United Food and Commercial Workers Union retired leaders oral history project interviews, 1980-1981.

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 ...

Gold, Ben

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International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, and Technical Employees

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Started as International Information Bureau by four European trade unions for non-manual workers in 1904; had its seat in Hamburg; enlarged to the International Commercial Employees' Secretariat in 1910; reestablished as Fédération Internationale des Employés et des Techniciens (FIET) in 1921 with its secretariat in Amsterdam 1921-1964, in Geneva from 1964; its first secretaries were G.J.H. Smit 1921-1934 and Willem G. Spiekman 1934-1958; issues the monthly News Letter; associated as Internat...

Meyers, Samuel J., 1901- .

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Schachter, Leon B., 1909- .

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United Packinghouse Workers of America

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Retail Clerks International Union

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United Food and Commercial Workers Union retired leaders oral history project

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Prosten, Jesse, 1912- .

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International Fur and Leather Workers' Union of the United States and Canada

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Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America

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The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America and the United Packinghouse Workers of America coordinated collective bargaining efforts ca. 1953. The two unions merged in 1968. From the description of Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America records, 1953-1957. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 711874958 ...

Cavanaugh, James A.,

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Gorman, Patrick Emmett, 1892-1980.

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America

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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters was formed in 1903 from the merger of two teamsters unions to form one large union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. One of the largest and most powerful unions in the country, the Teamsters have been notoriously plagued by corrupt leadership throughout its history. In December 1957, the AFL-CIO ejected the Teamsters from the federation for non-compliance with newly enacted corruption rules. In 1964, Teamsters' president James Hoffa succ...

Feinglass, Abe, 1910- .

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Suffridge, James A., 1909- .

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United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

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The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), Local 1245 is based in Northern New Jersey and represents workers in the supermarket industry and other smaller industries. During the 1960s and 1970s the union, formerly the Retail Clerks International Association Local 1245 (AFL-CIO), was led by president Frank DeVito and membership included supermarket workers in North Jersey, Hockland County, Staten Island, New York City and Long Island. The UFCW was ...

Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union.

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