Rio Rancho Profile

Labor

Union Presence

Membership

The following tables present information on union membership obtained from www.unionstats.com. The New Mexico data includes membership, coverage, and density estimates for New Mexico for both private and public entities. The data in the MSA comparison tables is for private entities.

The data source is Current Population Survey (CPS) Outgoing Rotation Group (ORG) Earnings Files, 2006. Sample includes employed wage and salary workers, ages 16 and over. Variable definitions are: State Code=Census state code used in CPS, Obs=CPS sample size, Employment=wage and salary employment, Members=employed workers who are union members, Covered=workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement, %Mem=percent of employed workers who are union members, and %Cov=percent of employed workers who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.


New Mexico Union Membership

New Mexico Union Membership, Coverage, Density, 2006

 

Obs

Employment

Members

Covered

% Members

% Covered

Total

1,647

796,411

62,209

91,588

7.8

11.5

Private

1,239

604,814

29,709

39,229

4.9

6.5

Public

408

191,597

32,501

52,359

17.0

27.3

Private Construction

122

63,183

7,423

8,326

11.7

13.2

Private Manufacturing

71

34,308

1,455

2,300

4.2

6.7

Source: www.unionstats.com, Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State, 2006. © 2007 by Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpherson. 


Major Rio Rancho Employers

Company

Employees

Company

Employees

Intel Corporation

3,700

Wal-Mart

344

Rio Rancho Public Schools

1,838

US Cotton Inc.

210

Intel Contractors

1,300

Intersections, Inc

200

Sprint PCS

800

Don Chalmers Ford

198

Bank of America Banking Services

700

Lectrosonics, Inc.

140

City of Rio Rancho

651

Waste Management of New Mexico

140

e-Telecare Global Solutions (formerly Phase2)

620

Form-Cove Manufacturing Co., Inc.

125

Brycon Construction

422

Insight Lighting

114

Sandoval County

406

Aeroparts Manufacturing and Repair, Inc.

98

Victoria's Secret Direct

400

Aquatic Pools

80

JC Penney Customer Service Center

350

Aero Mechanical Industries

76

                                                                                                       Source: RREDC Annual Survey