Local 8

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:activity improved working conditions
organized strikes
negotiated better wages
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Industrial_Workers_of_the_World
gptkbp:demographics racially integrated
gptkbp:dissolved 1922
gptkbp:founded 1913
gptkbp:fullName Industrial Workers of the World Local 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Local 8
gptkbp:industry longshoremen
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableEvent Philadelphia waterfront strike 1913
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Edwin_Smith
gptkb:Ben_Fletcher
James H. Williams
gptkbp:significance first racially integrated longshore union in the US
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Office_and_Professional_Employees_International_Union
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6