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  1. United Mine Workers

    CLC members full name United Mine Workers of America native name image Deleted image removed Image ... Infobox Union for usage. The United Mine Workers of America UMW or UMWA is a North American trade ... ReferenceA The United Mine Workers of America A Model of Industrial Solidarity? Edited by John M. Laslett ... founded the United Mine Workers of America fo the purpose of...educating all mine workers in America ... the just fruits of our toil. ref name Stand 1990 United We Stand, The United Mine Workers of America ... Olive, Illinois . Colorado Labor Wars October 1903. The United Mine Workers conducted a strike in Colorado ... struggles in Colorado which came to be called the Colorado Labor Wars. The United Mine Workers ... Strike of 1902 , led by the United Mine Workers, ended. In 1993, more than 7,500 United Mine Workers .... ref United We Stand, The United Mine Workers of America 1890 1990, by Maier B. Fox ref John B. Rae ... John Mitchell United Mine Workers John Mitchell 1898 1907 Thomas Lewis unionist Thomas Lewis 1908 ... online edition Fox, Maier B. United We Stand The United Mine Workers of America 1890 1990. International Union, United Mine Workers of America, 1990. Galenson Walter. The CIO Challenge to the AFL ... online edition Hinrichs, A. F. The United Mine Workers of America, and the Non Union Coal Fields ... Side Are You On? Ideological Conflict in the United Mine Workers of America, 1919 1928. PhD dissertation ... CIO Canadian Labour Congress Category United Mine Workers of America Category AFL CIO Category Canadian ... States fr United Mine Workers of America pl Zwi zek G rnik w Ameryka skich ... represents health care workers, truck drivers, manufacturing workers and public employees in the United States and Canada. ref http www.umwa.org index.php?q content who we are where we work United Mine ... established as a three pronged labor tool to develop mine safety to improve mine workers independence ... Mine Workers . Coal mining in the 19th Century The main goal of the UMWA was to provide safer and better ...   more details



  1. United States v. United Mine Workers

    SCOTUSCase Litigants United States v. United Mine Workers ArgueDate January 14 ArgueYear 1947 DecideDate March 6 DecideYear 1947 FullName United States v. United Mine Workers of America USVol 330 USPage 258 Citation 67 S. Ct. 677 91 L. Ed. 884 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2954 12 Lab. Cas. CCH P51,239 19 L.R.R.M. 2346 Prior Cert. to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Subsequent Holding SCOTUS 1946 1949 Plurality Vinson JoinPlurality Reed, Jackson, Burton Concurrence Frankfurter Concurrence Dissent Black, Douglas Dissent Murphy Dissent2 Rutledge LawsApplied wikisource United States v. United Mine Workers of America United States v. United Mine Workers , Case citation 330 U.S. 258 1947 , was a decision issued by the Supreme Court of the United States United States Supreme Court in 1947 regarding labor law . The Supreme Court of the United States United States Supreme Court affirmed the issuance of a temporary restraining order , a preliminary injunction , and contempt judgments against the United Mine Workers labor union and its leader. It ruled that the district court had jurisdiction to issue the injunction and the restraining order. See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 330 External links http caselaw.lp.findlaw.com scripts getcase.pl?court us&vol 330&invol 258 Opinion of the US Supreme Court at FindLaw SCOTUS case stub Category United States Supreme Court cases Category United Mine Workers of America Category 1947 in United States case law ...   more details



  1. Trbovich v. United Mine Workers

    SCOTUSCase Litigants Trbovich v. United Mine Workers ArgueDate November 18 ArgueYear 1971 DecideDate January 17 DecideYear 1972 FullName Trbovich v. United Mine Workers, et al. USVol 404 USPage 5528 Citation 404 U.S. 528 92 S. Ct. 630 30 L. Ed. 2d 686 15 Fed. R. Serv. 2d Callaghan 1083 79 L.R.R.M. 2193 Prior On appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Subsequent Holding The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 does not bar union members from intervening in enforcement proceedings brought by the United States Department of Labor in enforcement proceedings under the Act. SCOTUS 1972 1975 Majority Marshall JoinMajority Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Blackmun Concurrence Concurrence Dissent Douglas NotParticipating Rehnquist, Powell LawsApplied Trbovich v. United Mine Workers , 404 U.S. 528 1972 is a 6 to 1 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 gave union members the right to intervene in enforcement proceedings brought by the United States Department of Labor in enforcement proceedings under the Act. ref Goldberg, Michael J. Present at the Creation Clyde Summers and the Field of Union Democracy Law. Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal . 2010, p. 144 146. ref Footnotes reflist SCOTUS case stub Category United States Supreme Court cases Category United States administrative case law Category 1972 in United States case law Category United Mine Workers of America ...   more details



  1. United Mine Workers of America Building

    Infobox nrhp name United Mine Workers of America Building nrhp type nhl image United Mine Workers of America Building.JPG caption location 900 Fifteenth St. NW, Washington, D.C. lat degrees 38 lat minutes 54 lat seconds 8 lat direction N long degrees 77 long minutes 2 long seconds 13 long direction W locmapin United States Washington, D.C. central area built 1912 architect Totten, George Oakley Porter, Irwin Stevens, et al. architecture Other designated nrhp type April 5, 2005 ref name nhlsum cite web url http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl detail.cfm?ResourceId 343657069&ResourceType Building title United Mine Workers of America accessdate 2008 05 12 work National Historic Landmark summary listing publisher National Park Service ref added September 13, 2000 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref governing body Private refnum 00001032 United Mine Workers of America Building , also known as University Club is a building in Washington, D.C. . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2005. ref name nhlsum ref name nrhpinv2 Cite document title PDFlink http www.nps.gov nhl designations samples dc UMW.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination United Mine Works of America Building University Club, Summit Grand Parc 32  KB date April 30, 2003 author Judith H. Robinson, Tim Kerr, Susan Cianci Salvatore ... of the United Mine Workers of America union UMW that was associated with the rise of organized labor ... WWII economic boom. ref name nhlsum References reflist Registered Historic Places DEFAULTSORT United Mine Workers Of America Building Category National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. Category Buildings and structures in Washington, D.C. Category United Mine Workers of America WashingtonDC ... Mine Safety Act in 1952 and the creation of industry funded health and retirement benefits between ... to lift millions of blue collar workers into the middle class. This building was also home to the Congress ... by the UMW in its formative years, covered the previously unrepresented mass production workers, a segment ...   more details



  1. John Mitchell (United Mine Workers)

    cat John Mitchell United Mine Workers http www.umwa.org United Mine Workers of America Start box Succession box before Michael Ratchford title President, United Mine Workers of America years 1898 1907 ... 4, 1870 PLACE OF BIRTH Braidwood, Illinois Braidwood , Illinois , United States U.S. DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1919 PLACE OF DEATH New York City , New York , United States U.S. DEFAULTSORT Mitchell, John Category United Mine Workers of America Category American labor leaders Category American miners ... of UMWA after president Michael Ratchford resigned to become a member of the United States Industrial ... St. Louis , Missouri . In a landmark case, the United States Supreme Court overturned the contempt ... of Mitchell s earliest challenges in the UMWA was to help incorporate new workers from various ethnicities ... engaged in contentious negotiations with mining companies, including one in which President of the United ...   more details



  1. United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs

    Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs ArgueDate January 20 ArgueYear 1966 DecideDate March 28 DecideYear 1966 FullName United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs USVol 383 ... of a coal mine to be opened near Gray s Creek, and to arrange for the coal to be hauled to the nearest railroad depot. The mine would have been within the jurisdiction of United Mine Workers of America ... him, he sued the United Mine Workers but not the specific local or its members in the United States ... caselaw source case United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs findlaw http caselaw.lp.findlaw.com scripts ... Holding In order for a United States district court to have pendent jurisdiction over a state ... Warren LawsApplied Article Three of the United States Constitution U.S. Const., Art. III 2 Labor Management Relations Act wikisource United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs , Case citation 383 U.S. 715 1966 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that in order for a United ... planned instead to use members of the rival Southern Labor Union to work the mine. News of the mine ... Local 5881 arrived at the site to prevent the mine from being opened. They threatened Gibbs, and beat ... party to open the mine. Gibbs lost his job as mine superintendent, and was therefore unable to commence performance of his haulage contract. He also lost some of his other mine lease s and trucking ... on that claim. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the district ... federal question under Article Three of the United States Constitution Article III, 2 of the Constitution ... legal procedure without prejudice for a State court United States state court to hear. Also, Brennan ... was reversed Category United States Supreme Court cases Category United States federal jurisdiction case law Category United States labor case law Category United Mine Workers of America Category 1966 in United States case law ...   more details



  1. United Mine Workers of America v. Bagwell

    SCOTUSCase Litigants United Mine Workers of America v. Bagwell ArgueDate November 29 ArgueYear 1993 DecideDate June 30 DecideYear 1994 FullName International Union, United Mine Workers Of America, et al., Petitioners v. John L. Bagwell, et al. USVol 512 USPage 821 Citation 114 S. Ct. 2552 129 L. Ed. 2d 642 1994 U.S. LEXIS 5086 62 U.S.L.W. 4705 128 Lab. Cas. CCH P11,120 146 L.R.R.M. 2641 94 Cal. Daily Op. Service 5027 94 Daily Journal DAR 9264 8 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 399 Prior Appeal from the Supreme Court of Virginia Subsequent Holding A fine for contempt that could not be purged by compliance with the order of the court was a criminal contempt, and could not be assessed without a jury trial. SCOTUS 1993 1994 Majority Blackmun JoinMajority unanimous parts I, II A, II C, III Stevens, O Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas part II B Concurrence Scalia Concurrence2 Ginsburg JoinConcurrence2 Rehnquist LawsApplied Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution U.S. Const. amend. XIV United Mine Workers of America v. Bagwell , Case citation 512 U.S. 821 1994 ref citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States United States Supreme Court laid out the constitutional limitations for the use of Contempt of court contempt powers by court s. Facts A trial court enjoined striking unions in Virginia from undertaking certain unlawful activities throwing things, threatening, obstructing, and picketing without supervision when union members repeatedly violated ... the distinction between civil and criminal fines. See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 512 List of United States Supreme Court cases Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Rehnquist Court External links note citation ussc 512 821 Text of the opinion on Findlaw.com Category United States Supreme Court cases Category United Mine Workers of America Category 1994 in United States case law ...   more details



  1. Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America

    SCOTUSCase Litigants Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America ArgueDate March 9 ArgueYear 1945 DecideDate May 7 DecideYear 1945 FullName Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation v. Local No. 6167, United Mine Workers Of America, et al. USVol 325 USPage 161 Citation 325 U.S. 161, 65 S.Ct. 1063, 89 L.Ed. 1534 Prior Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals of the Fourth Circuit. 145 F.2d 10 Subsequent Petition for rehearing denied on June 18, 1945. 325 U.S. 897 Holding The underground travel time of coal miners was considered compensable work time under 7 a of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. 207 a . SCOTUS 1943 1945 Majority Murphy JoinMajority Black, Reed, Douglas, Rutledge Dissent Jackson JoinDissent Stone, Roberts, Frankfurter LawsApplied Fair Labor Standards Act , 7 a , 29 U.S.C. 207 a Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America , Case citation 325 U.S. 161 1945 was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States dealing with the compensation of mine workers for time spent traveling to work sites while underground. The employer, Jewell Ridge, sought declaratory judgment against its employee s trade union union to determine whether the time spent traveling underground by the coal miners between the portals of the employer s two bituminous coal mines and the working faces was included in the compensable workweek under 7 ... v. United Mine Workers of America http caselaw.lp.findlaw.com scripts getcase.pl?navby CASE&court US&vol 325&page 161 325 U.S. 161 Full text of the opinion on Findlaw.com. Category 1945 in United States case law Category United States Supreme Court cases Category United States labor case law Category United Mine Workers of America ... Chapter 8 of Title 29 of the United States Code , abbreviated as 8 of 29 U.S.C. Majority Opinion In an opinion ... List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 325 Robert H. Jackson Feud with Black Black Jackson ...   more details



  1. Workers United

    For the Wisconsin agricultural union Obreros Unidos Infobox Union name Workers United country United ... from the national union on March 24, 2009, formed a new union called Workers United, and affiliated ... of Workers United, and Raynor was named Romney s successor. ref name MishakHuff http www.lasvegassun.com ... Daily News reported that Workers United was running a deficit of 300,000 a month, the deficit was expected to widen, that SEIU had loaned the union 1 million to shore up its finances, and that Workers United was considering asking SEIU for 1.3 million a month and suspension of all dues payments in order to keep Workers United solvent. ref name GonzalezShocker http www.nydailynews.com money 2009 ... www.politico.com blogs bensmith 0509 Workers United pleads poverty to SEIU.html Smith, Ben. Workers United Pleads Poverty to SEIU. Politico. May 28, 2009. ref The media later reported that an internal Workers United memo admitted that membership was closer to 100,000 than 150,000 and that membership ... Labor Relations Board held that Workers United was the bargaining agent for contracts at five ... nlrb rules in favor of workers united 2209413 Ellis, Kristi. NLRB Rules in Favor of Workers United. Women s Wear Daily. July 10, 2009. ref Workers United won a significant organizing victory in the U.S. ... to Workers United pending approval of federal banking regulators . ref name LongDispute http ..., businesses, convention centers, and athletic stadiums, while SEIU and Workers United will restrict ... The two unions had also disagreed over whether several thousand members of Workers United had ... workers united.org workers united.org footnotes Include all unused fields for future use. See template Infobox Union for usage. Workers United is an United States American and Canada Canadian trade union union which represents about 100,000 workers in the textile , commercial laundry , and Gambling in the United States gaming industries. ref name GreenhouseRejoin ref name SmithPoverty After a lengthy ...   more details



  1. Progressive Mine Workers

    of Democracy in the United Mine Workers journal Labor History volume 44 issue 2 pages 259 date ... labor unions Category Former United States labor unions Category Coal mining in the United States Category Organizations established in 1932 Category 1999 disestablishments Category United Mine Workers ... to offer mine workers a genuine alternative dissolved decades earlier. Paired against the combined ... Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Western Federation of Miners References Reflist Bibliography Harriet D. Hudson, The Progressive Mine Workers of America A Study in Rival Unionism. Bureau of Economic ... , March 1933, pp.  169 172. Dallas M. Young, Origins of the Progressive Mine Workers of America ...Infobox Union name P.M.A. country United States affiliation American Federation of Labor members full name Progressive Miners of America native name image founded 1932 current head dissolved date 1999 dissolved state merged into office people website footnotes The Progressive Miners of America PMA was a coal miners trade union union organized in 1932 in Downstate Illinois downstate Illinois . It was formed after United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis , sided with coal operators and subverted a contract referendum which would have reduced a miner s daily wage from 6.10 to 5.00. In protest, miners organized mass Picketing protest pickets in a number of coal towns in Central Illinois. On August 24, a mass march was organized to win the support of workers in the Southern part of the state. The huge caravan was met by scores of deputies and thugs at Mulkeytown, Illinois. Vehicles were upended and workers were shot at and beaten. Eight days later, delegates representing tens of thousands of miners assembled in Gillespie, Illinois. They voted to break from the UMWA and form a new union, the Progressive Miners of America. The PMA was more than simply a rival to the UMWA. Rejecting Lewis ... in mutual aid among workers in different crafts and work sites, and politically independent ref cite ...   more details



  1. Mine Workers' Union of Canada

    Orphan date May 2010 Infobox Union name Mine Workers Union of Canada MWUC country Canada affiliation Workers Unity League members full name image founded 1925 office Canada people President James Sloan website native name current head dissolved date August 22, 1935 dissolved state merged into footnotes Include all unused fields for future use. See Template talk Infobox Union for usage. The Mine Workers Union of Canada was a trade union in the mining sector in Canada . MWUC was affiliated to the Workers Unity League , ref name sloan and lasted for approximately a decade. Founding MWUC was founded in 1925, as Alberta rank and file unionists broke away from the United Mine Workers of America District 18. Several of the founders of the union were cadres of the Communist Party of Canada . ref name acc Worley, Matthew. http books.google.com books?id 857cMqogQY4C In Search of Revolution International Communist Parties in the Third Period . London Tauris, 2004. p. 223 ref By September 1926 MWUC was the largest miners union in Alberta, with around 4,000 members in fifteen camps. ref Caragata, Warren. http books.google.com books?id b sedCcCUAEC Alberta Labour A Heritage Untold . Toronto Ont. J. Lorimer, 1979. 92 ref MWUC was one of the founders of the All Canadian Congress of Labour in 1927. ref name acc Leadership James Sloan was the president of MWUC. ref name sloan Abella, Irving M. On Strike Six Key Labour Struggles in Canada, 1919 1949. http books.google.com books?id tGa5ju XbyEC Major strikes in Canadian history, 1 . Toronto James Lewis & Samuel Publishers, 1974. p. 44 ref L. Maurice was the vice president of the union. ref Abella, Irving M. On Strike Six Key Labour Struggles in Canada, 1919 1949. http books.google.com books?id tGa5ju XbyEC Major strikes in Canadian history, 1 . Toronto James Lewis & Samuel Publishers, 1974. p. 66 ref John Stokaluk was the national secretary ... to mobilize a large majority of local miners, preparing for a strike. The mine owners rejected ...   more details



  1. African Mine Workers' Strike

    The African Mine Workers Strike , by mine workers of Witwatersrand started on August 12, 1946 and lasted around 1 week. The strike was attacked by police and over the week, at least 1,248 workers were wounded and at least 9 killed. African Mine Workers Union In 1941 a miners conference was called by the Transvaal Provincial Committee of the African National Congress . The conference was supported by Paramount Chief of Natal Province Zululand and trade unions. ref E. Roux, Time Longer than Rope. University of Wisconsin Press, p. 335. ref It was here that the African Mine Workers Union came into being and elected a committee under the presidency of J. B. Marks , who also became President of the Transvaal African National Congress. At first the union was not recognised by the Chamber of Mines, but after sustained pressure for better wages and conditions, the prime minister, Field Marshal Jan Smuts , announced some piecemeal increases improvements in conditions while at the same time issuing War Measure No. 1425 banning gatherings of more than twenty people on mining property without permission. Despite union officials being arrested in 1944 at a meeting in Witwatersrand and in Springs, a conference was held in May 1946 which decided to approach the government with demands for a ten shillings a day wage and other improvements or to take strike action. In August 1946 an open air conference was held in Newtown Market Square as no hall where Africans could hold meetings was big enough to accommodate those present and the decision to strike was taken. ref THE AFRICAN MINERS STRIKE OF 1946 by M. P. Naicker http www.anc.org.za ancdocs history misc miners.html ref Bloody Tuesday The police attacked the workers with batons, bayonets, and gunfire outside the mines and in the mines when ... on Tuesday, 13 August. Police opened fire on the procession and a number of workers were ... and bayonets. During the week workers and leaders of the ANC, the Communist Party, the Indian ...   more details



  1. United Workers' Party

    The United Workers Party may refer to Polish United Workers Party United Workers Party Dominica United Workers Party Guyana Mapam United Workers Party Israel , commonly known as Mapam United Workers Party Saint Lucia International Council Correspondence United Workers Party United States disambig Category Political party disambiguation pages de United Workers Party ...   more details



  1. Andhra Pradesh Mica Mine Workers Union

    Infobox Union name A.P.M.M.U. country India affiliation All India Trade Union Congress members 1200 full name Andhra Pradesh Mica Mine Workers Union native name image founded current head dissolved date dissolved state merged into office people website footnotes A.P. Mica Mine Workers Union , a trade union of mica mine labourers in the Gudur minesfields in Andhra Pradesh , India . APMMU is affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress . APMMU claims a membership of 1200 out of a total of 7000 workers. Andhra Pradesh is one of the three leading areas where mica is mined in India. India produces roughly 62 of the world s mica but in recent years other materials substituting mica in its main applications such as electronics have impacted the price and mining of mica in India. Sources http www.pucl.org from archives Industries envirn resettlement palamur.htm PUCL http www.mmpindia.org Micamining.PDF MM&P mica mining India overview Portal Organized labour Category All India Trade Union Congress Category Miners labor unions India trade union stub ...   more details



  1. United Workers Movement NMI

    The United Workers Movement NMI is an organization in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands devoted to fighting for workers rights in the CNMI and helping workers improve their status. They are currently involved in rallies and activities focused on ensuring that legal alien workers have legal status after November 28th, 2009 when the US federal government takes over immigration and labour relations labor in the CNMI. References http www.saipantribune.com newsstory.aspx?cat 1&newsID 89958 May Day ralliers demand better immigration status http www.mvarietynews.com index.php?option com content&view article&id 14917 united workers movement supports doromals letter writing campaign&catid 1 local news&Itemid 2 United Workers Movement supports Doromal s letter writing campaign http www.mvarietynews.com index.php?option com content&view article&id 14837 syed elected united workers movement president&catid 1 local news&Itemid 2 Syed elected United Workers Movement president http www.gmanews.tv story 121779 Thousands of Pinoys on Saipan Island line up for Guam jobs Thousands of Pinoys on Saipan Island line up for Guam jobs http jurist.law.pitt.edu paperchase 2008 09 mariana islands governor sues to stop.php Mariana Islands governor sues to stop application of US immigration system Category Trade unions in the United States Category Workers rights organizations ...   more details



  1. United Workers Association

    no ref date February 2011 File United Workers picketers.jpg thumb 250px United Workers Association picketers. The United Workers Association is a human rights organization led by low wage workers in Maryland in the United States . The organization was founded in 2002 by a group of Homelessness homeless men and women in Baltimore . In 2004 the United Workers Association launched a campaign to secure living wages at the Oriole Park at Camden Yards , targeting Baltimore Orioles team owner Peter Angelos by demanding that he pay cleaners a living wage. In 2007 the United Workers Association won its demand for living wages at Camden Yards. On August 15, 2007 the organization announced that 11 workers and 4 allies would go on hunger strike starting September 3, 2007. Governor Martin O Malley responded by announcing his support of living wage s at the stadium, and on September 3, 2007 the hunger strike was postponed, pending an upcoming meeting of the Maryland Stadium Authority . On September 6, 2007 the Maryland Stadium Authority voted to pay cleaners the Maryland state living wage rate of 11.30 an hour, up from the current 7.00 an hour. Later that day the United Workers Association announced that the hunger strike was called off in response to the victory. Category Trade unions in the United States poli org stub ...   more details



  1. Workers' Council of the United States

    , and changed its name to the Workers Council of the United States. The new group advocated a completely legal Communist movement in the United States, a stand that only aggravated internal disharmony within the recently united Communist party of America. ref Theodore Draper , The Roots of American Communism. New York Viking Press , 1957 pp. 330 334. ref After a series of negotiations the Workers Council ... party. http www.marxisthistory.org subject usa eam workerscouncil.html Workers Council of the United States page at early American Marxism Category 1920 establishments in the United States ...File Workers Council 211015.jpg thumb right 250px The bi weekly organ of the Workers Council group was a magazine by the same name. The Workers Council of the United States , commonly known as the Workers Council, was a short lived organized faction of former Socialist Party of America members who had wanted the party to affiliate with the Comintern . Failing that, they agitated for the creation of an open communist party. While a small and short lived group, it nevertheless played an important role in the creation of the Workers Party of America, and included many individuals who would have prominent careers in radical and labor movements such as Moissaye Olgin , J. Louis Engdahl , Alexander Trachtenberg , William F. Kruse , and Melech Epstein . Organizational history The group began as the Committee ... to the creation of the Workers Party of America at a convention at Star Casino, New York on December 23 26, 1921. One of the stipulations for the Workers Council joining the new organization was the creation ... From April 1 to December 15, 1921 the Workers Council published ten issues of a biweekly serial called The Workers Council. The publication was initially edited by Benjamin Glassberg , who was succeeded by Louis Engdahl. At the time of the establishment of the Workers Party of America, this periodical ... Political party factions in the United States ...   more details



  1. United Garment Workers

    see also the United Garment Workers Trade Union of the U.K. The United Garment Workers of America UGW or UGWA was a trade union formed in New York in April 1891, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor . The UGW lead a successful strike of 16,000 garment workers in New York City in 1893, but soon adopted a more conservative, conciliatory tone with manufacturers. ref http www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu encyclopedia entries united garment workers.html ref Thomas A. Rickert of Chicago served as UGW s president from 1904 ref Clothing trade journal, Volumes 18 19, January 1921 ref through at least 1939. ref Time Magazine, March 13, 1939, http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,760895,00.html ref The union came to national attention with the 1910 Chicago Garment Workers Strike , which had started as a spontaneous strike on September 22, by a handful of women workers at Hart Schaffner & Marx . It spread to a citywide labor action of almost 40,000 workers that lasted until February 1911. Chicago was then the largest producer of men s garments in the United States, Hart Schaffner .... The action not only pitted workers against management and against Chicago police on horseback ... members. Similar allegations dogged the UGA s mishandling of the 1913 New York Garment Workers Strike, a nine week walkout of some 85,000 workers. ref http www.socialwelfarehistory.com organizations ... Clothing Workers of America under Hillman s founding leadership. In 1994, the UGW s 15,000 members merged into the United Food and Commercial Workers . References reflist Portal Organized labour External links http homer.gsu.edu blogs library 2003 08 21 united garment workers of america 1893 1994 UGW papers at the Georgia State University Library Category 1891 establishments in the United States Category American Federation of Labor Category History of labor relations in the United States Category Former United States labor unions Category Textile and clothing trade unions ...   more details



  1. United General Workers Union

    Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 United General Workers Union , a central trade union organization in Belize . Founded in 1979 through the merger of Belize General Development Workers Union and the Southern Christian Union. During the 1980s UGWU was seen as the most leftist trade union organization in the country. Portal Organized labour Category Trade unions in Belize Belize stub NorthAm trade union stub ...   more details



  1. United Packinghouse Workers of America

    The United Packinghouse Workers of America UPWA , later the United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers , was a trade union labor union that represented workers in the Meat packing industry meatpacking industry. The UPWA was chartered originally chartered as the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee PWOC by the Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO in 1937. The PWOC organized locals throughout the nation with the greatest concentrations in the Midwestern United States Midwestern and Great Plains states. Like many unions in the CIO, the PWOC tried to organize all workers in a given plant regardless of skill or trade see industrial unionism . The PWOC had to compete with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters , an older American Federation of Labor AFL Craft unionism craft union . In 1943 the PWOC was officially chartered as the UPWA. In the 1940s, the UPWA won nationwide contracts with companies including the Big Four of meatpacking Armour and Company Armour , Gustavus Franklin Swift Swift , Wilson, and Michael Cudahy meat packing Cudahy . In the 1950s and 1960s, the UPWA was at the forefront of union support for the American Civil Rights Movement 1955 1968 civil rights movement and was a strong ally of Martin Luther King, Jr. . Historians regard the UPWA s civil rights activity as a prime example of social unionism . As the meatpacking industry restructured in the postwar years and the Big Four lost their dominance, plants represented by the UPWA closed in large numbers. As a result, its membership in dropped quickly in the 1960s. In 1968, the UPWA dissolved into the Amalgamated Meat Cutters . External links http www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org pages 943.html History of packinghouse ... Workers in Chicago s Packinghouses, 1904 54 University of Illinois Press, 1997 Roger Horowitz, Negro ... of Illinois Press, 1997 Category Former United States labor unions Category United Food and Commercial Workers Category Food processing trade unions US trade union stub ...   more details



  1. United Federal Workers of America

    Infobox Union Include all unused fields for future use. See Infobox Union for usage. name United Federal Workers of America country United States affiliation Congress of Industrial Organizations members ... Merged into merged into United Public Workers of America office people website footnotes The United Federal Workers of America UFWA was an United States American trade union labor union representing ... labor federation , and one of the unions which merged in 1946 to form the influential United Public Workers of America . The union challenged the constitutionality of the Hatch Act of 1939 , which led to the Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court decision in United Public Workers v. Mitchell , 330 U.S. 75 1947 . The union is sometimes confused with the United Public Workers of America ... union for U.S. government employees, the United Federal Workers of America UFWA , from local unions .... ref name Arnesen1445 Arnesen, United Federal Workers of America United Public Workers ..., p. 216. ref On April 25, 1946, the State, County, and Municipal Workers of America SCMWA merged with the UFWA to form the United Public Workers of America . ref name Lyons Lyons, Teachers and Reform ... the Hatch Act of 1939 finally reached the Supreme Court in 1947. In United Public Workers v. Mitchell , 330 U.S. 75 1947 , the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Act. Writing for the majority, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Stanley Forman Reed argued that the Hatch Act did not infringe on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution .... ref Rosenbloom and O Leary, Public Administration and Law, 1996, p. 190 191. ref United Public Workers ... reflist Bibliography Arnesen, Eric. United Federal Workers of America United Public Workers of America ... Employees AFGE . ref name Slater126 Slater, Public Workers Government Employee Unions, the Law ... Amendment to the United States Constitution Ninth Amendment guaranteeing non enumerated ...   more details



  1. Workers Party of the United States

    cannon works 1934 dfusion.htm Entry Into The Socialist Party Many members of the Workers Party of the United ... were known, and they split to form their own group, the Socialist Workers Party United States Socialist Workers Party , soon thereafter. ref Shannon, David A. The Socialist Party of America ... Party of the United States. New York Workers Party of the US, 1935. Further reading James P. Cannon ... to the Workers Party of the United States. Publications, 1933 1939. 5306. Kheel Center for Labor Management ... political arm of the Communist Party of America established at the end of 1921, see Workers Party of America . For the Trotskyist organization established by Max Shachtman in 1940, see Workers Party US . For the organization established in Chicago in 1992, see Workers Party, USA . File NewMilitant.jpg thumb right 320px The New Militant was the official organ of the Workers Party of the US throughout its approximately 18 months of existence. The Workers Party of the United States WPUS was established in December 1934 by a merger of the American Workers Party AWP led by A.J. Muste and the Trotskyist ... The formation of the U.S. Workers Party was the fusion of two revolutionary socialist organizations ... led the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 and the American Workers Party helped lead the 1934 Toledo ... into the labor movement in no other way than through the Marxist party, the American workers, with all ... It was also these strikes that led to the fusion of the two organizations. In 1933 the American Workers ... Organ of the Workers Party of the U.S.. James P. Cannon, editor. New York. http www.archive.org ... viewer&forebear coll &user GUEST&pds handle &pid 229279&con lng ENG&search terms WCT 20 Workers 20Party ... 02751 Declaration of Principles and Constitution of the Workers Party of the US. New York Workers Party of the US Pioneer Publishers, 1935. Which Party for the American worker? by A. J. Muste New York Published for the Workers Party of the U.S. by Pioneer Publishers ...   more details



  1. United Workers Party (Guyana)

    The United Workers Party was a political party in Guyana . It contested the Guyanese general election, 1992 1992 general elections , but received just 77 votes and failed to win a seat. ref name N1 Dieter Nohlen Nohlen, D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook, Volume I , pp366 368 ISBN 978 0 19 928357 6 ref The party did not contest any further elections. References reflist Guyanese political parties Guyana party stub Category Political parties in Guyana ...   more details



  1. United Food and Commercial Workers

    of Labor. Form LM 2 labor Organization Annual Report. United Food and Commercial Workers. File Number 000 056. Dated March 26, 2009. ref full name United Food and Commercial Workers native name image ... footnotes The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a trade union labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers ref name NumberofMembers in the United States and Canada ... merged with UFCW, followed by the UFCW Local 811 United Retail Workers Union in 1981 now Local ..., the 15,000 member strong United Garment Workers of America merged with the UFCW. In 1995 the 15,000 member Textile Workers and the 15,000 member Distillery Workers unions merged with the UFCW, forming ... International Union of North America Laborers , United Farm Workers and United Brotherhood ... across the country. Immigration Raids The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union ..., 2006 at six meat packing plants across the United States. The UFCW represents workers at five of the plants ... United Food and Commercial Workers date 2008 06 04 url http www.ufcw.org press room index.cfm?pressReleaseID ... Radio Campesina a project of the United Farm Workers Union founded by Cesar Chavez , Councilman Michael ... Reflist External links http www.ufcw.org United Food and Commercial Workers International Union http www.ufcw.ca United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Ansley, Fran and Anne Lewis. http www.southernspaces.org ... Food And Commercial Workers Category United Food and Commercial Workers Category Canadian Labour Congress ...Infobox Union name UFCW country United States & Canada affiliation Change to Win Federation , Canadian ... Workers International Union voted to have their 15,000 members join the UFCW. In 1984 and 1985 UFCW pursued aggressive campaigns and organized 136,000 workers. In 1986 the Canadian Brewery Workers ... another 81,000 workers in 1986, nearly 100,000 in 1987, and over 100,000 in 1988. However, it was also ... Workers Union merged with the UFCW. In 1993 the International Union of Life Insurance Agents of Ohio ...   more details



  1. United Workers Cooperatives

    Infobox nrhp name United Workers Cooperatives nrhp type image caption location 2700 2870 Bronx Park E, New York, New York lat degrees 40 lat minutes 51 lat seconds 59 lat direction N long degrees 73 long minutes 52 long seconds 11 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin New York City built 1926 architect Springsteen & Goldhammer Jessor,Herman J. architecture Tudor Revival added September 11, 1986 area convert 5.4 acre governing body Private refnum 86002518 ref name nris NRISref version 2009a ref United Workers Cooperatives , also known as Allerton Coops, is a historic apartment building complex located in Bronx The Bronx , New York City New York, New York . The complex includes three contributing buildings and five contributing structures. The Tudor Revival architecture Tudor Revival style buildings were built during two construction campaigns, 1926 1927 and 1927 1929 by the United Workers Association. The buildings feature half timbered gable s, horizontal half timbered bands topped with sloping slate roofs, corbelled and crenellated towers, and picturesque chimneys. ref name nrhpinv ny cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 696 title National Register of Historic Places Registration United Workers Cooperatives date July 1986 accessdate 2011 01 12 author Merrill Hesch publisher New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation See also cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 697 title Accompanying eight photos ref It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. ref name nris References reflist External links http www.flickr.com photos emilio guerra 4587854029 United Workers Cooperative Colony The Coops , Flickr.com website New York City Historic Sites National Register of Historic Places in New York Category Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City Category Tudor Revival architecture in New York Category Buildings ...   more details




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