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1 de may. de 2024 · Three years later, in 1955, the AFL and the CIO merged, with George Meany, former head of the AFL, becoming president of the new federation (a post he held until November 1979, a few months before his death). Membership in the new labour entity included about one-third of all nonagricultural workers in 1955.
- American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor (AFL), federation of North...
- American Federation of Labor
Hace 4 días · AFL–CIO President George Meany, worried that corruption scandals plaguing a number of unions at the time might lead to harsh regulation of unions or even the withdrawal of federal labor law protection, began an anti-corruption drive in April 1956.
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30 de abr. de 2024 · In 1949, the AFL formed the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) with the purpose of challenging the left-wing World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). In 1951, George Meany, then secretary-treasurer of the AFL, boasted that the federation had developed a “world network in the fight against communism.”
Hace 4 días · The March succeeds so fantastically that organized labor is simply embarrassed to not cop to Randolph’s line. And so [AFL-CIO President George] Meany imposes civil rights discipline on his local and state affiliates. And simultaneously, the mass pressure from below scares enough white elites in Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
2 de may. de 2024 · George Meany — American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (president) David Miller — United Auto Workers . Henry Miller — International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (founder and first president) John Mitchell — United Mine Workers
George Meany: American labor union leader for 57 years and the key figure in the creation of the AFL–CIO, serving as its first president, from 1955 to 1979. Meany had a reputation for integrity and consistent opposition to corruption in the labor movement, alongside strong anti-communism.
24 de abr. de 2024 · He argues that American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) chief George Meany, basking in the glow of early 1960s economic prosperity, did next to nothing to push for the bill in Congress.
