The Journeymen Cigar Makers' International Union of America was a labor union established in 1864 that represented workers in the cigar industry. The CMIU was part of the American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers, perennial President of the American Federation of Labor for more than three decades, was an important leader of the Cigar Makers' International Union.
CMIU labels were affixed to boxes of union-made cigars as a means of informing consumers of their origin.
Monument to the CMIU alongside Adolph Strasser's grave at Forest Home Cemetery
Adolph Strasser
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Adolph Strasser, born in the Austrian Empire, was an American trade union organizer. Strasser is best remembered as a founder of the United Cigarmakers Union and the American Federation of Labor. Stra
Cigar Makers' International Union
…1875: George Hurst 1877: Adolph Strasser 1891: George W. Perkins…
Adolph Strasser (1843–1939)
Strasser c. 1880s