Romualdi, Serafino, 1900-1967.

Labor editor, lecturer, and expert in Latin American affairs, Romualdi was Inter-American representative of the A.F. of L. and AFL-CIO, co-founded the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers and the American Institute for Free Labor Development, and held various posts for the U.S. government.

From the description of Serafino Romualdi. Series 7. Lectures, 1955-1967. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63890989

From the description of Series 2. Correspondence in Italian, 1943-1961. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541061

From the description of Series 6. Post-retirement correspondence, 1961-1967. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541056

From the description of Series 3. General correspondence, 1943-1967. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541060

From the description of Serafino Romualdi. Series 8. Presidents and peons. Typescript drafts, 1965-1967. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541052

From the description of Series 4. Documents of various international associations, 1936-1965. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541059

From the description of Serafino Romualdi. Series 9. Miscellaneous correspondence, files and clippings, 1951-1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541051

Labor editor, lecturer, and expert in Latin American affairs, Romualdi was Inter-American representative of the A.F. of L. and AFL-CIO, and co-founded the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers and the American Institute for Free Labor Development, and held various posts for the U.S. government.

From the description of Serafino Romualdi series 5. manuscripts and clippings of articles by and about Romualdi, 1941-1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541058

Labor editor, lecturer, and expert in Latin American affairs, Romualdi was Inter-American Representative of the A.F. of L. and AFL-CIO, co-founded the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers and the American Institute for Free Labor Development, and held various posts for the U.S. government.

From the description of Series 1. Latin American correspondence, 1943-1966, bulk, 1950-1965. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74924269

Labor editor, lecturer, and expert in Latin American affairs, Romualdi was Inter-American representative of the A.F. of L. and AFL-CIO, co-founded the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers and the American Institute for Free Labor Development, and held various posts for the U.S. government.

Serafino Romualdi was born in Italy in 1900. He was compelled, because of his opposition to fascism, to leave his homeland for the United States in 1923. Romualdi first settled in Chicago, where he became editor of the weekly paper LA PAROLA DEL POPOLO. In addition, Romualdi joined the Typographers Union as a linotype operator. In 1926, he was employed by the Italian Labor Publishing Company in Chicago.

In 1928, Romualdi moved to New York, where he became editorial writer for IL MUNDO; the jointly owned Italian language organ of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. In 1933, he joined the ILGWU as a member of the Editorial and Publicity Departments.

During WW II, Romualdi served on the staff of the co-ordinator of inter-American affairs, Nelson Rockefeller; founded the Italian-American Committee for Democratic Education; worked closely with the Committee for the Political Defense of the Continent and served in the Office of Strategic Services.

Romualdi resumed his work with the ILGWU in the fall of 1945, and was assigned by the American Federation of Labor to establish contacts with Latin American labor with the view of promoting closer cooperation between the democratic trade-unions of the two continents. He contributed to the establishment of the Inter-American Confederation of Workers (1948) and played a leading role in organizing the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers (ORIT) (1951). Romualdi became assistant secretary of the latter and editor of its INTER-AMERICAN LABOR BULLETIN.

In March 1948, Romualdi was appointed full time Latin American representative of the A.F. of L. As a U.S. labor delegate or as labor advisor, Romualdi attended conferences of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Punta del Este Conference in August 1961, at which the Alliance for Progress was launched.

Romualdi was named inter-American representative of the newly merged AFL-CIO and executive secretary of its Inter-American Affairs Committee. He played a leading role in the establishment of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) in 1961, and served as its executive director.

In September 1965, he retired from his posts with the AFL-CIO and the AIFLD to undertake consulting work and to complete his memoirs, entitled PRESIDENTS AND PEONS, published the year of his death, 1967.

From the description of Romualdi, Serafino. Papers, 1936-1967, bulk 1946-1966. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541062