RG20. AFL-CIO. Information Department

The Information Department was the publishing and press release arm of the AFL-CIO. This collections contains printed record copies of the major news publications issued by the AFL, CIO, and AFL-CIO, including The C.I.O. News, A.F. of L. Reporter, AFL-CIO News, and American Federationist.

This collection consists of original artwork created for reproduction in the AFL-CIO News from 1955 to 1984. These editorial cartoons appeared regularly in the publication and reflect a wide variety of issues important to organized labor, including jobs, health care, the right to organize, safety and health, education, political action, and equality, among others. The illustrators most represented in this collection are John Stampone and Le Baron Coakley.

This collection consists of press releases from the CIO and then from the AFL-CIO after the merger. The press releases were collected by the Information Department of the AFL-CIO.