Granite collection : Quarry Workers' International Union, 1908-1955.

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Granite collection : Quarry Workers' International Union, 1908-1955.

Business records and mss., of a union branch in Westerly, R.I., including meeting minutes, financial information, membership registers, and union dues records.

6 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7078070

Westerly Public Library

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Quarry Workers' International Union of North America

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Quarry Workers International Union of North America (QUIUNA) was founded in September 1903 as a result of a merger of several labor unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Prior to this time the AFL had chartered two short-lived national unions of such workers during the last years of 19th century; the Quarrymen's National Union of the United States of America (1890-1900) and the National State Quarrymen's Union (1895-1898). In 1938, QUIUNA withdre...