AFL-CIO. New York City Central Labor Council

The AFL-CIO New York Central Labor Council (NYC CLC) had its origin in the Central Trades and Labor Council of Greater New York, a federation of New York City area unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The CTLC was chartered by the AFL in 1920 and existed until it merged with the New York City CIO Council in 1959. Harry Van Arsdale Jr., Business Manager of the International Brotherhood of Electricians Local 3, became president of the Council in 1957 and served in that office until his death in 1986, when he was succeeded by his son Thomas Van Arsdale. During the Van Arsdales tenure the Council campaigned to organize taxicab drivers, set up committees to further the interest of Latino and African-American workers, helped to found a worker education program (the Center for Labor Studies, at Empire State College, SUNY), mobilized the labor movement to confront the Citys fiscal crisis of the late 1970s, and generally worked to foster a spirit of solidarity throughout the many disparate sectors of the New York City labor movement. These efforts were continued in succeeding years, under the leadership of Council president Brian M. McLaughlin (elected in 1995), another Electricians union veteran, and secretary Ted H. Jacobsen, of the United Federation of Teachers.

From the description of Records, 1933-2003. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475503267

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