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merrily

(45,251 posts)
6. Americans did not pay enough attention to that ad.
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 02:30 AM
Jun 2015
he Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) was a United States labor union known for its support for "social unionism" and progressive political causes. Led by Sidney Hillman for its first thirty years, it helped found the Congress of Industrial Organizations. It merged with the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) in 1976 to form the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), which merged with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in 1995 to create the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE merged in 2004 with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a new union known as UNITE HERE. After a bitter internal dispute in 2009, the majority of the UNITE side of the union, along with some of the disgruntled HERE locals left UNITE HERE, and formed a new union named Workers United, Led by former UNITE president Bruce Raynor.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated_Clothing_Workers_of_America

What difference does it make?

Without unions, we probably would not have had OASDI or Medicare, safe working conditions, a forty hour week and so much more.

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What's so great about size medium? merrily Jun 2015 #1
Whoops. I didn't see your comment first. C Moon Jun 2015 #3
Damn! I was hoping they would also have it in large! C Moon Jun 2015 #2
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Americans did not pay enough attention to that ad. merrily Jun 2015 #6
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Disagree. Union busting, often vicious, began as soon as workers started to unionize. merrily Jun 2015 #13
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Love that song! Divernan Jun 2015 #21
k/r Reminder of what it sounds like when Democrats talk to Unions nationalize the fed Jun 2015 #5
Democrats talking union during a primary campaign translated to ? merrily Jun 2015 #9
I've got two of them... Hulk Jun 2015 #7
There was a buy American movement but it didn't get far. Still is, if anyone cares. Just google. merrily Jun 2015 #11
The clothes and textiles made in the US that I have now are really treasured. appalachiablue Jun 2015 #25
Ab...sooo ...looot....leeee!!!!!!!!!! senseandsensibility Jun 2015 #8
I love seeing that label! Bernie doesn't just talk, he acts on what he says. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #12
The sweatiest sweat shop he can find, no doubt Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #14
There is only one good thing about him being in the race. Jon Stewart says if Trump runs he might sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #16
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Speaking of hair! (Graphic Warning) sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #18
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Lol! sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #20
He puts the creep in creepy. eom Cleita Jun 2015 #23
Same place as his ties rpannier Jun 2015 #22
The DNC and Democratic Party Leadership has picked Non-UNION cities (states)... bvar22 Jun 2015 #24
The essence of Third Way nee DLC politics is the decoupling of the Democratic Party Maedhros Jun 2015 #26
And if our Oregon delegation votes like it did earlier on TPA... cascadiance Jun 2015 #27
Sounds good to me. NewSystemNeeded Jun 2015 #28
Very inspirational! (nt) Babel_17 Jun 2015 #29
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