Oral Histories [sound recording], 1987.

Avrutin, Harry, 1917-1988

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Harry Avrutin, a native of Philadelphia, was a charter member and business representative of Local 153 of the Office and Professional Employees from 1945 to 1949. He became secretary-treasurer of the New York State Union Label and Service Trade Department and of the Greater New York and Long Island Council, A.F.L.-C.I.O., in 1949. He held both positions at his death. Mr. Avrutin joined the New York City Central Labor Council in 1974 and retired in 1986. Avrutin died of cancer of the liv...

Van Arsdale, Harry, 1905-1986

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AFL-CIO. New York City Central Labor Council

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The AFL-CIO New York Central Labor Council (NYC CLC) had its origin in the Central Trades and Labor Council of Greater New York, a federation of New York City area unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The CTLC was chartered by the AFL in 1920 and existed until it merged with the New York City CIO Council in 1959. Harry Van Arsdale Jr., Business Manager of the International Brotherhood of Electricians Local 3, became president of the Council in 1957 and served in that office u...

Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991

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Robert F. Wagner, three term Mayor of New York City was born April 20, 1910 on the upper east side of Manhattan, New York. He attended Taft School in Connecticut, Yale University, the Harvard Graduate School of Business, the School of International Relations in Geneva, Switzerland, and the Yale University Law School, from which he graduated in 1937. At the age of 26, Wagner was elected to the State Assembly from the Yorkville District and he served in that position for four years. From 1942 to 1...

Davis, Leonard, 1921-

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