 Increasingly, the debate involved a growing battle over craft versus industrial unionism.Certain unions—such as the Teamsters, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, and the National Union of United Brewery Workmen—were already industrial unions in all but name, and vigorous battles were fought within the AFL to pare back the jurisdictions of these industrial unions.Even as jurisdictional battles increased, local building trades councils had formed in most major cities by 1897.