Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees

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The Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) was a major U.S. labor union representing workers in the apparel, textile, and related industries, formed through mergers of historic garment unions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf labor union ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
affiliation AFL–CIO ⓘ
Change to Win Federation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 2004 ⓘ
focus collective bargaining ⓘ
wage protection ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ
workplace safety ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union ⓘ
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ⓘ
founded 1995 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation UNITE ⓘ
hasPredecessor Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union ⓘ
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
industry apparel industry ⓘ
industrial manufacturing ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
keyPerson Bruce Raynor ⓘ
Jay Mazur ⓘ
legalForm labor organization ⓘ
mergedInto UNITE HERE ⓘ
movement American labor movement ⓘ
notableFor being a successor to historic garment unions ⓘ
representing garment and textile workers in the United States ⓘ
organizedIn garment industry ⓘ
industrial laundries ⓘ
retail clothing manufacturing ⓘ
textile mills ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
regionServed United States ⓘ
represents apparel workers ⓘ
distribution workers ⓘ
laundry workers ⓘ
textile workers ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
sector private sector ⓘ
shortName UNITE ⓘ
successor UNITE HERE ⓘ

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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union → mergedInto → Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees ⓘ
UNITE → abbreviationFor → Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees ⓘ
UNITE HERE → formedByMergerOf → Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees ⓘ
Jay Mazur → affiliation → Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees ⓘ
Jay Mazur → hasEmployer → Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees ⓘ