Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council records, 1938-1957.

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Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council records, 1938-1957.

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This collection consists of microfilmed correspondence of John Brophy (1883-1963), National Director for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and Director of Industrial Union Councils, CIO. It includes: financial reports; rules, constitutions and bylaws; charter applications; meeting minutes; and letters of appeal and resolution issued by the various Industrial Union Councils throughout Pennsylvania. Six photographic prints illustrate Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council convention meetings (1939 (two photos), 1943, 1955, 1957) and the 1938 Pennsylvania Federation of Labor Reorganization Convention.

1 microfilm reel + 6 photographic prints.

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Brophy, John, 1883-1963

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Labor union official. From the description of Reminiscences of John Brophy : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309728425 ...

Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council

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Eight international unions left the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1938 and reorganized as the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). The Pennsylvania CIO, then called the Pennsylvania Industrial Council, took with it the vast majority of unions from the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. It operated as an affiliate of the CIO until 1957 when the Pennsylvania CIO merged with the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor to form the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO. From the description of Penn...