AFL-CIO Office of the President, Joint Minimum Wage Committee records

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AFL-CIO Office of the President, Joint Minimum Wage Committee records

1954-1960

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42485

This collection comprises the records of the AFL-CIO Joint Minimum Wage Committee. The collection documents the work of the committee in supporting improvements of the minimum wage clause of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It is especially rich in printed and near print materials produced by the committee and acquired from other sources. In addition, a small number of records of the Joint Minimum Wage Committee (AFL, CIO, 1955) also appear. Dating from 1954 to 1960, but primarily from 1959, the records in this collection include agendas, clippings, conference materials, correspondence, ephemera, financial records, graphics (poster separated to the graphics collection], legislative materials, lists, memoranda, minutes, near print, pamphlets, petitions, press releases, printed material, reports, resolutions, and statistics.

2.625 Linear Feet

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 11672490

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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AFL-CIO. Joint Minimum Wage Committee

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The AFL-CIO Joint Minimum Wage Committee was created on January 8, 1959, as a special committee of the AFL-CIO, operating under the general supervision of AFL-CIO president George Meany and charged with improving the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Twenty unions formed the committee; Andrew J. Biemiller, director of the AFL-CIO Legislative Department, and Arthur J. Goldberg, special counsel of the AFL-CIO, served as co-chairs. The committee was financed by its member unions, the AFL-CIO, an...