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UTW and for
While the UTW called off its plans for a strike, local leaders thought differently.
At the same time, the United Textile Workers ( UTW ) attempted to break the strike, claiming to speak for the workers of Lawrence.
In 1937, the Committee for Industrial Organization ( later the Congress of Industrial Organizations or CIO ) formed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee ( TWOC ) as an alternative to the UTW.

UTW and industry
When the NRA promised to give the UTW a seat on the board, balanced by the addition of another industry representative, the UTW canceled the planned strike.

UTW and from
In 1939, locals from the TWOC and the UTW merged to form the Textile Workers Union of America ( TWUA ).

UTW and 13
The UTW called a special convention in New York City on Monday, August 13, 1934 to address the crisis.

UTW and .
Even so, the promise of the right to join a union had an electrifying effect on textile workers: the United Textile Workers ( UTW ), which had no more than 15, 000 members in February, 1933, grew to 250, 000 members by June, 1934, of whom roughly half were cotton mill workers.
When the millowners reduced cotton mill employees ' hours still further – with the blessing of the NRA – without raising their hourly wage rates in May, 1934, the UTW threatened a national strike.
The UTW locals in the northern part of Alabama launched a strike that began on July 18 in Huntsville, then spread to Florence, Anniston, Gadsden, and Birmingham.
It is not clear whether the UTW expected to have this much success so easily and so quickly in the South ; it had only shallow roots and few regular organizers in that region.
The UTW took the opportunity to declare victory and held a number of parades to celebrate the end of the strike.
The striking operatives ignored the UTW.
But in a move that frustrated the UTW, Oliver Christian, national secretary of the Loomfixers Association — an AFL affiliate itself — said he believe John Golden — Massachusetts UTW president — was a detriment to the cause of labor.
The UTW, which had its greatest strength in the North, called a strike of textile workers in 1934 to protest worsening working conditions during the Great Depression.

drew and up
When the station wagon drew abreast of the dusty dirt road that led up to the porch of the Culver house, Pamela turned the wheel, guiding the car to its familiar parking spot close to the house, and stopped.
After returning Stratford he drew up a defense of the town's right to toll corn and the office of collecting it, and his list of suggested witnesses included his father and Shakespeare's father.
The car drew up alongside him and stopped.
Julia felt at peace and drew her legs up and clasped her hands tightly around the bent knees.
The Opuntian Locrians worshiped Ajax as their national hero, and so great was their faith in him that when they drew up their army in battle, they always left one place open for him, believing that, although invisible to them, he was fighting for and among them.
At the end of this year and early in 895 ( or 896 ), the Danes drew their ships up the River Thames and River Lea and fortified themselves twenty miles ( 32 km ) north of London.
Further, soon after Lord Sydney appointed him governor of New South Wales Arthur Phillip drew up a detailed memorandum of his plans for the proposed new colony.
Each administrator on each sub-division of the estate drew up his own little accounts, for the day-to-day running of the estate, payment of the workforce, production of crops, the sale of produce, the use of animals, and general expenditure on the staff.
Hart drew up revised basic regulations in 1887 and, with Bagnel Wild, again in 1890.
The Inter-Imperial Relations Committee, chaired by Balfour, drew up the document preparatory to its unanimous approval by the imperial premiers on November 15, 1926.
St Benedict in the 6th century drew up such an arrangement, probably, though not certainly, on the basis of an older Roman division which, though not so skilful, is the one in general use.
The imperial army drew up facing south-westward towards Bouvines, the heavy cavalry on the wings, the infantry in one great mass in the center, supported by the cavalry corps under the emperor himself.
They drew up the first map of the island and annexed it to France.
If not " true " crannogs, small occupied islets ( often at least partially artificial in nature ) may be referred to as island duns, although rather confusingly, 22 islet-based sites are classified as ' proper ' crannogs due to the different interpretations of the inspectors or excavators who drew up field reports Canmore search for crannog in the Western Isles Hebridean island dwellings or crannogs were commonly built on both natural and artificial islets, usually reached by means of a stone causeway.
He drew everything he could, including landscapes, village scenes, and numerous sketches, enough to fill up multiple sketchbooks.
In May of that year, a group of Quito notables met to dissolve the union with Gran Colombia, and in August, a constituent assembly drew up a constitution for the State of Ecuador, so named for its geographic proximity to the equator, and placed General Flores in charge of political and military affairs.
On the morning of 12 September the Christian forces drew up in line of battle on the south-eastern slopes of the Wienerwald, looking down on the massed enemy camp.
Heydrich drew up a set of proposals and Himmler sent him to meet with Frick.
Representatives of various sections of Scottish society drew up the National Covenant in 1638, objecting to the King's liturgical innovations.
In 1596 he drew up a confession of their faith, reissued in Latin in 1598 and dedicated to the various universities of Europe ( including St Andrews, Scotland ).
Hannibal drew up his least reliable infantry in a semicircle in the center with the wings composed of the Gallic and Numidian horse.
In 1901, William S. Harley, age 22, drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of and four-inch ( 102 mm ) flywheels.
Sitar Power drew the attention of a number of record labels and was snapped up by Shanachie Records of New Jersey to head their World Beat Ethno Pop division.
In 1946, the States of Jersey drew up plans for change following the German Occupation, which were examined by a Committee of the Privy Council.
Creating the Planning commission of India, Nehru drew up the first Five-Year Plan in 1951, which charted the government's investments in industries and agriculture.

drew and list
In the 13th century, John of Ibelin drew up a list of fiefs and the number of knights owed by each, but this gives no indication of the non-noble, non-Latin population.
The kings of both of these islands boarded the ships and Le Maire drew up a list of Niuatoputapu words, a language now extinct.
Food drew up a list of alternatives, from which the band decided on " Blur ".
Following Hamilton's death in 1804, a list that he drew up became public ; it claimed fully two-thirds of the essays for Hamilton, including some that seemed more likely the work of Madison ( Nos.
In 1649, the syndic of the Sorbonne, Nicolas Cornet, frustrated by the continued circulation of the Augustinus, drew up a list of five propositions from Augustinus and two propositions from De la fréquente Communion and asked the Sorbonne faculty to condemn the propositions.
Sinclair drew a radio circuit, Model Mark I, with a components list: cost per set 9 / 11 ( 49½p ), plus coloured wire and solder nuts and bolts, plus celluloid chassis ( drilled ) for nine shillings ( 45p ).
Once the camp was established at Mousehold the rebels drew up a list of 29 grievances, signed by Kett, Codd, Aldrich and the representatives of the Hundreds, and sent it to Protector Somerset.
This drew the concern of several parent councils who were expecting a character from a television show aimed at children to top the list, to which Stone responded by claiming the results of the poll were " upsetting to people who have an idyllic vision of what kids are like ".
Food drew up a list of alternatives, from which the band decided on " Blur ".
He drew up a list of 50, 000 pieces of classical music and rating them for popular appeal, which was the basis for the Classic FM playlist.
Helmold drew his knowledge of the earliest period from the church history of Adam of Bremen and the Saxon records bearing on Henry IV, besides the life of Willehadus, the list of Ansgarius, and perhaps also a life of Vicelinus, but the summaries which he made of these records are unreliable.
In April 2003, the United States drew up a list of most-wanted Iraqis, consisting of the 55 members of the deposed Iraqi regime whom they most wanted to capture.
: Executives at Random House said they hoped that as the century drew to a close their list would encourage public debate about the greatest works of fiction of the last hundred years, thus both increasing awareness of the Modern Library and stimulating sales of novels the group publishes.
Facing into his first General Election as party leader, Mulcahy drew up a list of 13 young candidates to contest seats for Fine Gael.
The British Film Institute drew up a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes in 2000, voted by industry professionals.
The list drew opposition from some of his opponents, including an unsuccessful Democratic primary hopeful, state House Speaker Hayes McClerkin of Texarkana.
In preparation for this parliament, Shaftesbury drew up a list of members of the House of Commons in which he estimated that 32 % of the members were friends of the court, 61 % favored the opposition, and 7 % could go either way.
The ministers then met again in December, and drew up a list of 16 points wherein they suspected that Cotton disagreed with the others, and Cotton was pressed for direct answers, yay or nay, to each point.
Following criticism from some sections of the media over some questionable nominations in previous years, in 2004 FIFA drew up a short list of 35 men and 21 women from which national team managers and, for the first time, team captains and representatives from FIFPro ( the worldwide representative organisation for professional players ) could vote.
He heads the list of ‘ ten good books ’ which Freud drew up in 1907.
There, they also hosted receptions on Sunday evenings which drew notable figures including P. T. Barnum, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Greenleaf Whittier, Horace Greeley, Bayard Taylor and his wife, Richard and Elizabeth Stoddard, Robert Dale Owen, Oliver Johnson, Mary E. Dodge, Mrs. Croly, Mrs. Victor, Edwin H. Chapin, Henry M. Field, Charles F. Deems, Samuel Bowles, Thomas B. Aldrich, Anna E. Dickinson, George Ripley, Madame Le Vert, Henry Wilson, Justin McCarthy ; in short, all the noted contemporary names in the different departments of literature and art might fairly be added to the list.
In 2010, TV Guide Network listed the show at # 17 on their list of 25 Biggest TV Blunders, arguing that Joanie and Chachi was not what viewers wanted to see and that it was the Fonz that drew viewers in to Happy Days.
They drew up a list nearly identical to the one below and published it in a naturalists ' journal.

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