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135: 394:"STRIKES SHUT DOWN NEW ENGLAND MILLS; From 40,000 to 50,000 Textile Operatives Quit Work in Wage Cut Protest. DAY PASSES WITHOUT RIOT Rhode Island Troops Still Held in Armories in Readiness for Possible Duty. AMOSKEAG PLANT CLOSED Largest Cotton Mill in the World, With 15,000 Employes, Unable to Run" 167:(IWW) for the allegiance of textile workers across the northeastern United States. Generally opposed to strikes as a means of solving industrial disputes, the UTW frequently collaborated with company officials and sent union members to act as strikebreakers to IWW-led strikes, including the 131:. Golden was elected as the union's second president in 1902 and re-elected at each subsequent convention until his death in 1921. At the time of his election, UTW's membership was just 10,600 spread out among 185 local unions. 205: 219:
as its editor. In September 1915, John Golden took over as editor on top of his other duties as president. He was replaced in both roles following his death by
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Complete Text - Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850-1941
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The UTW & ACTWU led Rhode Island. The IWW, ACTWU, & UTW in Massachusetts. Lastly, the UTW completely led it in New Hampshire.
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in May before a larger conference finalized the organization in November. The union's most important early leader was
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The United Textile Workers of America was founded following two conferences in 1901 under the aegis of the
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Their Fathers' Daughters: Silk Mill Workers in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1880-1960
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During the 1900s & 1910s, UTW engaged in intense competition with the
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was founded and published by the union itself with secretary-treasurer
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From its founding in 1901 until 1912, UTW used the privately published
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where 40,000-50,000 workers went on strike. This was alongside the
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Reynolds, Lloyd G.; Killingsworth, Charles C. (1944).
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United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
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Index

United Textile Workers
TWUA
UFCW
United States of America
trade union
American Federation of Labor
James Duncan
Boston
Quincy House Hotel
John Golden
Lancashire
Fall River, Massachusetts

the New England Textile Strike of 1922
The New England Textile Strike
IWW
ACTWU
Industrial Workers of the World
1907 Skowhegan textile strike
1912 Lawrence textile strike
1913 Paterson silk strike
general textile strike in 1934
Committee for Industrial Organizations
Textile Workers Union of America
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
The Laborer and Journeyman
The Textile Worker
Albert Hibbert
Thomas F. McMahon
John Golden

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