Journeymen Cigar Makers' International Union of America (CMIU) was a labor union established in 1864 that represented workers in the cigar industry. The...

400 cigar makers walked off the job in protest of their employer's failure to meet their demand of a 13 7/11% raise. Three of Boston's largest cigar manufacturers...

locations. The strike was supported by the Cigar Makers International Union of America, local chapter 144. A cigar is in essence a bundle of rolled cured...

the Cigar Makers' International Union for a period of 14 years, heading the union during the period in which it introduced its successful union label...

restructuring the Cigar Makers' International Union (CMIU) in 1879. Henceforth, the union would be run like a business. The international union would have the...

January 27, 1850 – December 13, 1924) was a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded...

The Ybor cigar makers' strike of 1931 took place in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, starting on November 26 and ended in December. Some strikers were jailed...

became a cigar maker, working in Boston. A supporter of the Republican Party, he served on Boston City Council in 1888. Tracy joined the Cigar Makers' International...

breakfast. In about 1889, the Baltimore local Cigar Makers' International Union called a strike. The union did not have the funds to pay full benefits to...

labor movement in the 1870s. He assisted with growth of the Cigar Makers' International Union, a few years before founding the American Federation of Labor...