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2 unusual facts about Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America


Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

Louis "Lepke" Buchalter had Orgen assassinated in 1927 in order to take over his operations.

August Bellanca

August Bellanca (born 1880 – 1969) was an American labor activist who was a founder and three-time vice president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA).


Cooperative Village

The cooperatives were sponsored, organized and built by trade unions, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, as well as the United Housing Foundation, a development organization set up by the unions in 1951.


see also

Harry A. Millis

Wolman, Leo; Wander, Paul; Mack, Eleanor; and Herwitz, H.K. The Clothing Workers of Chicago, 1910-1922. Chicago: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1922.