International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

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Series 4 contains the records of the work of the ICFTU International Solidarity Fund from 1958 to 1968. While most of the material falls into the category of near print, it does provide a way of looking at the work of the ICFTU in assisting workers facing economic and political repression.

Scope and Contents This series consists of Delaney's files on the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers (ORIT; Organizacion Regional Inter-Americana de Trabajadores), and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). Most of this series consists of materials from conferences and meetings, some of which Delaney attended.Material types include: reports, resolutions, proposals, minutes, agendas, press releases, speeches, conference...

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Series 9 contains an almost complete set of ICFTU Circulars dating from 1950 to 1963.

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Series 9 materials reflect the AFL and AFL-CIO's evolving foreign policy and Meany's concerns in the international field from the postwar period to 1960, that is, from the later years of his tenure as AFL secretary-treasurer through the early years of his AFL and AFL-CIO Presidency. Types of materials include letters, memoranda, and reports.

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Series 1 contains 17 folders of material dating from 1959 to 1970 having to do with basic ICFTU administrative matters including the appointment of delegates, election of officers, and conduct of some of the committee.

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Series 2 contains the major portion of the collection and includes the minutes of the ICFTU Executive Board, committees, Congress, General Council and miscellaneous other meetings and conferences. There is very little direct correspondence, although sometimes the minutes contain notes taken by various persons who attended the meetings.

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, periodicals, petitions, press releases, and conference materials. The records date from 1969-1979, but most fall within the period 1971-1976. Topics include financial and material assistance to AFL-CIO sponsored or supported projects and activities; American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) activities; the Kemmons Wilson Construction Company/Bermuda Industrial Union dispute; government repression of trade unions...

Scope and Contents Records in this series span the dates 1943 through 1989, although most of the material dates from 1950 to 1962 and 1973 to 1978. The series contains correspondence, published and unpublished reports, financial records, printed materials, and clippings. Major correspondents represented in the series include Andre LaFond (Secretary, Force Ouvriere); Guilio Pastore (CISL); Jay Lovestone (Executive Secretary, Free Trade Union Committee); George Meany (Secretary-Treasurer, AFL,...

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Series 10 contains a few photgraphs from the early years of the ICFTU. These photographs were separated from materials in folders in other series and bear the same folder titles.