The History of Genesee County, MI
Chapter XXIV
Trades Unions

Online Edition by Holice, Deb & Clayton

 

 TRADES UNIONS.

As is usual in cities which have become industrial centers., there are in Flint trades and labor unions, which constitute an important factor in the lives of manufacturing employees. 

 

Among the unions which are established in Flint are:

Flint Federation of Labor

President Edward L. Capias

Secretary & Treasurer

J. A. C. Menton, 

Bricklayers' Union No. 12, local
Carpenters' Union No. 7213, local
Cigar Makers' Union No. 186, local
Machinists' Union No. 681, local
Molders' Union No. 318, local
Musicians' Union
Painters' Union No 681, local
Pattern Makers' Union
Plumbers; Union No. 370, local
Stage Employees' Union
Typographical Union No. 535, local

 

George Starkweather, publisher of Flint Flashes, a weekly labor paper, was elected in 1916 vice-president of the Michigan State Federation of Labor.

There is a state free employment bureau in Flint with ex-Mayor George E. McKinley in charge as deputy state labor commissioner.

 

History of Genesee County, Michigan, Her People, Industries and Institutions
by Edwin O. Wood, LL.D, President Michigan Historical Commission, 1916

Transcribed by Holice B. Young

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