well yes technically it is active. But its legacy is much bigger than current membership.
well yes technically it is active. But its legacy is much bigger than current membership.
Sure - they're the only early union I know anything about (and precious little at that), but the wiki page says that they organized some Starbucks outlets in the aughts, and represent workers at a fast food chain (Burgerville) since then. But 5000-odd members is a shadow of their best years ...
Mildly surprised that the history dates back only to 1905. For some reason I thought that they were involved in the Pullman strikes, but no, that's Debs' ARU. And I thought I recognized the name "Joe Hill" ... I have Pete Seeger's recording on Smithsonian LPs ...