International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Constitutions on Microfilm, 0000-2999
Collection Number: 5410 mf
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Constitutions on Microfilm, 0000-2999
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5410 mf
Abstract:
Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Constitutions
Creator:
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (Mine Mill)
Quanitities:
0.11 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The Western Federation of Miners (WFM) was referred to as a radical union for the
mines in the western United States and British Columbia. It worked to organize hard
rock miners and smelter workers and often that caused conflict. Cripple Creek district
in 1903-04 was one of these, also referred to as the Colorado Labor Wars. WFM was
also a key player in founding the Industrial Workers of the World in 1905, but, left
that organization several years later.
WFM changed their name to the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers
(Mine Mill) in 1916. In 1935 they helped to found the Congress of Industrial Organizations
(CIO). They were expelled from the CIO in 1950 during post-war red scare for refusing
to shed its communist leadership. After years of fighting off efforts by the United
Steelworkers of America (USWA) to raid its membership, Mine Mill and the USWA merged
in 1967.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Constitutions on Microfilm
#5410 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University
Library.
Names:
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers
CONTAINER LIST
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Record Group C - Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Constitutions
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Scope and Contents
microfilm no. 63-11 - positive
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