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May 25, 1937
The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
In Cincinnati on May 25, the United Garment Workers ends recognition of a territorial pact with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, intensifying the rift between AFL's William Green and CIO's John L. Lewis in the men's clothing sector.
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GREEN-LEWIS FIGHT REACHES MEN'S BIG CLOTHING INDUSTRY
Agreement Dividing Territory of Two Unions Is No Longer Recognized
Cincinnati, May 25.-(AP)-The battle between John L. Lewis and William Green, reached into the huge men's clothing industry Tuesday when the United Garment Workers declared war on the Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
Thomas Rickert, president of the United, a loyal American Federation of Labor union, asserted his organization no longer recognized an agreement dividing the territory with the Amalgamated, headed by Sidney Hillman, Lewis' first lieutenant in the Committee for Industrial Organization.
Hillman destroyed the agreement, Rickert said, when he said it was "only a make-shift" and when the Amalgamated started using its own union labels, instead of the United's, in clothes its members made.
For many years the Amalgamated was outside the AFL. It was admitted in 1933 when it agreed to divide the men's clothing territory with the United, but along with nine other unions which helped organize the CIO, the Amalgamated was suspended for "insurrection" last September.
GREEN-LEWIS FIGHT REACHES MEN'S BIG CLOTHING INDUSTRY
Agreement Dividing Territory of Two Unions Is No Longer Recognized
Cincinnati, May 25.-(AP)-The battle between John L. Lewis and William Green, reached into the huge men's clothing industry Tuesday when the United Garment Workers declared war on the Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
Thomas Rickert, president of the United, a loyal American Federation of Labor union, asserted his organization no longer recognized an agreement dividing the territory with the Amalgamated, headed by Sidney Hillman, Lewis' first lieutenant in the Committee for Industrial Organization.
Hillman destroyed the agreement, Rickert said, when he said it was "only a make-shift" and when the Amalgamated started using its own union labels, instead of the United's, in clothes its members made.
For many years the Amalgamated was outside the AFL. It was admitted in 1933 when it agreed to divide the men's clothing territory with the United, but along with nine other unions which helped organize the CIO, the Amalgamated was suspended for "insurrection" last September.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Betrayal
What keywords are associated?
Labor Dispute
Union Conflict
Clothing Industry
Afl
Cio
Territorial Agreement
What entities or persons were involved?
John L. Lewis
William Green
Thomas Rickert
Sidney Hillman
Where did it happen?
Cincinnati
Story Details
Key Persons
John L. Lewis
William Green
Thomas Rickert
Sidney Hillman
Location
Cincinnati
Event Date
May 25
Story Details
The United Garment Workers, led by Thomas Rickert, declares it no longer recognizes the territorial agreement with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, headed by Sidney Hillman, escalating the conflict between John L. Lewis and William Green into the men's clothing industry after the Amalgamated's suspension from AFL.