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Corporate body · 1945-

United Fishworkers and Allied Workers' Union had its beginnings when a number of fishermen's organizations joined together to form the United Fishermen's Federal Union (UFFU). In 1945 the UFFU joined with the Fish Cannery, Reduction Plant and Allied Workers' Union and the first Convention of the new United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union was held.

Corporate body · 1912-

The United Fruit Companies of Nova Scotia Limited was established in 1912 at Kentville, Nova Scotia. The purpose of the company was to create a mutual organization that incorporated the small regional fruit operations into one company. The United Fruit Companies canned, processed, and packaged fruit. There were factory branches of the company around the region, such as the canning factory in Aylesford. In 1957, it became Scotian Gold Cooperative Limited. Currently, Scotian Gold is still a functioning company with its headquarters located at Kentville, N.S.

Corporate body · 1928-1988

Following the public grievances of poverty-striken fishermen of Canso, N.S., the federal government appointed a Royal Commission in 1927 to investigate the state of the fishing industry in the Maritime provinces. Based on the commission's recommendations, the federal Department of Fisheries appointed Rev. Dr. M.M. Coady in August 1929 to organize cooperatives of fishermen in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the Magdalen Islands. During the fall and winter of 1929-30 over one hundred local unions were established, each consisting of at least fifteen fishermen. At the first annual convention held at Halifax 25-26 June 1930, all of the locals were federated into the United Maritime Fishermen and a constitution was adopted. Chester P. McCarthy of P.E.I. served as president for the first year until he led Prince Edward Island out of the UMF. The objectives of the association were to promote the interests and education of fishermen in all branches of the fishing industry; to study and promote cooperative activities; to seek and support legislation benefitting the fishing industry; and to defend the rights and interests of its members. Activities of the association included operating lobster canneries, fish plants, supply stores, and the marketing of fish products. Incorporated in 1947, the UMF central office was based in Halifax. In 1969 the association was reorganized and relocated in Moncton. In the early 1960s the UMF established a wholly owned subsidiary, Bluenose Fisheries Limited, which became a fish processing company by 1980. Also during the 1980s the association's name changed to United Maritime Fishermen Co-op. The United Maritime Fishermen Co-op and Bluenose Fisheries Limited began to experience financial difficulties in the late 1970s and went into bankruptcy closure in April 1988.

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The United Mine Workers of America began organizing coal miners in Nova Scotia in the early 1900s. In 1909 the UMW of A made a concerted effort to wrest control of mine workers in Nova Scotia from the Provincial Workmen's Association which had represented the coal miners since 1879. The PWA prevailed nevertheless and remained the main bargaining unit for mine workers until 1917 when dissatisfied members of the PWA formed a rival union called the United Mine Workers of Nova Scotia. Both groups appealed to the provincial government for a conciliation board to decide which group would be the main bargaining unit for the coal miners. The Chisholm Royal Commission was instructed to investigate and it recommended that the rival groups from one organization to better represent the miners. As a result, the Amalgamated Mine Workers of Nova Scotia came into being in June 1917. By 1919, the leadership of the new union applied to become a district of the international union, the United Mine Workers of America. On May 1919, the International Executive Board granted a charter creating District 26 of the United Mine Workers of America which encompassed Cape Breton Island, Mainland Nova Scotia and parts of New Brunswick. Since that time, District 26, United Mine Workers of America has been the bargaining agent for the greater majority of mineworkers in the Maritime Provinces.

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The United States Consulate in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia was the local representative of the U.S. government for that region. Duties of the officer in charge at the Consulate included maintaining a record of American citizens residing locally.

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The United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) was chartered in 1901 as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. It was a charter member of the Committee for Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1935, and in 1937 was one the founding unions of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Once in the CIO in 1937, the UTWA was renamed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee and then the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). In 1939, a small dissident faction of TWUA sought for and was allowed to re-affiliate with the AFL under their old, UTWA name. In 1946 mill employees from Cosmos Cotton mill joined United Textile Workers of America as Local 152. In 1996, UTWA merged with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.

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The United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) was chartered in 1901 as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. It was a charter member of the Committee for Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1935, and in 1937 also was one of the founding unions of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Once in the CIO in 1937, the UTWA was renamed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee and then the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). In 1939, a small dissident faction of TWUA sought for and was allowed to re-affiliate with the AFL under their old, UTWA, name. In 1996, UTWA merged with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.