Atomic Trades and Labor Council

United States

Members

2,100AffiliationsMetal Trades Department, AFL–CIOWebsitewww.atlcunion.org

The Atomic Trades and Labor Council (ATLC) is a labor union umbrella organization, affiliated with the Metal Trades Department of the AFL–CIO, that serves as the bargaining unit representing about 2,100 workers employed by U.S. Department of Energy contractors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The ATLC was established in 1946 and was certified by the National Labor Relations Board on September 25, 1946, as the bargaining unit for Oak Ridge National Laboratory employees located at the X-10 site. It was certified to represent Y-12 employees in 1951.

The ATLC's members belong to 16 international unions and 17 local unions, including:

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local 52
Service Employees International Union Local 166
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers Local 453
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 50
International Chemical Workers Union Council of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 715c / Local 252c
UNITE HERE Local 623
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 760
International Association of Fire Fighters Local I-2
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 480
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 900
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada Local 1805
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada Local 718
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Local 384
Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 5
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 519
Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada Local 78

ATLC currently has a four-year contract, from April 2009 through April 2013, with UT-Battelle that covers work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.^[1] Its current contract with B&W Y-12, covering workers at Y-12, extends through June 22, 2013.^[2]

References

^ ORNL contract ratified between UT-Battelle and Atomic Trades Labor Council^{[permanent dead link]}, WBIR-TV website, February 13, 2009
^ Frank Munger, Y-12 contract talk irks Oak Ridge labor chief, Knoxville News Sentinel, April 7, 2010