United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.930921950/1959Founded in 1944, Local 15 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America was a radical left wing union and ardent CIO union. After the passage of the Taft-Hartley act which forbid communist union leadership, a number of unions, including the FTA & AWU joined with other locals from the United Office and Professional Workers of America and Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union to form the Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America. This union lasted until 1954 when its members re-joined the Retail Workers as Distrcit 65.image/jp2Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Libraryhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 15-A (Charleston, S.C.) RecordsSouthern Labor ArchivesWomen labor union membersLabor union localsTobacco workers--Labor unionsRetail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 15-A (Charleston, S.C.)Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America. Local 15 (Charleston, S.C.)Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America. Local 15 (Charleston, S.C.)Patriotic ceremony at Tobacco workers union headquarters, circa 1950sStillImage