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Delegates of the 1955 Unity Convention where the AFL and the CIO merged to form the AFL-CIO

1955 ‧ 20.7 x 25.5 cm ‧ Photograph, documentary ‧ monochrome ‧ Jump to full details ‧ Request from Special Collections

Summary:	Members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) gathered together at the 1955 Unity Convention where the two separate groups merged into one to form the AFL-CIO. For complete collection information, visit the full finding aid at http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42579
Provider:	AFL-CIO
Century:	1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:	North America
Place of origin – Country:	United States of America
Place of origin – Region:	District of Columbia
Place of origin – Settlement:	Washington
Temporal subject:	1951-1960
Geographical subject – Continent:	North America
Geographical subject – Country:	United States of America
Topical subjects:	AFL-CIO. Constitutional Convention
	Labor unions
	Meetings
	Crowds
ArchivesUM location:	AFL-CIO Information Department, Photographic Prints collection series 1: Subject Files, 1890-1995 subseries 1: Photographs, 1890-1993 box : 19 folder 1: Conventions: AFL-CIO-merger, 1955 accession 2014-001-RG96-001
Repository:	Historical Manuscripts
Browse terms:	Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor
Copyright holder:	AFL-CIO
Collection:	Digital Collections
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