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Language
English
Abstract
Assorted AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) pamphlets and other materials distributed
by the AFL Dept. of Education in Charleston, West Virginia, between 1949 and 1956. Most of the pamphlets are dated prior to
the 1955 merger of the AFL and CIO and pertain chiefly to the work of the American Federation of Labor. Pamphlets provide
information about the history of the AFL, labor organizations, the benefits of unions, and the AFL's Committee on Political
Education, COPE. Collection also contains newsletters and other labor materials related to the West Virginia State Federation
of Labor and state right-to-work laws, including 1955 meeting minutes of the Kanawha Valley Central Labor Union and that union's
"We Do Not Patronize" list of businesses that do not employ union members.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Macil Ingram, Compiler, AFL-CIO Dept. of Education Materials, A&M 2424,
West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of national
and international labor unions. The AFL-CIO was created in 1955 by the merger of the AFL and the CIO.
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