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United Office & Professional Workers of America - C.I.O. - 1938 Union Structure Chart + Local List

Taken from the Proceedings of the second UOPWA convention, this 1938 chart gives an idea of the unions structure and organization.


This is a working list of UOPWA Local unions. Most of this information comes from financial statements to the 1938 Convention. This will be updated regularly as I dig deeper into UOPWA history.
1 - Hartford, CT
2 - Philadelphia, PA
3 - Boston, MA
4 - Akron, OH
5 - Cleveland, OH
6 - Akron, OH
7 - Newark, NJ
8 - Newport???????
9 - Los Angeles, CA
10 - Pittsburgh, PA
11 - New Haven, CT
12 - Baltimore, MD
13 - ?????????????
14 - Denver, CO
15 - Newark, NJ 
16 - New York, NY - General Office
17 - Bayonne, NJ
18 - New York, NY - Publishing
19 - New York, NY - Social Service
20 - New York, NY
21 - Philadelphia, PA
22 - Philadelphia, PA
23 - Phoenix, AZ
24 - Chicago, IL - dual charter? Insurance division
25 - Indianapolis, IN
26 - Detroit, MI
27 - Washington, DC
28 - Chicago, IL
29 - Toledo, OH
30 - New York, NY - dual charter? Insurance Office Clerks division
31 - Wilmington, NC
32 - South Bend, IN
33 - Boston, MA
34 - San Francisco, CA
35 - Seattle, WA
36 - Providence, RI
37 - Flint, MI
38 - Pittsburgh, PA
39 - Chicago, IL
40 - St. Louis, MO - Title Employees + General Clerical
41 - Boston, MA - New Bedford division?
42 - Milwaukee, WI
43 - Baltimore, MD
44 - Stockton, CA
45 - Dover, DE
46 - Springfield, VA ??????
47 - Bridgeport, CT
48 - Norfolk, VA - Maritime Office Employees - Southgate-Nelson Lines
49 - Minneapolis, MN
50 - Columbus, OH
51 - Cincinnati, OH
52 - St, Paul, MN
53 - Birmingham, AL
54 - Lynn, MA ??????
55 - Hartford, CT
56 - Rochester, NY
57 - New York, NY
58 - Oakland, CA  
59 - Buffalo, NY
60 - New York, NY- “United American Artists Local 60” member base NYC in advertising
61 - Holyoke, MA
62 - New Haven, CT
63 - Bridgeport, CT
64 - Buffalo, NY
65 - Pittsburgh, PA
66 - Uniontown, PA
67 - St. Louis, MO
68 - Boston, MA
69 - Houston, TX
70 - Schenectady, NY
71 - Trenton, NJ
72 - Syracuse, NY
73 - Toledo, OH
74 - Bellaire, TX ?????
75 - Cumberland, MD
76 - ???????
77 - ???????
78 - ???????
79 - Montreal, Canada
80 - Butte, MT - Butte / Toledo / MOEOC
119 - Montreal, Canada - Artist Union


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