Glass History
American Flint Glass Workers Union
Later Changed to AFGWU
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late 1890's AMERICAN FLINT GLASS WORKERS UNION of NORTH AMERICA (AFGWU)
Badge. On July 1, 1878, highly skilled glass workers from New York
City, Pittsburgh, Wheeling, West Virginia, Bellaire and
Steubenville, Ohio, Philadelphia and St. Louis met in Pittsburgh and
formed the United Flint Glass Workers (UFGW).
The UFGW was a charter member of the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in 1881 and reorganized in 1886 as the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The name of the UFGW was changed in 1912 to the AFGWU, its current name. The AFGWU became one of the first trade unions to bargain on an industry-wide basis when, in 1888, it negotiated an agreement with the National Association of Manufacturers of Pressed and Blown Glassware. In 1897, the AFGWU had a membership of approximately 7200 members |
