TRCP's Union Sportsmen's Alliance

Work Hard…Play Hard! That’s the Union Way. When you’re playing hard in the outdoors, you can count on the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) to make your experience even better.

The USA is a one-of-a-kind, dues-based, hunting and fishing program of the TRCP and its partner unions, designed exclusively for union members and their families that hunt, fish and enjoy the outdoors.

Whether it’s fins, feathers or fur that gets your heart pumping, the USA provides discounts on outdoor gear, the latest hunting and fishing tips and techniques and a wide range of outdoor services to make your outdoor sporting experience even more enjoyable. Plus, your USA membership goes to work for you, protecting and maintaining access to the best places to hunt and fish in America.

 for a complete list of USA member benefits.

TRCP Receives $1.2 Million Donation from its Union Partners to Launch the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA)

January 13, 2007 at the SHOT Show in Orlando, Florida
Pictured left to right are Tom Buffenbarger - IAMAW, Edward Sullivan - BCTD, Matt Connolly - TRCP, Rich Trumka - AFL-CIO, Keith Kirchner - USW, Michael Sullivan - SMWIA, Bill Hite - UA, Donald Rollins - TRCP, Jeff Zack - IAFF, Kinsey Robinson - Roofers, Fred Myers - TRCP

As a part of fulfilling our mission, the TRCP partnered with 20 of America’s AFL-CIO affiliated labor unions, representing over 4.5 million union workers and 10,000 locals across the US and Canada, to create the Union Sportsmen's Alliance.  An independent, scientific poll of union workers revealed that 70% of the participants hunt and/or fish.  Based on that figure, we can assume that approximately 3.2 million members of the labor unions affiliated with the TRCP are hunters, anglers or both. 

These 3.2 million members who hunt, fish and recreate in the outdoors easily make up America’s largest block of sportsmen and women who are without any formal affiliation with a conservation or outdoor organization. This new TRCP / Union dedicated program represents a significant but logical step forward in the TRCP’s ongoing efforts to organize, activate and engage large segments of America’s outdoor community to take action on our nation’s most critical hunting, fishing and conservation issues.At the same time, the USA will extend union member benefits beyond the workplace into the woods and onto the water to better fulfill on the union promise of "Work Union - Live Better."

Due to the strength and influence of the USA and its hundreds of thousands of new voices, it will greatly aid the TRCP in achieving its mission to “Guarantee all Americans a place to hunt and fish” through its policy initiatives. The USA will also offer an ideal audience of sportsmen and women through which TRCP can spread the word about issues like access and fish and wildlife conservation.

Who can join the USA?