The CIO Begins Unionizing Unskilled Workers
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Economics
- Subcategories: Business, Industry, Manufacturing, Factories, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Ohio
- Date: November 9, 1935
Article abstract: The formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) signaled the unionization of mass-production industries and their workers and labor’s increasing confrontations with management.
Summary of Event
In the mid-1930’s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was the oldest, largest, and most durable labor organization in the United States. Modestly begun in 1881 when a score of American and Canadian trade unions decided to federate, the AFL formally came into existence in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886, largely as a result of the...
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