Office of the president collection, 1927-1962.

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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The AFL and CIO merged in 1955 as an umbrella organization for skilled trade and industrial unions. Its regional office in Baltimore represented worker interests against this railroad merger. From the description of AFL-CIO response to merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads, 1962-1963. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 238572652 Created by merger of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. ...

Goldberg, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1908-1990

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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908 – January 19, 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the 9th U.S. Secretary of Labor, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Goldberg graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1930. He became a prominent labor attorney and helped arrange the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Indus...

Helz, Martin W., 1913-

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Murray, Milton, 1904-

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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 ...

Gotbaum, Victor, 1921-2015

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Victor H. Gotbaum (September 5, 1921 – April 5, 2015) was an American labor leader. From 1965 to 1987, he was president of AFSCME District Council 37 (DC37), the largest municipal union in New York City. Gotbaum was born in Brooklyn, New York. He married his first wife, Sarah, in August 1943. He fought in World War II, attended Brooklyn College and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and took his first union job as assistant director of the Amalgamated Meat ...

AFSCME

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Charter granted 1936; full name: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. From the description of Office of the president collection, 1927-1962. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28419205 From the description of Office of the secretary-treasurer collection, 1926-1968. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28419214 ...

Kramer, Leo

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Brewer, Gordon M.

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Caldwell, John P.

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McEntee, William J. (William Joseph), 1903-

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Public Service International

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Mueller, Marjorie Smith

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Zander, Arnold S. (Arnold Scheuer), 1901-1975

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Organizer and first president of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). From the description of Arnold Zander papers, 1931-1969. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321216 ...

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 ...

Wurf, Jerry, 1919-

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Labor leader, of New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C.; d. 1981. From the description of Papers, 1936-1982. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28418792 ...

Chapman, Gordon Warner, 1907-

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Secretary-Treasurer of AFSCME. From the description of Gordon Chapman papers, 1934-1967. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321009 ...

Flaxer, Abram, 1904-

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Abram Flaxer was born in Vilna, Lithuania, September 12, 1904. At the age of six, he immigrated to the United States with his family, settling in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He was exposed to socialist ideas early on, first at the Rand School of Social Science in Manhattan and later at City College, where he was involved in a Marxist study group while earning his B.S. degree. After graduation he joined the radical "Pen and Hammer" club, where he further developed the ideological orienta...

Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Garey, Alva Edward, 1883-

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Mire, Joseph

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Morgan, Thomas E., 1906-1995

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Green, William, 1870-1952

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Ohio district president of the United Mine Workers of America; Democratic senator in Ohio General Assembly; AFL president. From the description of William Green papers [microform], 1891-1952. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 45840057 ...