CIGAR MAKER'S ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST

Ironically, this was the first “Union Label”. The union wages were being undercut by Chinese workers, but the union refused to allow non-whites into the Union. Had they organized the Chinese workers, history might have been very different. But racism was a destructive force then as it had been and would be later.

Ironically, this was the first “Union Label”. The union wages were being undercut by Chinese workers, but the union refused to allow non-whites into the Union. Had they organized the Chinese workers, history might have been very different. But racism was a destructive force then as it had been and would be later.