The Insurance Workers' International Union (IWIU) was a labor union representing workers in the insurance industry in the United States and Canada.
History
The union was established on May 18, 1959, when the
Insurance Agents' International Union The Insurance Agents' International Union (IAIU) was a labor union representing agents in the insurance industry, in the United States and Canada.
The union originated in 1938 as the National Federation of Insurance Agents Council of the American F ...
merged with the
Insurance Workers of America The Insurance Workers of America (IWA) was a labor union representing workers in the insurance industry, in the United States.
The union was founded be the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) on May 1, 1950, as the Insurance and Allied Worke ...
. Like both its predecessors, it was chartered by the
AFL-CIO.
On formation, it had 22,650 members.
In 1966, the union hired an organizer to study the unionization of white collar workers.
By 1980, its membership had fallen slightly, to 20,000.
On October 1, 1983, the union merged into the
United Food and Commercial Workers
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpacking, food processing and manufacturing; hosp ...
, to promote the broader organization of clerical workers in the industry.
Presidents
:1959: George L. Russ
:1963: George A. Rollins
:1965: Bill Gillen
:1976: Joseph Pollack
References
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Insurance industry trade unions
Trade unions established in 1959
Trade unions disestablished in 1983