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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

International Woodworkers of America C.I.O. - Organize Longview, WA union pin.

In 1937, members of the Sawmill & Timber Workers Union disaffiliated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America and formed the International Woodworkers of America. They chose to affiliate with the emerging Committee of Industrial Organizations. The logging industry was changing and logging trucks were beginning to be the new norm. Based on the craft structure of AFL unions, the Teamsters and AFL leadership asserted that the Teamsters should have these driving jobs. The "Timber Worker" the official newspaper of the Sawmill & Timber Workers disagreed. The CIO, which advocated industrial unionism was more in line with these lumber workers thinking. Many of them were ex-wobblies after all. Dave Beck was a ruthless Teamster boss. He was an arch nemesis of the ILWU's Harry Bridges and preached top down business unionism. At this point in his life, Beck was the West Coast organizer for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The CIO ...