1882-1935: Emergence of AF of L Trade Unions

Great Railroad Strike of 1877 AF of L founding meeting held in Pittsburgh in 1881 Homestead Strike of 1892 Founding of Pittsburgh Central Labor Union-1901 McKees Rocks Pressed Steel Car Strike of 1909 Westinghouse Strikes of 1914 and 1916 Great Steel Strike of 1919 Typographical Union: Oldest union in Pittsburgh German Brewers Union Carpenters Union and District Council International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Bakery and Confectionery Union-Jewish Bakery Workers Union Labor Politics-Socialist and other labor parties Workers Groups: Women, African-Americans, Central and East Europeans Pittsburgh Musicians Union

Unions	Strikes	Other
Pittsburgh Typographical Union No. 7 Oldest in Pittsburgh	Great Railroad Strike--1877	AF of L Founding Meeting
Pittsburgh Typographical Union No. 7 Oldest in Pittsburgh	Homestead Strike--1892	Central Labor Bodies-Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
German Brewers Union	1908 Coal Mine Safety Meeting Washington & Jefferson College	Central Labor Bodies-Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Carpenters Union and District Council	Women Clothing Workers' Strike - 1908	Union Labor Temple
Knights of Labor Unique Assembly 8690 of Canonsburg, PA Chartered Sept. 23, 1886	1909 Strike at the Pressed Steel Car Company McKees Rocks, PA	Workers Groups--Women
	Westinghouse Strikes--1914 and 1916	Labor Day
	Great Steel Strike--1919	Workers Groups--African Americans
Jewish Bakers Union Local 44	Labor Martyrs: Fannie Sellins & Joseph Strzelecki -- 1919	Workers Groups--Central and East Europeans
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	Somerset County Coal Strike, 1922 - 1923	Workers Groups--Central and East Europeans
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	The Coal and Iron Police I (1926)	Labor Politics (Socialists and other labor parties)
Pittsburgh Musicians Union	The Coal and Iron Police II (1929): The Death of John Borkowski	Labor Politics (Socialists and other labor parties)