National Textile Workers Union
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The National Textile Workers Union was a radical labor organization in the United States, closely associated with the Communist Party, that sought to organize and lead militant strikes among Southern textile workers in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Textile Workers Union canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
labor union
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trade union ⓘ |
| activity |
collective bargaining
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labor agitation ⓘ strike leadership ⓘ union organizing ⓘ |
| affiliation | Trade Union Unity League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
Communist-led
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left-wing ⓘ militant ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolutionReason | decline of Communist-led dual unions in the 1930s ⓘ |
| goal |
build industrial unionism in textiles
ⓘ
improve wages and working conditions ⓘ lead militant strikes ⓘ organize Southern textile workers ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| ideology | communism ⓘ |
| industry | textile industry ⓘ |
| movement |
American labor movement
ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ textile workers movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Communist Party influence in Southern labor organizing
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attempts to organize Black and white textile workers together ⓘ militant strike tactics ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
anti-communist groups
ⓘ
local authorities in the American South ⓘ textile mill owners ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Communist International
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Communist Party USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
American South
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ |
| sector | manufacturing ⓘ |
| successor | mainstream industrial unions in the textile industry ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 1930s
ⓘ
late 1920s ⓘ |
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