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The National AFL|CIO Marks A 'Historic Year of Progress Under ...


AFL-CIO Marks Historic Year of Progress Under President Shuler ...

The nation's largest labor federation supported a wave of organizing across America's economy and public services, centered new voices and ...

AFL-CIO | History, Meaning, Purpose, Leaders, & Facts - Britannica

AFL-CIO, American federation of autonomous labor unions formed in 1955 by the merger of the AFL (founded 1886), which originally organized ...

Congress of Industrial Organizations - Wikipedia

The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from ...

BUILDING THE MOVEMENT TO MEET THE MOMENT - AFL-CIO

the landmark progress we've seen this year. It was a watershed year for legislation, with more pro-worker legislative wins than in any year in recent memory ...

Knights of Labor & the AFL-CIO - Organized Labor Since the 19th ...

In the years after World War I, it became more powerful and was particularly associated with the various building trades. The Great Depression ...

AFL-CIO - Social Welfare History Project

As of June 2008, the AFL–CIO had 56 member unions. Membership in the AFL–CIO is largely unrestricted. Since its inception as the American ...

American Federation of Labor - Britannica

The AFL focused on the organization of skilled workers and remained the sole unifying agency of the American labour movement for some 50 years. In 1955 it ...

What is the CIO in the AFL-CIO? - National Employment Law Project

Known simply as the American Federation of Labor (AFL) at its founding in 1886, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was added in 1955 ...

AFL-CIO - Wikipedia

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions ...

AFL-CIO Commission on the Future of Work and Unions

The capital stewardship programs of the AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions have given workers a voice in the capital markets by leading ...

The History of Unions in the United States - Investopedia

The Congress of Industrial Organizations, established in the 1930s, organized large numbers of Black workers into labor unions for the first time.1 There were ...

CIO Unions History and Geography - University of Washington

Defying the American Federation of Labor's commitment to craft unionism, the Committee for Industrial Organization was established in 1935 by leaders of the ...

The American Federation of Labor | History, Goals & Significance

The year 1919 witnessed massive strikes involving millions of laborers. The AFL initiated a general strike, the largest in history, and it shut down the city of ...

Labor Movement ‑ America, Reform & Timeline | HISTORY

When it refused, they joined in December 1886 to form the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The new federation marked a break with the past, ...

The AFL-CIO's Second Century - New Left Review

Dixie first initiated in 1946: over the intervening years the AFL-CIO made only the most desultory progress in unionizing the rapidly industrializing. South ...

Founding of the National Labor Union and the 1st National Call for a ...

While this call went unheeded at the time, and the organization folded in 1873, this was only the beginning of the campaign for an 8-hour work day. Over the ...

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial ...

When the AFL and CIO amalgamated, the 1955 merger agreement included a civil rights clause calling for non-discrimination in union privileges. During the years ...

Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2024 - AFL-CIO

This 2024 edition of “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” marks the 33rd year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health ...

AFL-CIO | Definition, History & Purpose - Lesson - Study.com

The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest federation of trade unions in the United ...

History Vault: Labor Unions in the U.S., 1862-1974: Knights of Labor ...

The CIO was at the center of labor activism from 1935 to 1955 – years characterized by mass organizing, nationwide strikes, and bitter ...