Reel 8
Container
Contains 14 Results:
CIO--General., 1952
File — Reel: 8
Identifier: 11
Scope and Contents
133 pp.: ACWA cooperation with UMWA; IWA@United Steelworkers of America dissatisfaction with CIO policies; death of Philip Murray; report scheduled to be delivered by the president to the 1952 CIO convention; union organization; legislative programs; NLRB and court decisions; political activities; committee to abolish discrimination; Social Security committee; maritime committee; housing committee; Wage Stabilization Board appointments; Taft-Hartley Act; southern organizing campaign; use of...
Dates:
1952
CIO--General., 1953
File — Reel: 8
Identifier: 12
Scope and Contents
95 pp.: United Steelworkers of America relations with CIO; UMWA contribution to the American Newspaper Guild; Moral Rearmament Movement (MRA); Crusade for Freedom Conference; labor unity negotiations; Textile Union Workers of America competition with United Textile Workers-AFL; Communications Workers of America constitution; Taft-Hartley Act; the Sidney Hillman Foundation; death of Allan S. Haywood; National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools; John Owens; Thomas Kennedy; Joseph F....
Dates:
1953
CIO--Convention and General., 1953
File — Reel: 8
Identifier: 13
Scope and Contents
258 pp.: Resolutions committee report; report by the president; AFL-CIO unity negotiations; union organization; southern organizing campaign; legislative programs; Taft-Hartley Act; NLRB and court decisions; international labor relations; political activities; civil rights activities; Social Security committee; maritime committee; housing committee; Crusade for Freedom Conference; reorganization of CIO; Allied Syndicates, Inc. (UMWA public relations firm); Walter P. Reuther; Cecil Owen;...
Dates:
1953
Minutes, Correspondence, and General Files, 1943-1953
File — Reel: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The CIO general files (1935-1955) include correspondence, CIO personnel files, committee files, financial records, and convention files. Subjects covered include organizing drives in rubber, auto, steel, electronics, timbering and shipbuilding industries; the rift between the AFL and CIO; the development of the CIO national staff; national politics; communism in the CIO; competition between the CIO and the UMWA in organizing industrial unions; impact of Taft-Hartley Act; and AFL-CIO merger...
Dates:
1922-1962