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Teamsters Union

United States 1903

Synopsis

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters—today named formally the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America—was established in 1903 from the merger of the Team Drivers' International Union and the Teamsters' National Union of America. Formed in a cauldron of controversy and dissension, the union throughout its history has remained a relatively loose confederation of local affiliates that retain considerable autonomy.

Timeline

• 1883: Foundation of the League of Struggle for the Emancipation of Labor by Marxist political philosopher Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov marks the formal start of Russia's labor movement. Change still lies far in the future for Russia, however: tellingly, Plekhanov launches the movement in Switzerland.
• 1893: Henry Ford builds his first automobile.
• 1899: Start of the Second Anglo-Boer War, often known simply as the Boer War.
• 1903: Anti-Jewish pogroms break out in Russia.
• 1903: Henry Ford establishes the Ford Motor Company.
• 1903: Russia's Social Democratic Party splits into two factions: the moderate Mensheviks and the hard-line Bolsheviks. Despite their names, which in Russian mean "minority" and "majority," respectively, Mensheviks actually outnumber Bolsheviks.
• 1903: Polish-born French chemist Marie Curie becomes the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize.
• 1903: One of the earliest motion pictures, The Great Train Robbery, premieres.
• 1903:

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