Western Federation of Miners Constitutions on Microfilm, 0000-2999
Collection Number: 5409 mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Western Federation of Miners Constitutions on Microfilm, 0000-2999
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5409 mf
Abstract:
Constitutions of Western Federation of Miners
Creator:
Western Federation of Miners (WFM)
Quanitities:
0.11 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

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

Preferred Citation

Western Federation of Miners Constitutions on Microfilm #5409 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5268: Western Federation of Miners International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Records 5410 mf: International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Constitutions on Microfilm 5412 mf: Western Federation of Miners and International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Records on Microfilm

SUBJECTS

Names:
Western Federation of Miners

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Reel 12
Record Group C: Western Federation of Miners Constitutions
Scope and Contents
microfilm no. 63-12 -- positive