I've been told that Steelworkers make 68% of the total labour delegation. I know they're are the largest affiliate but are they really a 2/3 majority?
This is the breakdown I've been given:
USW 68 per cent (from amongst 85 seperate locals),
CEP 4 per cent,
UFCW 8 per cent,
SEIU 2 per cent,
18 per cent is CAW, COPE, DLCs, IAM, IBEW, IWA, Ironworkers, UA, NUPGE.
Affiliation is actually by local and then, according to the ONDP constitution, the number of delegates depends on the number of members in the local who voluntarily agree to pay part of their union dues to the NDP which is why one union that actually has fewer members than another might have more NDP delegates at convention - because more of their locals are affiliated and more of their members pay NDP dues.