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you are here: Home » About UFCW » Where We Come From » Timeline » Timeline Section 1800 - 1900 1800 - 1900 The Beginning of Organized Labor in North America
1804 - First Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers strike in Philadelphia. 1835 - National Association of Journeymen Cordwainers formed. 1850 - Clothing Cutters’ and Trimmers’ Union established. 1867 - Knights of St. Crispin formed to regulate machinery. 1869 - Daughters of St. Crispin formed as female counterpart.
" Among the things we advocate is that women should have equal suffrage with men.... We not only work for equality of suffrage, but work to fight and obtain equal wages for women." ~ Daughters of St. Crispin, 1891
1870 - First craft unions formed. 1886 - Journeymen Barbers Protective Union present at American Federation of Labor founding convention. 1887 - Journeymen Barbers International Union of America founded. 1888 - Clothing, Gents Furnishings and Shoe Store Workers receive AFL charter. 1888 - Mary Burke elected first female Vice President of the Retail Clerks. 1890 - Establishment of Clothing Cutters’ Progressive Union. 1890 - Retail Clerks National Protective Association gets AFL charter. 1891 - United Garment Workers of America chartered by AFL.
"Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia, traduced by the press, frowned upon in public opinion, and deceived by politicians. But notwithstanding all this and all these, labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun." ~ Eugene V. Debs, 1894 1895 - Boot and Shoe Workers Union receives AFL charter. 1897 - Amalgamated Meat Cutters Butcher Workmen of North America receives AFL charter.
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