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Labor Plans '56 Political Rollout On a National Scale
Organized labor moves into national politics in 1956 after the AFL and CIO merge into a single 15 million member federation led by George Meany. The drive targets state and national elections to raise living standards, counter Taft Hartley constraints, and expand union influence in key states like New York, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, Texas, Missouri, and Massachusetts.
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Don Whitehead
Washington
Organized Labor
American Trade Union Movement
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL
George Meany
Labor
CIO
Meany
Michigan
Pat McNamara
Homer Ferguson
U. S. Senate
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
Ohio
New Jersey
Texas
Missouri
Massachusetts