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The oldest continuously operating trade union in North America, [2] BAC was founded in 1865 as the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America (BMPIU). It was established during a great wave of blue-collar union formation in the 1860s.
John T. "Jack" Joyce (December 6, 1935 – February 14, 2013) was an American labor union leader.. Born in Chicago, Joyce followed his father in becoming a bricklayer, and joining the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union.
Frank Herbert Foss (Augusta, Maine, September 20, 1865 – Fitchburg, Massachusetts, February 15, 1947) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He attended public schools in Augusta, Maine and graduated from Kent Hill (Maine) Seminary in 1886. He moved to Fitchburg in 1893.
The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, commonly referred to as the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and abbreviated GLMA, is the main governing body of Freemasonry within Massachusetts, and maintains Lodges in other jurisdictions overseas, namely Panama, Chile, the People's Republic of China (meeting in Tokyo, Japan), and ...
Carpenters in Boston, Massachusetts, similarly struck for a ten-hour workday in 1825 and 1832. However, the strikes were unsuccessful at shortening the work day. [4] In 1835 Boston carpenters went on strike again for a ten-hour workday and were soon joined by masons and stone-cutters.
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The American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL-CIO.It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions eager to provide mutual support and disappointed in the Knights of Labor.
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