Scope and Contents

97 pp.: AFL-UMWA controversy and unity negotiations; UMWA application for reaffiliation with AFL; report of proceedings of 1943 AFL convention; AFL executive council matters; war mobilization efforts; legislative programs; AFL jurisdictional disputes with UMWA District 50; Daniel J. Tobin; William Green; Matthew Woll; Boris Shishkin; John T. Mates; George Meany

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...