RG28/RG28-002. AFL and AFL-CIO Organizing Department records
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AFL and AFL-CIO Organizing Department records
Collection
0050-LBR-RG28-002
Abstract
The Organizing Department was created in the 1930s in the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and in the 1940s in the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) with similar purposes of fostering cooperation among unions to achieve common goals for workers. The Department was also active in promoting union causes during National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) elections. These records document organizing activities from 1953-1975 (bulk dates) through activity reports, service reports, monthly...
Dates:
1949, 1953-1975, 1981; Majority of material found within 1953-1975