Quarry Workers' International Union of North America

The Quarry Workers' International Union of North America was a trade union with its headquarters in Barre, Vermont. It was chartered by the American Federation of Labor on September 8, 1903.[1] It was the merger of two smaller, AFL-affiliated unions. The Quarrymen's National Union of the United States of America' operated from 1890 to 1900 and the National State Quarrymen's Union from 1895 to 1898.

QUIUNA
Quarry Workers' International Union of North America
Merged intoUnited Steel Workers of America
Founded1903
Dissolved1971
HeadquartersBarre, Vermont
Location
Key people
Fred W. Suitor
AffiliationsAmerican Federation of Labor

In 1938, it withdrew from the AFL and joined the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Three years later, it renamed itself the United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America (USAPWA). In 1955, it became a founding member of the AFL–CIO. After years of decline, it merged with the United Steel Workers of America in 1971.

The union's papers (1906-1914) are held by the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University.[2]

Notable people

References
  1. Quarry Workers’ International Union of North America Library of Congress
  2. The Quarry Workers International Union of North America Papers, c.1906 - 1914
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