United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union
The United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (1934–1983), also known by acronyms including UHCMW, U.H.C.[2][3][4][5] In 1934, the United Hatters of North America (UHNA) (formed 1896) and the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (CHCMW) (formed 1901), both based in New York, ended their competition by merging to form the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW).Unless this were done, he told the convention of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers at New York, "the 7,500,000 members of the A. F. L. will be rebels," and the A. F. L. will use its political strength "to elect men who will repeal this abhorrent legislation.[7] UHCMW failed to get International Hat Company employees to join its union.The hat and millinery trade went into decline in the US, and in 1983 UHCMW merged into the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).