Window Glass Cutters' League of America

The Window Glass Cutters' League of America (WCGLA) was a labor union representing workers involved in making flat glass in the United States.

The union was founded in on December 6, 1917, in Charleston, West Virginia, as the Cutters' League. It soon renamed itself as the WCGLA, and relocated its headquarters to Columbus, Ohio.[1] It was chartered by the American Federation of Labor on April 14, 1928.[2]

In 1930, the union absorbed the Window Glass Cutters' and Flatteners' Association of America,[3] while in 1933, the Window Glass Cutters' and Flatteners' Protective Association of America merged in.[2]

From 1955, the union was affiliated to the AFL–CIO, and as of 1957, it had 1,600 members.[4] On August 1, 1975, it merged into the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association.[2]

Presidents

Glen McCabe
Howard P. Chester
Arthur L. Markham

References

  1. ^ Handbook of American Trade Unions (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Labor. 1926. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Inactive Organizations" (PDF). UMD Labor Collections. University of Maryland. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. ^ Reynolds, Lloyd G.; Killingsworth, Charles C. (1944). Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850-1941. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
  4. ^ Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Labor. 1957. Retrieved 18 April 2022.