We Ask Justice For Our Union Leaders! - 1948 Pamphlet - International Fur & Leather Workers Union C.I.O.

"Almost from the very day that the fur workers first organized themselves into a union to fight for better working conditions, the bosses hired gangsters to smash the union. They sent their agents to disrupt it from within. They attacked the union through injunctions and court cases. They slandered and besmirched the union through the big-business controlled press. And as is their usual practice, they singled out trustworthy and militant leaders of the workers for frame-ups and persecutions - men in whom the membership had the greatest faith, leaders whose entire lives were devoted to serving the membership.

But the union survived and grew, despite violence and gangsters and lockouts of employers.

Why was it able to survive attacks as fierce as any ever aimed at a labor organization in the United States? Who were these men who could not be threatened, bribed, or slugged into submission?

The history of the I.L.F.W.U. answers these questions. We give here only a few highlights of that fighting history. In its pages are lessons that can help the labor movement beat back the Tafts and Hartleys and those they stand for."

The International Fur and Leather Workers Union, another of the 11 expelled CIO unions were among the most radical and militant of the bunch. They faced some of the most extreme oppression, including frame ups, deportation trials, arrests of leadership and violent clashes with hired goons. Philip Foner authored a massive book documenting their history.

This pamphlet is extraordinary. I intend to get a full scan of it's pages and will provide the text when I have a bit more time.

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International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union - C.I.O. Local Union list

This is a working list that is continually being expanded and cross referenced as I work through archival material. You will notice I pose questions next to some of the locals or include various notes. If you use this list as a reference please know it may not be 100% accurate. This is a continuation of my project to map the Congress of Industrial Organizations. You will notice several different charters with the same local number. The International reused local numbers as they amalgamated or ceased to exist. Making this research a tad bit more difficult. ILWU Local 1 - RAYMOND, WA (longshore) *** chartered ’37 ILWU Local 2 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA (shipscalers) *** chartered ’37 ILWU Local 3 - STOCKTON, CA, (Barge / Power Boat) *** chartered ’37 in 1950 Local 3 becomes catch all for the International Fisherman & Allied Workers after they are expelled from the CIO. Below is a list of locals that became Local 3 in 1950. I believe these numbers correspond w...

United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 9 - C.I.O. 1940 Agreement with George A. Hormel & Co. - Austin, Minnesota

"We, the United Packinghouse Workers, realize that the struggle to better our working and living conditions is in vain unless we are united to protect ourselves collectively against the organized forces of the employer. We, therefore, form an organization which unites all workers in our industry on an industrial basis with rank and file control regardless of craft, age, sex, nationality, race, color, creed or political beliefs consistent with democratic processes, and we pledge ourselves to pursue at all times a relentless and aggressive struggle to advance our interests. We recognize that our industry is composed of workers of all nationalities, of many races, of different creeds and political opinions. In the past, these differences have been used to divide us and one group has been set against another by those who would prevent our unifying. We have organized by overcoming these divisive influences and by recognizing that our movement must be big enough to encompass a...

International Woodworkers of America - C.I.O. Union Pins 1937-1952

IWA Local 25 CIO (Port Ludlow, Washington) - Lumber & Sawmill Workers IWA Local 34 CIO - Lumber & Sawmill Workers (District 3) IWA Local 38 CIO (Shelton, Washington) - Lumber & Sawmill Workers (District 3) IWA Local 46 CIO (Bellingham, Washington) - Lumber & Sawmill Workers (Local Union) IWA Local 2-46 CIO (Bellingham, Washington) - Lumber & Sawmill Workers (Local Union) IWA Local 100 CIO - Lumber & Sawmill Workers IWA Local 101 CIO (Everett, Washington) - Lumber & Sawmill Workers IWA Local 116 CIO (North Bend, Oregon) - Lumber & Sawmill Workers (Local Union) IWA Local 140 CIO IWA CIO-CCL IWA-CIO "Organize" Longview United Woodworkers Union Local 37 CIO

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