American Flint Glass Workers' Union: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Warofdreams (talk | contribs) jurisdiction |
No edit summary |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''American Flint Glass Workers' Union''' (AFGWU) was a [[labor union]] representing workers involved in making glassware and related goods in the United States and Canada. |
{{Short description|American Union which produced glass and other products in the US and Canada}} |
||
The '''American Flint Glass Workers' Union''' ('''AFGWU''') was a [[labor union]] representing workers involved in making glassware and related goods in the United States and Canada. |
|||
The union was founded in [[Pittsburgh]] on July 1, 1878, by locals which split away from the [[Knights of Labor]]. |
The union was founded in [[Pittsburgh]] on July 1, 1878, by locals which split away from the [[Knights of Labor]]. On July 27, 1887, it was chartered by the [[American Federation of Labor]] (AFL). In 1901, workers involved in making glass bottles split away to join the [[Glass Bottle Blowers' Association]]. The AFGWU left the AFL in 1903, but rejoined in 1912.<ref name="maryland">{{cite web |title=Inactive Organizations |url=https://umdlabor.weebly.com/uploads/2/9/3/9/29397087/inactive_organizations.pdf |website=UMD Labor Collections |publisher=University of Maryland |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="1926handbook">{{cite book |title=Handbook of American Trade Unions |date=1926 |publisher=United States Department of Labor |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/bls/bls_0420_1926.pdf |access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="reynolds">{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=Lloyd G. |last2=Killingsworth |first2=Charles C. |title=Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850-1941 |date=1944 |publisher=Johns Hopkins Press |location=Baltimore}}</ref> |
||
By 1925, the union had 6,900 members and was based in [[Toledo, Ohio]].<ref name="1926handbook" /> From 1955, it was affiliated to the new [[ |
By 1925, the union had 6,900 members and was based in [[Toledo, Ohio]].<ref name="1926handbook" /> From 1955, it was affiliated to the new [[AFL–CIO]], growing to 35,000 members by 1957,<ref>{{cite book |title=Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States |date=1957 |publisher=United States Department of Labor |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/bls/bls_1222_1957.pdf |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref> this figure falling slightly to 33,375 in 1980.<ref>{{cite book |title=Directory of National Unions and Employee Associations |date=1980 |publisher=United States Department of Labor |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/bls/bls_2079_1980.pdf |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref> By 2003, membership was down to 12,000, and on July 1, the union merged into the [[United Steelworkers]].<ref name="maryland" /><ref>{{cite news |title=American Flint Glass Workers to merge with United Steelworkers of America |url=https://www.glassonline.com/american-flint-glass-workers-to-merge-with-united-steelworkers-of-america/ |access-date=28 May 2022 |work=Glass Online |date=19 March 2003}}</ref> |
||
==Presidents== |
==Presidents== |
||
| Line 24: | Line 25: | ||
<references /> |
<references /> |
||
[[Category:Trade unions absorbed by the United Steelworkers]] |
|||
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1878]] |
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1878]] |
||
[[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 2003]] |
[[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 2003]] |
||
Latest revision as of 02:45, 4 December 2024
The American Flint Glass Workers' Union (AFGWU) was a labor union representing workers involved in making glassware and related goods in the United States and Canada.
The union was founded in Pittsburgh on July 1, 1878, by locals which split away from the Knights of Labor. On July 27, 1887, it was chartered by the American Federation of Labor (AFL). In 1901, workers involved in making glass bottles split away to join the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association. The AFGWU left the AFL in 1903, but rejoined in 1912.[1][2][3]
By 1925, the union had 6,900 members and was based in Toledo, Ohio.[2] From 1955, it was affiliated to the new AFL–CIO, growing to 35,000 members by 1957,[4] this figure falling slightly to 33,375 in 1980.[5] By 2003, membership was down to 12,000, and on July 1, the union merged into the United Steelworkers.[1][6]
Presidents
[edit]- 1878: Robert A. Steen
- 1880: John N. Branen
- 1883: Thomas J. Irwin
- 1884: William J. Smith
- 1900: John Kunzler
- 1902: Charles E. Voitle
- 1903: Thomas W. Rowe
- 1916: William P. Clarke
- 1932: Joseph M. Gillooly
- 1940: Harry H. Cook
- 1952: Charles M. Scheff
- 1961: George M. Parker
- 1989: Larry Bankowski
- Tim Tuttle
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Inactive Organizations" (PDF). UMD Labor Collections. University of Maryland. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ a b Handbook of American Trade Unions (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Labor. 1926. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ Reynolds, Lloyd G.; Killingsworth, Charles C. (1944). Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850-1941. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
- ^ Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Labor. 1957. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Directory of National Unions and Employee Associations (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Labor. 1980. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "American Flint Glass Workers to merge with United Steelworkers of America". Glass Online. 19 March 2003. Retrieved 28 May 2022.