• November 24 - Cigar Makers Organize

  • Nov 24 2024
  • Length: 2 mins
  • Podcast

November 24 - Cigar Makers Organize

  • Summary

  • On this day in Labor History the year was 1875. That was the day that Samuel Gompers founded the Cigar Makers’ International Union Local 144 in New York City. The very first Cigar Marker’s Union local had been established in Baltimore in 1851 by craftsmen who opposed importation of lower-paid laborers from Germany.

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