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2 unusual facts about Cigar Makers' International Union


International Typographical Union

In 1886, the Cigar Makers Union leader, Samuel Gompers, was elected AFL president.

Jacob Hahn

He came to Milwaukee in 1883, attended the public schools, learned the craft of cigarmaking, and had been a trade union member of the Cigar Maker's Union for the past thirteen years when elected.


El Monte Berry Strike of 1933

It was part of the largest California agricultural strike of 1933, organized by the Cannery and Agricultural Workers’ International Union.

Frederick Brockhausen

He joined the Cigar Makers' International Union in 1890 while working in St. Paul, and in 1897, after participating in the People's Party during the 1896 election, joined the Milwaukee branch of the Social Democracy of America.

Merita Breads

The company gave as their reason for this action that they had been crippled by a strike by BCTGM, the bakers' union.

Nature's Pride

Nature's Pride is an all-natural brand of bread was produced by Hostess Brands and now produced by Flowers Foods in the United States, which closed its operations in the wake of a BCTGM bakers' union strike and entered liquidation proceedings.


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