Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association

The Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association (BBAIIA) was a labor union representing workers in the personal grooming industry in the United States and Canada.

Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association

Abbreviation	BBAIIA
Merged into	United Food and Commercial Workers
Formation	1887 (1887)
Dissolved	1980 (1980)
Type	Trade union
Headquarters	Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Location	Canada United States
Affiliations	AFL–CIO Canadian Labour Congress
Formerly called	Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America (1887–1941) Journeymen Barbers', Hairdressers' and Cosmetologists' International Union of America (1941–?)

The union was founded on December 5, 1887, as the Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America.^[1] Its original locals had previously formed part of the Knights of Labor. In 1888, it was charted by the American Federation of Labor. In 1924, the union began admitting women, but its constitution explicitly barred people of East Asian ethnicity from joining. By 1925, it had 50,282 members and had headquarters in Indianapolis.^[2]

In 1941, the union renamed itself as the Journeymen Barbers', Hairdressers' and Cosmetologists' International Union of America.^[3] It joined the new AFL-CIO in 1955, and was joined by the Barbers' and Beauty Culturists' Union of America in 1956. By 1957 it had 72,000 members,^[4] but this fell to 40,000 in 1980. That year, it merged into the United Food and Commercial Workers.^[5]

Leadership

Presidents

1887: Edward Finkelstone

1888: H. G. Hoch

1889: William Hain

1890: John C. Meyers

1894:

1898: Jacob Fischer

1901: Frank X. Noschang

1922: James C. Shanessy

1936: William C. Birthright

1963: Joseph N. De Paola

1971: Richard A. Plumb

Secretary-Treasurers

1889: Post combined with president

1893: William E. Klapetzky

1904: Jacob Fischer

1929: Herman C. Wenzel

1930: William C. Birthright

1963: E. M. Sanders

1970s: Roy Emerson

References

1. Hall, William Scott (1936). The Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America. Johns Hopkins Press.
2. Handbook of American Trade Unions (PDF). Washington, DC: United States Department of Labor. 1926. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
3. Reynolds, Lloyd G.; Killingsworth, Charles C. (1944). Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850–1941. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
4. Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States (PDF). Washington, DC: United States Department of Labor. 1957. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
5. Directory of National Unions and Employee Associations (PDF). Washington, DC: United States Department of Labor. 1980. Retrieved 3 May 2022.