Frank E. Morton Papers 1950-1975

Morton, Frank E., 1908-

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Morton served as the international representative (1946-1960), vice-president (1960-1966), and vice-president and southwestern regional director (1966-) of the Office and Professional Employees International Union. From the guide to the Frank E. Morton Papers AR262., 1953-1977, 1968-1977, (Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library) International representative, 1946-1960; vice-president, 1960-1966; vice-president and southwestern regional director, 19...

Office Employees' International Union

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Office and Professional Employees' International Union

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AFL Federal Locals of the Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union have organized the clerical trades since the early decades of the twentieth century; but it wasn't until the charter convention of the Office Employees International Union in Cincinnati in January, 1945 that a national AFL jurisdiction was created for all private sector clerical and office employees. Charter membership was 22,500. During the war years, OEIU growth was slow, while the rival CIO uni...