October 14

International Working People's Association founded in Pittsburgh, Penn. - 1883

The Seafarers International Union (SIU) is founded as an AFL alternative to what was then the CIO’s National Maritime Union.  SIU is an umbrella organization of 12 autonomous unions of mariners, fishermen and boatmen working on U.S.-flagged vessels - 1938

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