United Paperworkers' International Union

The United Paperworkers' International Union (UPIU) was a labor union representing workers involved in making paper, and later various industrial workers, in the United States and Canada.The union was founded on August 9, 1972, when the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers merged with the United Papermakers and Paperworkers.[4] In 1987 and 1988, UPIU members struck against International Paper in Jay, Maine.The strike generated international attention but ultimately ended in defeat for the strikers and the permanent replacement of union members with non-union replacements.[5] The Independent Workers of North America union merged into the UPIU in 1991,[6] followed in 1994 by the Allied Industrial Workers of America.
labor unionInternational Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill WorkersUnited Papermakers and PaperworkersAFL–CIOCanadian Paperworkers' UnionJoseph Tonelli1987 and 1988International PaperJay, MaineIndependent Workers of North AmericaAllied Industrial Workers of AmericaOil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International UnionPaper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International UnionWayne GlennBoyd D. Young