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dataset: eeo-3
title: EEO-3 Local Union Report Data
description: 'EEO-3 Public Use File (PUF): aggregated membership and referral counts that EEOC publishes from the EEO-3 Local Union Report, a biennial demographic report filed by local referral unions (hiring-hall unions common in the building and construction trades) with 100 or more members in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Filing is mandatory under Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c); 29 CFR 1602.22 and .27-.28; OMB No. 3046-0006). EEOC uses the data for research and to investigate charges of discrimination, monitoring whether access to union membership and to the job referrals unions control is distributed equitably by race/ethnicity and sex. Unions report demographic counts by record type, race/ethnicity, and sex. Each row is an aggregate cell keyed by state, year, record type, race/ethnicity, and sex, with a single employment value measure; small or identifying cells pass through Section 709(e) confidentiality suppression (published as an asterisk in the source file, loaded here as NULL). Geography covers National and State (51 states plus DC).'
source_table: eeo3_puf
dimensions:
- name: STATE
label: State
description: 'Two-letter state abbreviation (the 50 states and the District of Columbia). The EEO-3 PUF reports at the National and State geographic levels.'
type: geo
- name: year
label: Year
description: 'Survey (reporting) year of the EEO-3 collection. EEO-3 covers referral local unions and is collected periodically; the year identifies the reporting cycle for each aggregated record.'
type: time
- name: type
label: Record Type
description: 'Type of union record being counted, distinguishing union membership from the union''s job-referral activity. EEO-3 collects five referral local union record types: Membership (current union members); Applicants for Membership (people seeking to join the union); Number of Persons Referred (distinct individuals the union sent out for jobs); Number of Referrals (referral events or transactions, which can exceed persons referred when one person is referred more than once); and Applicants for Referral (people seeking a job referral). Comparing these types across race/ethnicity and sex reveals whether membership and referral opportunity are distributed equitably.'
type: category
- name: race
label: Race/Ethnicity
description: 'Race/ethnicity of the members or applicants in the cell. EEO-3 uses seven categories: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Two or More Races, and White.'
type: category
- name: sex
label: Sex
description: 'Sex of the members or applicants in the cell. EEO-3 records two values: Male and Female.'
type: category
measures:
- name: value
label: Employee Count
description: 'Aggregated employment value (count of members, applicants, persons referred, or referrals) for the cell defined by state, year, record type, race/ethnicity, and sex. Values reflect confidentiality suppression applied to protect individual union records.'
agg: sum
type: number
metadata:
title: EEO-3 Local Union Report Data
description: 'EEO-3 Public Use File (PUF): aggregated membership and referral counts that EEOC publishes from the EEO-3 Local Union Report, a biennial demographic report filed by local referral unions (hiring-hall unions common in the building and construction trades) with 100 or more members in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Filing is mandatory under Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c); 29 CFR 1602.22 and .27-.28; OMB No. 3046-0006). EEOC uses the data for research and to investigate charges of discrimination, monitoring whether access to union membership and to the job referrals unions control is distributed equitably by race/ethnicity and sex. Unions report demographic counts by record type, race/ethnicity, and sex. Each row is an aggregate cell keyed by state, year, record type, race/ethnicity, and sex, with a single employment value measure; small or identifying cells pass through Section 709(e) confidentiality suppression (published as an asterisk in the source file, loaded here as NULL). Geography covers National and State (51 states plus DC).'
identifier: https://TODO-set-identifier-base.example.invalid/datasets/eeo-3
publisher: 'TODO: set by data governance (publisher organization legal name)'
contactPoint: TODO-set-contact-email@example.invalid
modified: '2026-06-04'
keyword:
- EEO-3
- labor unions
- membership
- referrals
- race
- ethnicity
- sex
accessRights: public
accrualPeriodicity: R/P2Y
temporal:
start: '2018-01-01'
end: '2022-12-31'