The Amalgamated Food Workers of America was a labor union representing food processing and catering workers in the United States.
| Predecessor |
|
|---|---|
| Merged into | Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union |
| Formation | 1921 |
| Dissolved | 1935 |
| Type | Trade union |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, US |
| Location |
|
Membership (1926) | 12,000 |
Formerly called | International Workers of the Amalgamated Food Industry |
The union was founded in 1921 in New York City, bringing together the Hotel, Restaurant and Caterer Workers' Federation with a dissident faction of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union (B&C). In contrast to the B&C, it adopted a class struggle perspective and operated as an industrial union, with three sections: hotel, butchery and bakery workers.[1]
The union was originally named the International Workers of the Amalgamated Food Industry, and adopted its final name in 1923. As of 1926, it had 12,000 members.[1] In 1935, it merged into the B&C.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Handbook of American Trade Unions (PDF). Washington, DC: US Department of Labor. 1926. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ Reynolds, Lloyd G.; Killingsworth, Charles C. (1944). Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850–1941. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
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