The AFL and CIO Merge
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Economics
- Subcategories: Business, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: December 5, 1955
Article abstract: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations reunited to cope with major union problems and a changing business and political environment.
Summary of Event
Led by the fiery leader of the United Mine Workers Union, John L. Lewis, nearly a million members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) were suspended by the AFL in 1935 and were expelled officially in 1938. This massive division within the ranks of organized labor, leading to formation of the rival Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was...
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