Decisions of the Impartial Chairman, William M. Leiserson, October 1919-September 1921.

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Decisions of the Impartial Chairman, William M. Leiserson, October 1919-September 1921.

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Rochester (N.Y.) Clothier's Exchange and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Rochester Joint Board, Decisions...

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Clothiers' Exchange (Rochester, N.Y.)

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Leiserson, William M.

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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Rochester Joint Board

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In 1915, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) embarked on a large-scale organizing drive in Rochester, N.Y. After four years of extensive organizing, the union succeeded in forcing the Rochester Clothiers' Exchange (the main organization of employers) into adopting a 44-hour workweek. By 1929, the union had succeeded in unionizing over 12,000 of Rochester's clothing workers. From the guide to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Rochester Joint Board minutes, 19...