Textile Workers Union of America
American union
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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
- In Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
…men’s clothing industry, with the Textile Workers Union of America, a smaller union founded in 1939. The ACWA was originally formed when militant elements within the United Garment Workers, a relatively conservative union, broke away in 1914 to form their own union under the leadership of Sidney Hillman (q.v.). He…
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