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Actions	Poster - United Automobile Workers USA: This union cause - AFL-CIO merger Remove from selection Add to selection TitlePoster - United Automobile Workers USA: This union cause - AFL-CIO merger ReferencePOSTER/SUBJ/TU/0479 Date ca. 1977 Scope and ContentPoster with an image of a watercolour by John Gelsavage and the text: AFL-CIO merger. The merged labor movement was largely the result of the efforts of Walter P Reuther, President of CIO, and George Meany of AFL, who became President of the new AFL-CIO. In December 1955, a joint convention instituted an Ethical Practices Code which was a forward step by workers who wanted a labor movement above reproach. The merged labor movement found itself under attack from the anti union forces who rallied behind the 'right-to-work' laws which forbid union shop agreements Extent1 poster Physical descriptionDimensions (WxH) : 50cm x 75cm. Card, coloured, illustration LanguageEnglish Persons keywordUnited Automobile Workers, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations SubjectTrade unions, Vehicle building, Trade union federations Conditions governing accessOpen Levelfile Normal locationAA Posters Drawer 20 - Trade Unions Folder 26 (Room 30)

TitlePoster - United Automobile Workers USA: This union cause - AFL-CIO merger

ReferencePOSTER/SUBJ/TU/0479

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ca. 1977

Scope and ContentPoster with an image of a watercolour by John Gelsavage and the text: AFL-CIO merger. The merged labor movement was largely the result of the efforts of Walter P Reuther, President of CIO, and George Meany of AFL, who became President of the new AFL-CIO. In December 1955, a joint convention instituted an Ethical Practices Code which was a forward step by workers who wanted a labor movement above reproach. The merged labor movement found itself under attack from the anti union forces who rallied behind the 'right-to-work' laws which forbid union shop agreements

Extent1 poster

Physical descriptionDimensions (WxH) : 50cm x 75cm. Card, coloured, illustration

LanguageEnglish

Persons keywordUnited Automobile Workers, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations

SubjectTrade unions, Vehicle building, Trade union federations

Conditions governing accessOpen

Levelfile

Normal locationAA Posters Drawer 20 - Trade Unions Folder 26 (Room 30)

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