Labor Launches Operation Win At COPE Meeting In Washington
Labor leaders gathered in Washington for a national COPE conference to map the 1968 campaign. AFL-CIO officials pledged support for labor friendly candidates and urged full time staff to COPE across international unions. George Meany warned the event aimed to mobilize labor power to elect friends and defeat enemies.
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Labor
COPE
Washington
Afl-Cio
Johnson
Ment
George Meany
Hubert H. Humphrey
Friends of
Abraham Lincoln
Ation
Alexander Barken
National Cope
Andrew J. Biemiller
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers
P. L. Siemiller
Machinists
David Sullivan
Building Service
Joseph D. Keenan
International Brotherhood Electrical Workers
Building Trades Legislative Conference
Samuel Gompers
Meany
First Statewide Banquets Start Here Tuesday Night
The edar invites union members and families from ten counties to join John J. Gilligan at the Roof Garden Sheraton-Gibson for a 6 30 p m event on Tuesday April 9. Gilligan, labor backed candidate for Ohio U S Senator, will discuss why Ohio needs a Democrat and outline progressive Senate goals.
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Sheraton-Gibson Hotel
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
U.S
Senate
John J
President Johnson Withdraws From 1968 Nomination Amid Peace Push
President Johnson announces he will not seek or accept renomination as a term starts, shifting from personal political goals to pursue peace talks with Ho Chi Minh and press for national unity. The move frames him as a historic statesman sacrificing personal aims for national reconciliation.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Nominatio Party
Ho Chi Minh
United States
Jim Wolfe Changes Jobs But Remains In Cincinnati
James E. Wolfe chairman of the Education Committee of the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council since the 1960 merger is changing posts. He will leave the International Union of United Brewery Workers in Cincinnati where he led the International Research and Education Department since 1956 and take a similar position with the International Molders and Allied Workers Union, also based in Cincinnati. The move takes effect April 26. Wolfe is known in Cincinnati for twice running for the School Board and losing. Previously he directed research for the Kentucky Federation of Labor and edited the Kentucky Labor News.
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James E. Wolfe
Cincinnati
Afl-Cio Labor Council
Wolfe
Int'l Union
United Brewery Workers
Int’l
Int'l Molders and Allied Workers Union
Int'l
Improving Communications Within Labor Movement Conference
A Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council Education Committee conference on improving union communications is set for Saturday April 27 at the Alms Hotel. James E. Wolfe chairs the event with Oscar G. Lee and William P. Sheehan, featuring talks by communications specialists on audience attendance, security versus current benefits, and generation gaps. Registration is 6 and includes lunch and materials.
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Alms Hotel
Victory Parkway
Wm. H. Taft Road
Cincinnati
Afl-Cio Labor Council
James E. Wolfe
Wolfe
Council Presi
Kentucky Labor Backs Strikers At The Lodge
In a March meeting of the Northern Kentucky AFL CIO Labor Council held at St. John’s Hall Covington the council voted unanimously to support the strike of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees at The Lodge Restaurant Newport urging members and friends to back the action. William B. Koester president S. T. Schlesinger secretary
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Northern Kentucky
Aflcio Labor Council
St. John’s Hall
Covington
Kentucky
LODGE
3Rd and
York Sts
Newport
William B. Koester
S. T. Schlesinger
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Kentucky Federation of Labor
Kentucky Labor News
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