This one-year 1946 agreement is between United Tobacco Workers Local 22 and the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 2 Months prior to the expiration of this contract, FTA would strike R.J. Reynolds prompting an investigation by HUAC. This union local is part of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural & Allied Workers of America C.I.O.
A blog archiving the history of struggle-based, rank-and-file led, militant trade unions through pamphlets, photos & other union ephemera. This blog focuses on C.I.O. unions (1935-1955), and the American "Left's" involvement in social movements. An injury to one is an injury to all!