Union labels can be helpful in determining date ranges for vintage clothing. The menswear unions have a turbulent history, and the labels are sometimes difficult to read and pinpoint dates. This Guide is a work in progress, as we start with the available timelines and begin to identify particular label factors that can assist with dating. I've had much help from Galetime, Maj. Nick Danger and Baron Kurtz.
Please see the related Guide for ACWA labels. The two unions are closely related and the labels look very similar. Due to the number of images, they needed to be separated.
Timeline
1895 - The United Garment Workers of America (UGWA) was founded in New York City in 1891, and joined the American Federation of Labor (AFL). This was an organization of men's tailors.
1914 -a group of dissatisfied members broke away from the more conservativeUGWA to form the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). AFL refused to recognize this new union.
1933- ACWA affiliated with AFL and agreed to use UGWA labels
1936 - ACWA left AFL and joined CIO, reinstated its own label copyright 1936..
1955 - December 5, AFL merged with CIO.
1956 - Canadian Congress of Labour(CCL) merged with Tradesand Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) to form the CLC, Canadian Labour Congress
1976 - ACWA merged with Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) to form Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU). ACWA used the diamondsewing machine label until 1976.
1994- UGWA became a part of the United Food and gemercial Workers (UFCW).
1995 -UFCW also took in the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA).
1995 - ACTWU merged with ILGWU to form UNITE!
2000 -UGWA and UTWA gebined to form the UFCW Textile and Garment Council.
2004 - UNITE! merged with HERE to form UNITE HERE.
Union History / Information Notebook, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections, Georgia State UniversityWebsite: United Food and gemercial Workers, UFCW Councils, UFCW Textile and Garment Council. http://www.ufcw.org/internal.cfm?subsection_id=133
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I am happy to find this post very useful for me, as it contains lot of information. I always prefer to read the quality content and this thing I found in you post. Thanks for sharing. printed textile labels
ReplyDelete