Ross, Michael

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence, reports, proceedings, clippings, and other printed material. The records document efforts of U.S., Central and South American, and Caribbean labor leaders to build a free trade union movement in the region. The records are particularly valuable in illuminating relations among trade union and government officials and in charting the development of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) and its many educational, housing and financial...

Abstract

Michael Ross was the Director of the CIO International Affairs Department during World War II, and later served as Director of the AFL-CIO International Affairs Department from 1958 to 1963. This collection of primarly covers relations between officers at the CIO and the AFL and the effects of the Cold War on CIO policy toward Europe and the Soviet Union. Types of material include correspondence, clippings, minutes, reports, and subject files.

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence, speeches, minutes, reports, clippings, biographical information, conference materials, maps, printed material, and photographs. The records date from 1945 to 1970, but most fall within the period 1955-1970. The records of George Delaney, AFL-CIO International Affairs Representative and worker delegate on the governing board of the International Labor Organization (ILO), cover his post-war work in those organizations from 1948 to 1954 and are located at...