This collection consists of 1014 original artwork cartoons created for reproduction in the AFL-CIO News. 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 earliest cartoons (1955-1961) were drawn by Le Baron Coakley, an artist who drew not only the AFL-CIO News, but also previously for the CIO News. His pen name was "Coak."
The majority of the cartoons (1962-1983) were drawn by John Stampone, an editorial cartoonist whose work appeared in a number of publications. His pen name was "Stam."
Additionally, there are a number of cartoons (1965-1976) by Bernard Seaman. There are also a few cartoons by illustrators who signed their names as follows: Steve Kraft; Niemi; Amadee; Auth; K. Chadwick; Ken Strobel; David Pascal; Goodsell; and McGregor.
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Farm Program; Secretary Lloyd Benson; Government. Federal; Agriculture
AFL-CIO Merger; American Labor Mission; American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. Biography
(Senator paul) Douglas Bill; Government. Federal; Unemployment
Hungary Freedom fighters; U.N. General Assembly; Hungary
Adalai Stevenson Campaign; Estes Kefauver; Len Hall; Political campaigns; Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adalai Stevenson Campaign; Estes Kefauver; Political campaigns; Politics
AFL-CIO Programs - 1958; Labor movement
Trade Unionism; Labor Day
COPE; Voter registration; Voting
Big 3; Contract; Afl-CIO Financial Support; Work. Automobile Workers
AFL-CIO News Scholarships; International Union Scholarships; State Central Bodies Scholarships; Education; Job training
Human needs;Unrealistic Budget Plans; National defense; Government. Federal; Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft-Hartley curbs; Mitchell "Moral" curbs in state elections; Politics; Taft-Hartley Act
reform legislation; Legislation; Collective bargaining
Business Recovery; Unemployment; Recession
COPE; Politics; Education
86th Congress; Government. Federal; Politics; Voting
AFL-CIO Program; Conference to keep America at work; Conferences; Employment; Dwight D. Eisenhower
Production; Profits: Full employment; Employment; Defense industry
Wages increases
West Berlin Workers: Freedom
New York papers; Potection payoff; Racketeering; New York
Henderson Strikers; North Carolina National Guard; Worker rights; Strikes and lockouts
Senate Labor Bill; Bill of Rights; Trade Unionism; Government. Federal
Graduates; Employment; Education
NAM; C of C; low paid workers; Minimum wage; National health insurance; Work. Agriculture; Wages
Forand Bill; House Ways and Means Committee; Government. Federal; Elder care
Forand bill; Depressed Areas bill; Aid to Education; Congress; Government. Federal; Unemployment insurance; Education; Minimum wage
USWA; Work. Steel industry; Strikes and lockouts
Steel Industrty; Injunction Threat; Taft-Hartley Act; Work. Steel industry
86th Congress; Forand Bill; Depressed Areas; Aid to Education; Government. Federal; Civil rights; Minimum wage; Education
Labor Department report; Jobs;Joblessness; Unemployment; Labor-government
Taft-Hartley injunction against Steelworkers; Taft-Hartley Act; Work. Steel industry; Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft-Hartley injunction; Kaiser Settlement; Taft-Hartley Act; Work. Steel industry; Dwight D. Eisenhower
USWA; Taft Hartley injunction; Taft-Hartley Act; Work. Steel industry
Steelworkers defense fund; Work. Steel industry; Worker rights
Senator Este Kefauver; Work. Steel industry; Wages
Secretary of State Dulles; Communism
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress; Mergers; Canada
AFL-CIO Information Department, AFL-CIO News Cartoons, 0079-LBR-RG20-004. Special Collections and University Archives.
AFL-CIO Information Department, AFL-CIO News Cartoons, 0079-LBR-RG20-004. Special Collections and University Archives. http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43686 Accessed January 21, 2025.
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