United Textile Workers of America. Southern Region. Area B.

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The United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) was chartered in 1901 as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The UTWA became a founding union of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1937. As part of the CIO, the UTWA was renamed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee then the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). In 1939, a dissident faction of the TWUA sought for and was allowed to re-affiliate with the AFL under its original name, the United Textile Workers of America.

From the description of Southern Region, Area B records, 1943-1975. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477290

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Role Title Holding Repository
Place Name Admin Code Country
Spruce Pine (N.C.)
Bluefield (W. Va.)
West Virginia
Spartanburg (S.C.)
North Carolina
South Carolina
Newberry (S.C.)
Subject
Labor unions
Textile industry
Textile workers
Textile workers
Textile workers
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1943

Active 1975

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