sideographers (AFL-CIO)
Local 2135 IAM and A.W.
507 Wilderness Road
Louisville KY, 40214
     Phone: (502) 361-2860
     President: James W. Seidl

27. (IATC) International Association of Tool Craftsmen (Ind.)
3591 13th Avenue
Racine, WI 53403
     Phone: (309) 782-5776
     Secretary: Michael Kubarth

28. (IATSE) International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada (AFL-CIO)
1515 Broadway
Suite 601
New York, NY 10036
Phone (212) 730-1770
     President: Thomas C. Short

29. (IBEW) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (AFL-CIO)
1125 15th Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20005
     Phone: (202) 833-7000
     President: John J. Barry
Secretary: Edwin Hill

30. (IBFO) International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers (AFL-CIO)
1900 L. Street NW
Suite 502
Washington, DC 20036
     Phone: (202) 872-3600
     President: George J. Francisco Jr.
     Secretary-Treasurer: Daniel S. Anderson Jr.

31. (IBT) International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America (AFL-CIO)
25 Louisiana Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC 20001
     Phone: (202) 624-6800
Elected President: James P. Hoffa
     Secretary-Treasurer: Thomas Keegel

32. (ICWU) International Chemical Workers Union (AFL-CIO) of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
1655 West Market Street
Akron, OH 44313-7095
     Phone: (330) 867-2444
     President: Frank D. Martino
     Secretary-Treasurer: Larry Gregoire

33. (IFPTE) International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (AFL-CIO)
8630 Fenton Street
Suite 400
Silver Springs, MD 20910
Phone (301) 565-9016
     President: Paul E. Almedia
     Secretary-Treasurer: Gregory Junemann

34. (IGUA) International Guard Union of America (Ind.)
Red River Army Depot
Bowie, TX 75507-5000
OR
P.O. Box 1417
Hooks, TX 75561-1417
     Phone: (903) 334-2911
     President: David Hulsey

35. (IUOE) International Union of Operating Engineers (AFL-CIO)
1125 17th Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20036
     Phone: (202) 429-9100
     President: Frank Hanley
     General Secretary-Treasurer: Budd Coutts

36. (IUPA) International Union of Police Associations (AFL-CIO)
1421 Prince Street
Suite 330
Alexandria, VA 22314
     Phone: (703) 549-7473
     President: Sam Cabral
     Secretary-Treasurer: Richard Estes

37. (LIUNA) Laborers' International Union of North America (AFL-CIO)
905 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
     Phone: (202) 737-8320
     President: Arthur A. Coia
General Sec: Carl Booker

38. (MAP) Michigan Association of Police (Ind.)
26400 Lahser
Suite 111
Southfield, MI 48034
     Phone: (248) 304-8800
     President: Don Sanderson
     Executive Director: Fred Timpner

39. (MEBA) National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (AFL-CIO)
444 North Capitol Street NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20001
     Phone: (202) 638-5355
     President: Larry O=Toole
     Secretary Treasurer: Bob McFeeters

40. (MMP) International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots (ILA-Marine Division) - Affiliated with International Longshoremen's Association (AFL-CIO)
700 Maritime Boulevard
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
     Phone: (410) 850-8700
     President: Timothy A. Brown
     Secretary-Treasurer: James T. Hopkins

41. (MSPB/PA) Merit Systems Protection Board/ Professional Association (Ind.)
New York Field Office MSPB
26 Federal Plaza, 31st Floor
Suite 3137A
New York, NY 10278
     Phone: (202) 653-6772
     Chairman: Ben Edreich
     Vice-Chair: Susan Marshall

42. (NAAE) National Association of Agricultural Employees (Ind.)
1170 Aycock
Dairy Farm Road
Fremont, NC 27830-9011
     Phone: (919) 242-9746 / (919) 242-9749 (fax)
     President: Susan P. Kostelecky
     Vice-President: Craig Kellog
Charles Watson

43. (NAATA) National Army Air Technicians Association - Affiliated with American Federation of Government Employees Local 371.
3650 Saylors Pond Road
Fort Dix, NJ 08640
     Phone: (201) 835-9219 / (732) 828-9449
     President: Benjamin Humphrey
     Vice President: Charles Knight

44. (NAATS) National Association of Air Traffic Specialists (Ind.)
11303 Amherst Avenue
Suite 4
Wheaton, MD 20902
     Phone: (301) 933-6228
     President: Wally Pike

45. (NAGE) National Association of Government Employees and International Brotherhood of Police Officers - Affiliated with Service Employees' International Union (AFL-CIO)
Washington Area Office:
317 South Patrick Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
     Phone: (703) 519-0300 (FAX) 519-0311
     President: Ken Lyons

Headquarters:
159 Burgin Parkway
Quincy, MA 02169-4213
     Phone: (617) 376-0220
     President: Kenneth T. Lyons
     National Vice-President: Susanne Pooler

46. (NAGI) National Association of Government Inspectors- IFPTE Local 8 (Ind.)
P.O. Box 181352
Coronado, CA 92178-1352
     Phone: (619) 545-2155
     President: Earl Bryers
     Vice-President: Rick Pietrzyk

47. (NAPFE) National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (Ind.)
1628 11th Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20001
     Phone: (202) 939-6325
     President: James McGee
     Vice-President: Charles Denson

48. (NATCA) National Air Traffic Controllers Association - (MEBA/AFL-CIO)
1150 17th St., NW.
Suite 701
Washington, DC 20036
     Phone: (202) 223-2900
     President: Michael McNally
     Executive      Vice-President: Randy Schwitc

49. (NEA) National Education Association (Ind.)
1201 16th Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20036
     Phone: (202) 833-4000
     President: Robert Chase
     Executive Director: Don Cameron

50. (NFFE) National Federation of Federal Employees (Ind.)
1016 16th Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20036
     Phone: (202) 862-4400
     President: Richard Brown      Secretary-Treasurer: Thomas Ray

51. (NLRBPA) National Labor Relations Board Professional Association (Ind.)
1099 14th St., NW.
Suite 8824
Washington, DC 20570
     Phone: (202) 273-3771
     President: David Seddelmeyer
     Vice-President: Leslie Rossen

52. (NLRBU) National Labor Relations Board Union (Ind.)
NLRB Albuquerque Resident Office
505 Marquette, NW., Room 1820
Albuquerque, NM 87102
     Phone: (505) 248-5132
     President: Lew Harris

53. (NTEU) National Treasury Employees Union (Ind.)
901 E Street, NW.
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004
     Phone: (202) 783-4444
     President: Robert Tobias
     Executive Vice-President: Colleen Kelley

54. (NULI) National Union of Labor Investigators (Ind.)
(Formerly the National Union of Compliance Officers)
1222 Spruce, Room 9.109E
St. Louis, MO 63103
     Phone: (314) 539-2667
     President: Ralph Amelung

55. (NWSEO) National Weather Service Employees Organization - Affiliated with Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (AFL-CIO)
601 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20004
     Phone: (202) 434-8245
     President: Ramon Sierra

56. (OFT) Overseas Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO)
555 NJ Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
     Phone: 011-390-586-503418
     President: Marie Sainz-Funaro
Regional Director: Sandy Wiesmann

57. (OPEIU) Office and Professional Employees International Union (AFL-CIO)
265 W. 14th Street
Suite 610
New York, NY 10011
     Phone: (212) 675-3210
     President: Michael Goodwin
     Secretary-Treasurer: Gilles Beauregard

58. (PAACE) Professional Association of Aeronautical Center Employees
5710 SW 63rd Building L
Oklahoma City, OK 73169-6974
     Phone: (405) 954-3685 / 954-3220
     President: Samuel B. Hendrix, III
     Executive Vice-President: Jerri Carr
59. (PASS) Professional Airways System Specialists (AFL-CIO)
1150 17th St, NW.
Suite 702
Washington, DC 20036
     Phone: (202) 293-7277
     President: Michael Fanfalone
     Vice-President: Tom Brantley

60. (PBA) Police Benevolent Association (Ind.)
1900 Brannan Road
McDonough, GA 30253
     Phone: 1-(800)-827-2215
     President: Jack Roberts
Office Manager: Renee Dickson
61. (PESO) Professional Engineers and Scientists Organization - Affilliated with International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers- (AFL-CIO)
P. O. Box 180866
Coronado, CA 92178
     Phone: (619) 545-2710
     President: Jim Leland

62. (PIU) Pace International Union (Former Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (AFL-CIO)
255 Union Boulevard
Lakewood, CO 80228
     Phone: (303) 987-2229
     President: Boyd Young
Secretary: R.J. Christie
Treasurer: James Dunn

63. (POPA) Patent Office Professional Association (Ind.)
P. O. Box 2745
Arlington, VA 22202
     Phone: (703) 308-0818
     President: Ronald J. Stern
     Vice-President: Lawrence J. Oresky

64. (PPDSE) International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America (AFL-CIO)
14th & C Streets, SW.
Washington, DC 20228
     Phone: (202) 874-2693
     President: Daniel Bradley
     Vice-President: William Brabitz

65. (PPF) United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (AFL-CIO)
P. O. Box 37800
Washington, DC 20013
     Phone: (202) 628-5823
     General President: Martin J. Maddaloni
     General Secretary-Treasurer: Thomas A. Patchelo

66. (PPMWS) Printing, Publishing, & Media Workers of the CWA (Communications Workers of America) - Formerly the International Typographical Union (AFL-CIO)
501 3rd Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20001-2797
     Phone: (202) 434-1100
     President: Morton Bahr
     Secretary-Treasurer: Barbara Easterling

67. (RWDSU) Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Unions (AFL-CIO)
30 East 29th Street
New York, NY 10016
     Phone: (212) 684-5300
     President: Stuart Appelbaum
     Secretary-Treasurer: Charlie N. Hall Sr.

68. (SEIU) Service Employees International Union (AFL-CIO)
1313 L Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20005
     Phone: (202) 898-3200
     President: Andy Stern
     Secretary-Treasurer: Betty Bednarczyk

69. (SIU) Seafarers' International Union of North America (AFL-CIO)
5201 Auth Way
Camp Springs, MD 20746
     Phone: (301) 899-0675
     President: Michael Sacco
Executive      Vice-President: John Say

70. (SMW) Sheet Metal Workers International Association (AFL-CIO)
1750 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
     Phone: (202) 783-5880
     President: Michael Sullivan
     Secretary-Treasurer: A.T. Clotopolsky

71. (SPORT) SPORT Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Ind.)
44335 Westridge Drive
Lancaster, CA 93536
     Phone: (805) 277-3555
     President: Richard Shadman

72. (UFCWU) United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (AFL-CIO)
1775 K Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20006
     Phone: (202) 223-3111
     President: Douglas H. Dority
     Secretary-Treasurer: Joseph C. Hansen

73. (UNAC) United Nurses Associations of California (AFL-CIO)
NUHHCE, AFSCME
300 S. Park Avenue
Suite 840
Pomona, CA 91766
     Phone: (909) 620-7749
     President: Cathy Sackman, RN
     Vice-President: Sonia Moseley, RN

74. (UPSA) United Police and Security Association (Ind.)
25600 Chrisman Road
Building 1A
Tracey, CA 95376
Phone (209) 832-9302
     President: James E. Dukas Jr.
     Vice President: James Thompson

75. (UPTO) United Power Trades Organization (Ind.)
P. O. Box 306
Lebanon, OR 97355
     Phone: (541) 451-3490
     President: Thomas W. Gjovik
     Secretary: Claude Leinbach

76. (VASNC) Veterans Affairs Staff Nurses Council
ATTN: Nursing Service (118)
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
5000 W. National
Milwaukee, WI 53295
     Phone: (414) 384-2000 Ext. 1705
     President: Patty Ratkowski
     Vice-President: Del Slowik

77. (WPESTA) West Point Elementary School Teachers Association (Ind.)
705A Barry Road
West Point, NY 10996-1196
     Phone: (914) 938-2923
     President: Dorthea McGuigan

• International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers
  
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
  
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
  
• International Chemical Workers Union
  
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
  
• International Association of Fire Fighters
  
• Laborers International Union of North America
  
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
  
• Office and Professional Employees International Union
  
• International Union of Operating Engineers
  
• International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada
  
• Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons
  
• Service Employees International Union
  
• Sheet Metal Workers International Association
  
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America
  
• International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
  
• United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada
  
• International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
  
• Operative Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada

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