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Teamsters Local 544 was one of the Teamster Locals involved in the Minneapolis Truckers Strike of 1934. https://libcom.org/article/how-teamsters-quelled-fascist-thugs https://teamster.org/about/teamster-history/the-minneapolis-strike/ John Belor and Henry Ness were killed by police on "Bloody Sunday". The Independent Union of All Workers, founded by an IWW's Frank Ellis, organized workers at Hormel in Austin MN. https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/blogs/news/on-this-day-in-history-workers-seize-the-hormel-plant
January 24, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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Union matchbooks
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Membership booklet for the American Communications Association, CIO. One of the eleven CIO unions expelled in 1950 for supposed Communist domination, it continued as an independent union until a merger into the Teamsters in the mid-1960s.
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Cliff Merritt comic books, with art by noted artist Al Williamson, from the United Transportation Union.
January 20, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Membership card in leather holder. International Chemical Workers Union AFL Local 271 in Parlin NJ., which represented workers at the local Hercules Powder Company plant.
January 19, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Overseas cap from Detroit's Bottlers Local 181 of the Brewery Workers Union CIO, circa mid-1940 - mid-1950s. The local represented brewery workers at area brewers E&B, Goebel, National, Pfeiffer and Stroh, as did the BWU locals #3 (Brewers) and #38 (Drivers).
January 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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PICKET CAPT. UE-CIO arm band
January 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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1956 issue of the AIW's INDUSTRIAL WORKER quarterly magazine announcing the union's new name after the the AFL-CIO merger, along with other AIW news.
January 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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AFL-CIO union labels, 1970.
January 13, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Title page of dues book from the Sailors' Union of the Pacific
January 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Chicago SEIU Local 1 union card - 1976
January 8, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Teamster milk and dairy drivers' locals' pinback due buttons, with milk bottles or cow.
January 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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Dues book for the AFL Boot and Shoe Workers Union, Local 703 - a Haverhill MA based local.
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Pinback dues buttons from the independent Chicago Teamsters, later the Chicago Truck Drivers Union.
January 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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United Garment Workers of America ad. "Discrimate Against inferior unclean sweat-shop clothing... Insist upon this label." Man point to UGWA label inside his coat. Union label pictured
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Plastic slip cases from the International Ladies Garment Workers Union which held sewing kits or rain hats.
October 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Plastic scales (rulers) from labor unions. The ILGWU, UAW, IAM, Garment Workers and the Australian Services Union.
October 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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CIO ("Choice Ingredients Only") Pilsener Beer label, from the Tube City Brewing Co., McKeesport, PA. Likely used during the jurisdictional dispute between the CIO Brewery Workers and AFL Teamsters of the late 1940s in Pennslyvania. Note UBW label under the "I" . inset bottom right - UBW label at the time
October 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Beer glass from the United Brewery Workers of America 1954 Convention in Detroit. "Beer King" glass design, likely manufactured by Federal Glass.
October 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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UE-CIO Local 427 representing Solar employees supporting the strike of Maidenform workers. Photo by a Bayonne NJ company
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Welcome card for new member of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Int'l Union of America
October 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Dues and Working Card - Playthings, Jewelry and Novelty Workers International Union - CIO
October 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Pinback button supporting ILWU president Harry Bridges
October 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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1958 Dues pinback button Coopers International Union
September 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Teamster Milkman ad - Be Sure a Brother Unionist Delivers Your Milk
September 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM