AFL and CIO Merge
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Economics
- Subcategories: Business, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Labor, Unions
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: December 5, 1955
Article abstract: The merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), creating the AFL-CIO, inaugurates the foremost labor organization of the twentieth century.
Summary of Event
From late in the nineteenth century until the 1930’s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was the principal, although never the only, body of organized U.S. labor. In structure, it was a federation of national and international unions, with individual unions maintaining a great deal of autonomy. Most of the affiliated...
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