Quarry Workers' International Union of North America

Summary

The Quarry Workers' International Union of North America was a trade union with its headquarters in Barre, Vermont.

QUIUNA
Quarry Workers' International Union of North America
Merged intoUnited Steel Workers of America
Founded1903
Dissolved1971
HeadquartersBarre, Vermont
Location
Key people
Fred W. Suitor
AffiliationsAmerican Federation of Labor

History edit

The union was chartered by the American Federation of Labor on September 8, 1903.[1] It was the merger of two smaller, AFL-affiliated unions. The Quarrymen's National Union of the United States of America' operated from 1890 to 1900 and the National State Quarrymen's Union from 1895 to 1898.

In 1938, it withdrew from the AFL and joined the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Three years later, it renamed itself the United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America (USAPWA). In 1955, it became a founding member of the AFL–CIO. After years of decline, it merged with the United Steel Workers of America in 1971.

The union's papers (1906-1914) are held by the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University.[2]

Notable people edit

Presidents edit

C. J. Allen
Joseph F. Daly
John M. MacCauley
1935: John C. Lawson
Cecil V. Crawford
1942: H. C. Ledyard
1946: Sam H. Scott
c.1970: James P. Kurtz

References edit

  1. ^ Quarry Workers’ International Union of North America Library of Congress
  2. ^ The Quarry Workers International Union of North America Papers, c.1906 - 1914

External links edit

  • Guide to the United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America, Local 75 (Clearfield, Pa.) Records, 1938-1974 Pennsylvania State University