Unity Plan for CIO AFL Merger Moves Ahead
The CIO and AFL Unity Committee approved a merger plan in Miami Beach, with Walter Reuther and George Meany signaling possible ratification within the year. The proposal outlines a new union structure, anti raid and discrimination provisions, and a biennial convention with a 29 member Executive Council and eight member Executive Committee.
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CIO
AFL Unity Committee
CIO Pres
Walter Reuther
AFL Pres
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio Unity Committee
Miami Beach
Fla
Reuther
Meany
Unity Drive Ties CIO AFL Merger Steps and Leadership
The merger plan creates a joint Unity Committee to draft a constitution after executive approval. A director of organization from a CIO union will oversee organizing efforts with staff and resources. Reuther signals stepping down as CIO president with Meany to lead the new organization.
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Afl-Cio
Sixman
Reuther
Sec.-Treas
James B. Carey
David J. McDonald
Meany
William Schnitzler
Harry C. Bates
AFI
CIO
AFL
Joint Unity Committee
George Meany
Reuther-Meany
Afl-Cio Unity Committee
AFL Executive Council
CIO Executive Board
Industrial Dept Planned Council of Industrial Organizations
An Industrial Department to be named a Council of Industrial Organizations will be created within the merged labor movement. It will be open to all CLO unions and other AFL affiliated unions, have officer elections, and set per capita payments. The CIO will not be a competing trade union center but focus on issues common to all industrial unions.
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CIO
AFL
Industrial Unions Department
Council of Industrial Organizations
Labor Movement
CLO
Metal Trades
Building Trades
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CIO AFL Merger Plan And New Unified Organization
The plan proposes a single trade union center created by merging CIO and AFL. It preserves current affiliations and jurisdictions, rejects discrimination, fights corruption and communism, and sets up a two-year merger timeline with a dual leadership drawn from both groups. A Council of Industrial Organizations forms the backbone with a biannual convention and a 29 member Executive Council.
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CIO
AFL
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