Italian-American Labor Council Records 1941-1996

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Italian-American Labor Council Records 1941-1996

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The Italian-American Labor Council (IALC) was formed in direct response to Mussolini's declaration of war against the United States in 1941. It lobbied successfully against the implementation of the Enemy Alien Act of 1942 which designated all German, Italian and Japanese nationals as enemy aliens. In the years after the Second World War, the IALC organized aid for post-war Italy. In the 1950s, it also played an instrumental role in forming the "Free Labor Movement" that opposed the Italian Communists and Communist-orientated labor organizations. These records include operational materials, clippings and correspondence of the IALC from its founding in 1941 to 1996.

5.0 linear feet; (5 boxes)

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Free Italy Labor Council (U.S.)

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Italian-American Labor Council

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Italian-American labor leaders formed the Italian-American Labor Council (IALC) on December 20, 1941, ten days after Mussolini declared war on the United States. In the short-term, the IALC was to serve as a viable anti-fascist movement in America, and counter American suspicions that Italian-Americans were sympathetic to Mussolini. The larger goal of the IALC was to bring fellow Italian-Americans into the burgeoning labor movement. During World War II, the IALC lobbied ...