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A Unionist, Hunnicutt sought a fusion between the two Democratic Party factions in Virginia and the Constitutional Union Party. Its candidate John Bell won Virginia's Electoral College votes, and during the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 in March 1861, Hunnicutt held a pro-Union meeting in Fredericksburg. It was disrupted by local ...
This is a list of proposed state mergers, including both current and historical proposals originating from sovereign states or organizations.The entities listed below differ from separatist movements in that they would form as a merger or union of two or more existing states, territories, colonies or other regions, becoming either a federation, confederation or other type of unified sovereign ...
Name est. Members (approx) Description Constitution Website National Education Association (NEA) : 1857 3,000,000+ Public school employees including but not limited to teachers, Education Support Professionals, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, guidance counselors, nurses, administrative assistants, secretaries, psychologists, and librarians.
UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with roughly 300,000 active members. [1] The union's members work predominantly in the hotel, food service, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries.
In Missouri, many of the party supported the Unconditional Union ticket [c] organized by Francis P. Blair Jr. and remained active in that state's efforts to remain in the Union by overthrowing the elected government of Claiborne Jackson. Everett supported the Union and in 1863 gave a speech at Gettysburg before Lincoln's famous Gettysburg ...
Horowitz also stated that Miami was not a feasible location for the Fusion because many residents did not identify with local sports teams. [11] By the end of January 2002, MLS had contracted Miami Fusion and the club had ceased operations. A dispersal draft for the Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny occurred in January 2002. [1]
Local 764: Theatrical Wardrobe Union; Local 783: TWU - Theatrical Wardrobe Union; Buffalo, NY; Local 798: Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists; Local 829: Exhibition Employees, Bill Posters, Billers and Distributors; New York, NY; Local 844: Radio and Television Sound Effects and Broadcast Studio Employees; Local 917: Casino Hotel Employees ...
The United Furniture Workers of America (UFWA) was a 20th-century American labor union, founded as a breakaway from the Upholsterers International Union of North America by a group of labor activists, who included Emil Costello (a Wisconsin state legislator and president of the UIU local at Simmons Bedding Company's original factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin) in 1937.