The Massachusetts AFL-CIO was formed as the Massachusetts state branch of the American Federation of Labor in 1887. Its purpose was to organize workers, advance the interests of workers through organization and legislation, and to provide general assistance in the event of difficulties such as strikes and lockouts.
From the guide to the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Records, Accretion MS 369., 1980-1997, (Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
The Massachusetts AFL-CIO began as the state branch of the American Federation of Labor in 1887. They merged with the Massachusetts State Congress of Industrial Organizations at their 1958 convention to form the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. Its purpose was to organize workers, advance the interests of workers through organization and legislation, and to provide general assistance in the event of difficulties such as strikes and lockouts.
1887C.G. Wilkins18871888Charles Rawbone18881889Henry Abrahams18891890G.W. Clark18901891J.F. Melaven18911894O.A. Robbins18951899J.D. Pierce18991900Jonas Weener19001902Frank H. McCarthy19021904James R. Crozier19041906Francis J. Clarke19061908Edward Cohen19081909Philip H. Sweet19091911Thomas J. Durnin19111912James W. Wall19121915E.S. Alden19151916Joseph J. Hunt19161918George H. Wrenn19181920William A. Nealey19201921Thomas H. Gerraughty19211922Jeremiah F. Driscoll19221924William Walsh19241926Michael J. O'Donnell19261928John Van Vaerenewyck19281930Joseph J. Cabral19301934James T. Moriarty19341938John F. Gatelee19381942Nicholas P. Morrissey19421946William J. Doyle19461949John J. DelMonte19491955Henry J. Brides19551958John A. Callahan19581964J. William Belanger (first president of Massachusetts AFL-CIO)19641972Salvatore Camelio19721977Joseph A. Sullivan19771979William J. P. Cleary19791990Arthur R. Osborn19901998Joseph C. Faherty19981998 PresentRobert HaynesFrom the guide to the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Records MS 369., 1908-2009, (Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
The Massachusetts AFL-CIO was formed as the Massachusetts state branch of the American Federation of Labor in 1887. Its purpose was to organize workers, advance the interests of workers through organization and legislation, and to provide general assistance in the event of difficulties such as strikes and lockouts.
1887C.G. Wilkins18871888Charles Rawbone18881889Henry Abrahams18891890G.W. Clark18901891J.F. Melaven18911894O.A. Robbins18951899J.D. Pierce18991900Jonas Weener19001902Frank H. McCarthy19021904James R. Crozier19041906Francis J. Clarke19061908Edward Cohen19081909Philip H. Sweet19091911Thomas J. Durnin19111912James W. Wall19121915E.S. Alden19151916Joseph J. Hunt19161918George H. Wrenn19181920William A. Nealey19201921Thomas H. Gerraughty19211922Jeremiah F. Driscoll19221924William Walsh19241926Michael J. O'Donnell19261928John Van Vaerenewyck19281930Joseph J. Cabral19301934James T. Moriarty19341938John F. Gatelee19381942Nicholas P. Morrissey19421946William J. Doyle19461949John J. DelMonte19491955Henry J. Brides19551958John A. Callahan19581964J. William Belanger (first president of Massachusetts AFL-CIO)19641972Salvatore Camelio19721977Joseph A. Sullivan19771979William J. P. Cleary19791990Arthur R. Osborn19901998Joseph C. Faherty19982011Robert J. Haynes2011Steven TolmanFrom the guide to the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Records MS 369., 1902-2008, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries)