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American Newspaper Guild C.I.O. - 1942 Military Dues Exemption Card

"The Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America advocates and practices the program and tactics of militant industrial unionism..." 1942 Constitution - Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America C.I.O.

"We, the shipyard workers, will be able best to achieve our aims as an integral part of the working class only by combining our collective strength to defend the interests of all the workers in the industry. We must at all times maintain strong unity for the achievement of a higher standard of living, and guard all gains won by standing ever alert against any encroachment on the part of the employers of the industry. Recognizing that craft unionism, as practiced in the past, has been proved during the course of history to be both ineffective and dangerous to the interests of the workers. The Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America advocates and practices the program and tactics of militant industrial unionism, based on the principle of One Industry - One Union. The Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America calls for the united front of all workers in the industry, regardless of creed, color, nationality, religion, sex or politic...

United Cereal Workers C.I.O. - 1942 Dues Pin

United Farm Equipment & Metal Workers of America C.I.O. - Union Pins 1940-1949

United Farm Equipment & Metal Workers of America C.I.O. - Dues + Stewards pins spanning the years 1940-1949. FE was one of the 11 unions expelled from the C.I.O. in 1950 for refusing to kick radicals and communists out of their union leadership. They are part of a proud C.I.O. tradition of non discrimination along political and religious lines and held true to the end.