Oral history interview with Iver Svaleson in Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1981 July 31 [microform] / conducted by Merle O. Davis.

Svaleson, Iver, 1896-

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United mine workers of America

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United Mine Workers of America. District 50

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International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers. Local 43 (Fort Dodge, Iowa)

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Davis, Merle J.

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International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers

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The International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW) emerged in 1916 from the more radical Western Federation of Miners (WFM) which organized mine and copper industry workers. IUMMSW reasserted its presence in the western mines, most successfully during the five-month strike in Butte and Anaconda (Montana) in 1934. A founding member of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the IUMMSW was expelled in 1950 because of the Union's perceived Communist ties. In 1967, the IUMMS...