2006-11-02 18:19:39 · 4 answers · asked by beachypeachy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The long-term answer on why is, blue-collar economic self-interest and overcame white racism.
The first major US union to include blacks, however, were the Wobblies, the Industrial Workers of The World ("IWW") who were strongly influenced by Socialist and Communist (e.g., Marxist) ideas about the equality of all workers (syndicalism).
As to when, a smaller African-american union joined the Wobblies in 1912 or so after hearing "Big Bill" Haywood. So, no later than then.
2006-11-03 05:17:49 · answer #1 · answered by David H from Arlington MA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Pullman was "put in a corner" he couldn't get out of successfully.
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was a labor union in the United States organized by the predominantly African-American Pullman Porters. Organized in 1925, it struggled for twelve years before winning its first collective bargaining agreement with the Pullman Company.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Sleeping_Car_Porters
2006-11-02 18:50:19 · answer #2 · answered by tichur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're Americans.
2006-11-02 18:27:04 · answer #3 · answered by tyrone b 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
more votes from the masses.
2006-11-02 18:27:58 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋