Sticker
Object number2017.97.17
MediumPlastic; Paper; Ink; Adhesive
Credit LineGIft of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamster's Local 24M
DescriptionFlat, circular sticker on semi-glossy paper. Front has white, light blue, and navy blue background with orange and white text and blue union label. Sticker is backed with adhesive and white backing paper that is split at the bottom quarter. DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.5 x 0.031 in. (6.4 x 0.1 cm)InscriptionsFront has orange and white printed text "UNIONS WIN WITH / Hillary / ... / PENNSYLVANIA AFL-CIO".
MarksFront has white printed text just below center "PAID FOR BY THE PENNSYLVANIA AFL-CIO / RICHARD W. BLOOMINGDALE PRESIDENT / FRANK SNYDER, SECRETARY-TREASURER" and blue union label below that is illegible.
Historical NotesPart of a collection from Local 24 of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The national union descends from the National Typographical Union which formed in 1852 and became the International Typographic Union in 1869. The union splintered in the late 1890s/early 1900s into several unions representing pressmen, bookbinders, stereotypers/electrotypers, lithographers, and platemakers, before slowly merging back together over the years. In 1983, the Graphic Communications International Union formed from the merging of the Int. Printing and Graphics Communication Union and the Graphic Arts International Union. Finally in 2005, the GCC union merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to create the present-day organization. Local 24 started in the early 1900s as a group of Lithographers in the Pittsburgh area. In 2016, they downsized their offices and moved from Uptown to Three Mile Run, and in the process, donated their records and this collection of artifacts. Most of the material donated was made by the union such as buttons, posters, stickers, flat product sheets, and two printing sheets that show the change in printing technology from raised letters to flat sheets.
Related institution
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Related institution
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Related person
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
(born 1947)
Related person
Richard W. Bloomingdale
Related person
Frank Snyder
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