Papers, 1934-1956.

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Papers, 1934-1956.

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Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, and clippings of New America relating to its goals to destroy the profit system and inaugurate a new social order; together with correspondence and clippings relating to the CIO, AFL-CIO merger (1955), labor education, and community colleges. Includes mss. (typewritten) of McCreedy's writings concerning labor and economics.

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Wayne State University

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

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The Committee for Industrial Organization was formed by the presidents of eight international unions in 1935. The presidents of these unions were dissatisfied with the American Federation of Labor's unwillingness to commit itself to a program of organizing industrial unions. In 1936, the A.F. of L. suspended the ten unions which proceeded to organize an independent federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO subsequently became the A.F. of L.'s chief rival for the leadership of...

AFL-CIO

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American Federation of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980267 ...

McCreedy, Herbert T., 1901-1971

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Regional director of AFL-CIO and organizer with New America in the Midwest, of Michigan. From the description of Papers, 1934-1956. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28412625 ...

New America (Organization)

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