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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Amalgamated_Clothing_Workers_of_America
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:ACWA
gptkbp:affiliation
gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor_and_Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations
gptkb:Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved
1976
gptkbp:founded
1914
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
advocated for labor rights and social reform
major force in American labor movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
gptkbp:keyPerson
gptkb:Sidney_Hillman
gptkb:Jacob_Potofsky
gptkb:Joseph_Schlossberg
gptkbp:mergedInto
gptkb:Amalgamated_Clothing_and_Textile_Workers_Union
gptkbp:notableAchievement
established Amalgamated Bank
pioneered union label
promoted cooperative housing
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:1910_Chicago_Garment_Workers'_Strike
gptkb:Rochester_Garment_Workers'_Strike
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:The_Advance
Justice
gptkbp:peakMembership
over 350,000
gptkbp:primaryMembership
garment workers
men's clothing workers
gptkbp:representsIndustry
clothing industry
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Sidney_Hillman
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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