International Brotherhood of Paper Makers

The International Brotherhood of Paper Makers (IBPM) was a labor union representing workers involved in making paper in the United States, Canada and Newfoundland.The union originated in 1884 as a social club, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.On May 19, 1893, it was chartered by the American Federation of Labor as an international union.In 1898, machine tenders left the union, to form the International Paper Machine Tenders' Union.Initially, the union also represented pulp and sulphite workers, but they split away in 1906, to form the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers.
labor unionHolyoke, MassachusettsAmerican Federation of LaborInternational Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill WorkersAFL–CIOUnited Paperworkers of AmericaUnited Papermakers and PaperworkersPaul L. Phillips