October 14 --
Int’l Working People's Association founded in Pittsburgh, Pa. - 1883
The Seafarers Int’l Union (SIU) is
founded as an AFL alternative to what was then the CIO’s National
Maritime Union. SIU is an umbrella organization of 12 autonomous unions
of mariners, fishermen and boatmen working on U.S.-flagged vessels -
1938
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