Oral history interview with Willys Stearns in Estherville, Iowa, 1982 Nov. 10 [microform] / conducted by Merle O. Davis.

Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

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The Committee for Industrial Organization was formed by the presidents of eight international unions in 1935. The presidents of these unions were dissatisfied with the American Federation of Labor's unwillingness to commit itself to a program of organizing industrial unions. In 1936, the A.F. of L. suspended the ten unions which proceeded to organize an independent federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO subsequently became the A.F. of L.'s chief rival for the leadership of...

Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local P-79 (Estherville, Iowa)

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Davis, Merle J.

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Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America

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The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America and the United Packinghouse Workers of America coordinated collective bargaining efforts ca. 1953. The two unions merged in 1968. From the description of Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America records, 1953-1957. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 711874958 ...

Stearns, Willys, 1906-

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United Packinghouse Workers of America

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Packinghouse Workers' Organizing Committee

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United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 79 (Estherville, Iowa)

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