Retail Clerks International Union

The RCIU was chartered as the Retail Clerks National Protective Union in 1890 by the American Federation of Labor.In 1979, the Retail Clerks merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters to form the United Food and Commercial Workers.In 1934 the RCIU created a local chapter in Milwaukee, which quickly grew to over 600 members.In response the Boston Store ran full-page ads in local newspapers giving their side of their story, a move that was met with a similar full-page ad by the Federated Trades Commission in the Milwaukee Leader.On January 11, 1935, the strike officially ended with none of the demands met and the store's only concession being merit-based bonuses for the strikers.
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