Isaac Myers (January 13, 1835 – January 26, 1891) was a pioneering African American trade unionist, a co-operative organizer and a caulker from Baltimore, Maryland. Myers was born as a free black, though Maryland was a slave state. Since the state of Maryland did not offer public education for African American youth, Myers had to acquire his early education from a private day school run by Rev. John Fortie. At the age of 16 he began work as a caulker, sealing seams in ships. In the 1850s Myers married Emma V. Morgan, who died in 1868. With her they had three children, including political activist George A. Myers. He later married Sarah E. Deaver. In 1860, Myers left caulking to work in a grocery business leading him to set up a short lived co-operative grocery in 1864. He returned to caulk
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| - إسحاق مايرز (بالإنجليزية: Isaac Myers) هو نقابي أمريكي، ولد في 1835 في بالتيمور في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي بنفس المكان في 26 يناير 1881. (ar)
- Isaac Myers (January 13, 1835 – January 26, 1891) was a pioneering African American trade unionist, a co-operative organizer and a caulker from Baltimore, Maryland. Myers was born as a free black, though Maryland was a slave state. Since the state of Maryland did not offer public education for African American youth, Myers had to acquire his early education from a private day school run by Rev. John Fortie. At the age of 16 he began work as a caulker, sealing seams in ships. In the 1850s Myers married Emma V. Morgan, who died in 1868. With her they had three children, including political activist George A. Myers. He later married Sarah E. Deaver. In 1860, Myers left caulking to work in a grocery business leading him to set up a short lived co-operative grocery in 1864. He returned to caulk (en)
- Isaac Myers (Baltimora, 13 gennaio 1835 – 1891) è stato un sindacalista statunitense. La città non offriva l'accesso alle scuole per i neri, così Myers ricevette un'istruzione di base dal reverendo John Fortie, al termine della quale iniziò a lavorare come apprendista da un calafatore nero di nome James Jackson, uno dei più affermati della zona. Nel 1860 lasciò quel lavoro e fece il facchino e l'addetto alle spedizioni per un grossista fino al 1865, anno in cui ritornò a lavorare in un cantiere navale. (it)
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| - Isaac Myers, pioneer of the African-American trade union movement circa 1875. (en)
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| - إسحاق مايرز (بالإنجليزية: Isaac Myers) هو نقابي أمريكي، ولد في 1835 في بالتيمور في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي بنفس المكان في 26 يناير 1881. (ar)
- Isaac Myers (January 13, 1835 – January 26, 1891) was a pioneering African American trade unionist, a co-operative organizer and a caulker from Baltimore, Maryland. Myers was born as a free black, though Maryland was a slave state. Since the state of Maryland did not offer public education for African American youth, Myers had to acquire his early education from a private day school run by Rev. John Fortie. At the age of 16 he began work as a caulker, sealing seams in ships. In the 1850s Myers married Emma V. Morgan, who died in 1868. With her they had three children, including political activist George A. Myers. He later married Sarah E. Deaver. In 1860, Myers left caulking to work in a grocery business leading him to set up a short lived co-operative grocery in 1864. He returned to caulking in 1865. After the American Civil War competition for jobs led to strikes and protests by white workers, forcing over 1000 black caulkers to lose their jobs. Myers proposed the workers collectively pool resources and form a co-operative shipyard and railway, the Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company, to provide themselves with employment. The co-operative, opening in February 1866, was initially a great success, employing over 300 black workers. Myers and others also established the Colored Caulkers Trade Union Society in 1868, to which he was elected president. The National Labor Union took interest, inviting the Colored Caulkers Trade Union Society to their annual convention. The move was significant for what had previously been an all-white union, but black workers continued to face opposition to membership. In response the Colored National Labor Union was established in 1869, with Myers as president. He was succeeded in 1872 as President by Frederick Douglass. Following his departure from the CFNL Myer's continued working and contributing to the labor movement. He became increasingly involved in the Republican Party during the 1870s. He worked as both a Customs Service agent and as a postal service agent under President Ulysses S. Grant's abolitionist Postmaster General John Creswell. He was the first known African American postal inspector, serving from 1870 until 1879, after which he returned to operate a coal yard in Baltimore. "Myer's also organized and became President of the Maryland Colored State Industrial Fair Association, the Colored Business Men's Association of Baltimore, the Colored Building and Loan Association, and the Aged Ministers Home of the A.M.E. Church". The Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Maritime Park in Baltimore is named after Myers. (en)
- Isaac Myers (Baltimora, 13 gennaio 1835 – 1891) è stato un sindacalista statunitense. La città non offriva l'accesso alle scuole per i neri, così Myers ricevette un'istruzione di base dal reverendo John Fortie, al termine della quale iniziò a lavorare come apprendista da un calafatore nero di nome James Jackson, uno dei più affermati della zona. Nel 1860 lasciò quel lavoro e fece il facchino e l'addetto alle spedizioni per un grossista fino al 1865, anno in cui ritornò a lavorare in un cantiere navale. Nel 1865 i lavoratori bianchi organizzarono uno sciopero nei cantieri navali contro gli operai neri in modo da spingere i proprietari a licenziarli per far posto al numero sempre maggiore di bianchi che speravano di trovare un lavoro a Baltimora. Myers fu uno dei molti che cercarono un modo per evitare i licenziamenti dei neri nel settore cantieristico, ma almeno in mille persero il lavoro. Nello stesso anno Entrò in un gruppo di investitori sia bianchi che neri che, raccolti diecimila dollari, nel 1866 acquistò la Chespeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company. La compagnia assunse migliaia di calafatori, sia bianchi che neri, da tutta la città, arrivando a pagarli tre dollari al giorno. La compagnia stipulò alcuni contratti con il governo e pagò i propri debiti in cinque anni. La Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company rimase attiva fino al 1888; Myers consentì la formazione di una grande quantità di organizzazioni dei lavoratori, con la speranza che gli operai dei cantieri si organizzassero in sindacati. Nel 1868 divenne il presidente della Colored Caulker's Trades Union Society of Baltimore. Nel 1869 la National Labor Union aprì le proprie conferenze ai neri. Quell'anno Myers venne invitato a parlare in una conferenza assieme ad altri nove neri; poco dopo la conferenza venne eletto primo presidente della Colored National Labor Union. La CLNU venne sciolta poco dopo a causa della depressione e della creazione di altri sindacati che permettevano l'accesso agli afroamericani, come la Knights of Labor. Myers prese le redini della ; lo scopo era di favorire l'accesso ai lavoratori neri ai sindacati bianchi di Baltimora. Il sindacato cercava anche di incoraggiare l'apprendistato per i giovani uomini neri. Myers era anche un membro della e della . (it)
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