International affairs files of President James B. Carey, 1939-1965 (bulk 1957-1962).

AFL-CIO. Industrial Union Dept

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Reuther, Victor G. (Victor George), 1912-2004

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Victor George Reuther (January 1, 1912 – June 3, 2004) was a prominent international labor organizer. He was one of three Reuther brothers (Walter and Roy) who were lifelong members of the U.S. labor movement. His older brother Walter became the president of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) and Victor became the head of that union's Education Dept. and an organizer on the international level. He was a proponent of social democracy. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of Anna (S...

Weaver, George Leon Paul, 1912-1995.

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International Metalworkers' Federation.

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Founded in 1904; successor of the International Metallurgists' Bureau of Information, formed in 1893 by trade unions from six European countries aiming at the eight-hour working day; after the Second World War it resisted the intentions of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) to absorb the International Trade Secretariats (ITS); founding member of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in 1949; by far the largest ITS of the ICFTU; its policy concentrates on internati...

Robinson, Howard

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Meany, George, 1894-1980

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Labor official; interviewee d.1980. From the description of Reminiscences of George Meany : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587289 President, AFL-CIO, 1955-1980. George Meany (1894-1980) was elected president of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) in 1952. His efforts to unite his organization with its rival, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was successful, and he was ...

AFL-CIO. International Affairs Committee.

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United World Federalists (U.S.)

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The United World Federalists was a non-partisan, non-profit organization with members in forty-eight states. This organization was founded in Asheville, North Carolina on February 23, 1947 as the result of a merger of five existing world government groups: Americans United for World Government; World Federalists, U.S.A.; Student Federalists; Georgia World Citizens Committee; and the Massachusetts Committee for World Federation. The organization became World Federalists, ...

American Association for the United Nations

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Formerly the League of Nations Association, in 1945 the name was changed to the American Association for the United Nations. In 1964, the AAUN merged with the Peoples Section for the United Nations and the United States Committee for the United Nations to form the United Nations Association of the United States of America. From the description of Collection, 1945-1964. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 26885535 ...

International Labour Organisation

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The International Labour Organization was established in Geneva in 1919 at the end of the First World War, during the Peace Conference that convened at Paris and Versailles. Its aim was to promote the welfare of workers. From the description of Collection, 1919-1941, 1998. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 70875785 ...

International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers

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Chartered as an affiliate of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) on 2 November 1949, after a tumultuous split with its parent organization--the communist-dominated United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)--the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE) evolved into one of the most influential trade unions in North America. Its membership reached a high of 400,000 during the mid-1950s and comprised a significant proportion of the...

Krushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971

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Brown, Irving, 1911-1989

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Irving Joseph Brown was born in New York City on November 20, 1911, to a family long active in trade unions in the United States. His father was a leader in New York City's Teamsters' union local. After attending New York City public schools, Brown put himself through New York University, completing in 1932 a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in economics. He participated in the initial efforts to form an automobile industry union, becoming a national organizer for the Automobile Work...

Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Carey, James B. (James Bain)

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James Barron Carey (1911-1973) was the president of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. From the description of Autobiography, and labor union communists, 1938-1968. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36028118 Labor executive. From the description of Reminiscences of James Barron Carey : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732165 ...

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.

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