Ritual of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of the United States, adopted in national convention at Columbus, O., Aug. 11, 1877
NP: Publisher not identified, (1877). 12mo, 7.5 x 4.75 inches, limp black cloth stamped in gilt on front cover, very good, light wear, faint crease to rear cover, contents very good. 36 pp. Very rare, OCLC locating a single holding in Wisconsin (unaccountably described as having only 24 pp.). The Amalgamated was an American labor union formed in 1876 to represent iron and steel workers. It partnered with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee of the CIO, in November 1935. Both organizations disbanded May 22, 1942, to form a new organization, the United Steelworkers. They suffered significant setbacks from the results of the Homestead Strike and their other labor organizing efforts and strikes in early 20th century Pittsburgh, and became linked with the AFL which gave them greater traction that increased with the merger of the AFL and CIO. A foundational document in American labor history: one can see the direct influence of fraternal organizations and masonic societies on the rituals of membership in the earliest days of this labor union. Very good. Item #h42288
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