Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers' International Union of North America
The Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers' International Union of North America (SFAW) was a labor union representing workers involved in fitting heating equipment in the United States and Canada.
History[edit]
The union was founded on December 29, 1892, in Quincy, Illinois, as the International Stove Mounters' Union. In 1894, it was chartered by the American Federation of Labor. It underwent frequent name changes, its longest name being the Stove Mounters', Steel Range Workers' and Pattern Fitters' and Filers' International Union of North America. It became the Stove Mounters' International Union of North America in 1902, and although it became the Stove Mounters' and Steel Range Workers' Union of North America in 1904, it returned to its the shorter name in 1910.[1][2]
By 1925, the union had about 1,600 members.[1] It transferred to the new AFL-CIO in 1955, and by 1957, its membership had grown to 9,183.[3] The union adopted its final name in 1962.[4] By 1980, membership had fallen to 6,400,[5] and on October 1, 1994, it merged into the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers.[4]
Presidents[edit]
- 1892: H. P. Oberling
- 1895: James McGinn
- 1896: Thomas H. Devenish
- 1898: George S. Schwab
- 1900: J. H. Kaefer
- 1901: James A. Davis
- 1902: John Tierney
- 1903: Allen J. Studholme
- 1904: D. W. Ottinger
- 1910: Frank Grimshaw
- 1913: Walter L. Funderburk
- 1929: Edward W. Kaiser
- 1940s: Joseph Lewis
- James M. Roberts
- 1974: George E. Pierson
- 1980s: Thomas B. Kemme
References[edit]
- ^ a b Handbook of American Trade Unions (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Labor. 1926. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ Reynolds, Lloyd G.; Killingsworth, Charles C. (1944). Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850–1941. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
- ^ Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States (PDF). Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1957. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Inactive Organizations" (PDF). UMD Labor Collections. University of Maryland. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Directory of National Unions and Employee Associations (PDF). Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1980. Retrieved 3 May 2022.