| Term | Definition |
| unions | a group of people working together which establish collactabor gaining |
| american federation of labor | afl |
| congress of industrial organization | cio |
| Rich Trumpka | new presidne tof afl-cio |
| communications Workers of America | CWA, at&t, verizon, sprint, newscasters |
| International Brotherhood of electric workers | ibew |
| united mine workers of america | umwa |
| John Lewis | umwa founder |
| United Steel Workers | usw |
| Phil Murray | USW founder |
| United Auto Workers | uaw |
| American Federation of Teachers | AFT |
| National education association | NEA |
| Freeport education association | fea |
| united farm workers | ufw |
| Ceasar Chabez | founder of ufw |
| union of needle-trade industrial textile employees | unite |
| united food and commercial workers | ufcw |
| service employees international union | seiu |
| teamsters | truckers union |