April 12

A group of "puddlers" -- craftsmen who manipulated pig iron to create steel -- met in a Pittsburgh bar and formed The Iron City Forge of the Sons of Vulcan. It was the strongest union in the U.S. in the 1870s, later merging with two other unions to form what was to be the forerunner of the United Steel Workers – 1858

Also on this date: Birth of Florence Reece, author of “Which Side Are You On?”. Union Label and Service Trades Department founded by the American Federation of Labor.

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