The AFL-CIO Expels the Teamsters Union
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 Jersey
- Date: December 5, 1957
Article abstract: Sensitive to the public’s image of organized labor and encouraged by congressional investigators, the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations) expelled the Teamsters Union.
Summary of Event
The 1955 merger that created the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) healed a serious rift in the American labor movement, but a number of critical problems haunted AFL-CIO leadership during the next fifteen years. The nation’s political mood, following passage of the...
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