[1] The proclamation, and the impetus behind it had a significant impact on the labor movement in the United States, Canada, and other countries for a period of several decades.
[2] The CCMU wasn't adequately prepared for the opposition that it faced from the Mine Owners' Association and its allies.
[4] While the WFM developed a reputation for radical politics and militancy in Idaho and Colorado, labor relations in Montana were more amicable.
Butte's labor-management harmony lasted through much of the 1890s, but did not survive the industrial consolidations that arrived with the turn of the century.
[5] The proclamation described "an absolute rejection" of the American Federation of Labor, of its conservative philosophy and its complacent demeanor.
[7] The new federation was necessary to reflect the growing class consciousness of many Western labor organizations and their members.
[8][9] To: Organized Labor Throughout the West: Greeting—Believing that the time has arrived when an epoch will be marked in the history of labor, and believing that the necessities of the times as evidenced in recent developments emphasizes the fact that the old form of organization is unable to cope with the recent aggressions of plutocracy .
By combining our expense and our efforts to the support of one organization we concentrate our strength and strengthen our resources; furthermore we dissociate ourselves from .