United Furniture Workers of America

The United Furniture Workers of America was organized in 1937 by seceding factions of the Upholsterers' International Union of North America; the Furniture, Carpet, Linoleum and Awning Workers International Union of North America, and by independent organizations.

Former members of the Upholsterers' International Union and others formed the United Furniture Workers of America (UFWA) as a Congress of Industrial Organizations' (CIO) affiliate in 1937. Chicago Local 18-B entered the UFWA in February 1940. In 1941, the UFWA, at its second convention, created several districts out of its 106 locals. Facing membership losses in the 1970s and 1980s, the UFWA merged with the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Technical, Salaried and Machine Workers in 1987. This merger formed the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Technical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers.