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The Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union (CAWIU) was a Communist-aligned union active in California in the early 1930s. Organizers provided support to workers in California's fields and canning industry.
The Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7 was the first Filipino-led union in the United States. [1]Founded in 1933 as the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 18257 of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), it represented Alaska salmon cannery workers and farm workers.
The United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA) was a labor union formed in 1937 and incorporated large numbers of Mexican, black, Asian, and Anglo food processing workers under its banner. [1] The founders envisioned a national decentralized labor organization with power flowing from the bottom up.
More than 47,500 workers were involved in the wave of approximately 30 strikes from 1931 to 1941. [1] [2] Twenty-four of the strikes, involving 37,500 union members, were led by the Cannery and Agricultural Workers' Industrial Union (CAWIU). [1] [a] The strikes are grouped together because most of them were organized by the CAWIU.
The IBT union was more conservative in regards to women and immigrant workers. [1] It did not have much interest in integrating them into the union. [1] It was far more concerned with making sweetheart deals and collecting union dues. [1] This willingness to maintain the status quo made the IBT a favorite among California Processors and growers ...
The Cannery Workers and Farm Laborer Union was created on June 19, 1933, in Seattle, representing Filipino laborers in Alaska's canneries. Shortly after, CWFLU was chartered as Local 18527 by the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
In 1906, the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' Union in Chicago compiled the number of deaths and injuries and found that 147 of its 1,358 members were killed or seriously hurt in a single year.
Quickly, the AUWIL took leadership, and spread the strike to over 16,000 Santa Clara cannery workers. [17] The AWIU was not getting support from these strikers so they attempted to gain support by changing their name to the Cannery and Agricultural Workers' Industrial Union. The CAWIU solidified a set of demands for these workers including 1.