Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Philadelphia Joint Board program literature. [manuscript]. 1945.

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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Philadelphia Joint Board program literature. [manuscript]. 1945.

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Program, with autographs of eight members of the Soviet delegation, from a reception in honor of representatives of the trade unions of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Given by the Philadelphia Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.

13 p. ; 28 cm.

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The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) union was formed in 1914. ACWA concentrated on workers in the men's ready-to-wear garment industry. For more than 20 years, the city was a center of non-union shops and subcontracting. Several Philadelphia locals had joined ACWA in 1915 and the Philadelphia branch of the union grew to 3,000 members in the city by 1919. In 1929, the National ACWA launched a successful organizing campaign, increasing membership in Philadelphia locals ...