Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers records. [manuscript]. 1933-1934.

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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers records. [manuscript]. 1933-1934.

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Newspaper clippings, telegrams and correspondence regarding a strike at Weirton Steel Company (Weirton, West Virginia) in 1933. Includes 3 signed statements of employees of Weirton attesting to unfair labor practices of company foremen.

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Weirton Steel Company.

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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers of North America

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The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) was an early steelworkers labor organization, which represented primarily English-speaking, white skilled workers. It formed in 1876, lost membership during strikes in the 1880s, and regained strength after joining the newly formed American Federation of Labor in 1887. By the early 1890s it had about 24,000 workers and it played a central role in coordinated strike efforts during the Homestead steel strike, one of the most prol...