Lane Kirkland vertical files collection, 1960-1999.
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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. ...
Kirkland, Lane 1922-1999
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Labor activist; ; Kirkland first served as executive assistant to George Meany, 1960-1979, and then as presdent of AFL-CIO, 1979 - 1995. From the description of Lane Kirkland vertical files collection, 1960-1999. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 44022797 ...
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 ...
