Ironworkers 1896 2006 a History of the Iron Workers Union

Allied Printing, 2006-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. 2006 International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (Washington, D.C.), 9 x 11 1/4 inches tall glossy pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs and drawings, vi, [2], 364 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~A~ [4.0P] A historical perspective of the ironworkers' union from its beginnings to 2006. The union was formed on February 4, 1896 at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with 16 delegates from the local unions in Boston, Massachusetts, Buffalo, New York, Chicago, Illinois, Cleveland, Ohio, New York City, New York, Detroit, Michigan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh. Those locals, and others established later, often protected their own autonomy jealously, rejecting at least one national contract with the American Bridge Company because it would have reduced their power. The internal divisions also led the union, which had affiliated with the American Federation of Labor shortly after its formation, to disaffiliate in 1901, only to reaffiliate two years later. It was one of the charter members of the AFL's Building Trades Department, which was created in 1908.