Congress of Industrial Organizations

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The Congress of Industrial Organizations was a major federation of industrial labor unions in the United States that played a central role in organizing mass-production workers and shaping mid-20th-century labor policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical organization ⓘ
labor union federation ⓘ
trade union federation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolutionCause merger with American Federation of Labor ⓘ
dissolved 1955 ⓘ
fieldOfWork collective bargaining ⓘ
labor organizing ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ
formerName Committee for Industrial Organization ⓘ
foundedBy Charles Howard ⓘ
David Dubinsky ⓘ
Harvey Fremming ⓘ
John Brophy ⓘ
John L. Lewis ⓘ
Max Zaritsky ⓘ
Sidney Hillman ⓘ
Thomas McMahon ⓘ
hasPart Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ⓘ
Textile Workers Union of America ⓘ
United Auto Workers ⓘ
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America ⓘ
United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
United Steelworkers of America ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
ideology New Deal liberalism ⓘ
industrial unionism ⓘ
inception 1935 ⓘ
influenced Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
National Labor Relations Act implementation ⓘ
mid-20th-century U.S. labor policy ⓘ
keyPerson John L. Lewis ⓘ
Philip Murray ⓘ
Sidney Hillman ⓘ
Walter Reuther ⓘ
mergedInto AFL–CIO ⓘ
movement American labor movement ⓘ
notableWork organization of mass-production workers ⓘ
sit-down strikes of the 1930s ⓘ
support for New Deal labor legislation ⓘ
opposedBy American Federation of Labor ⓘ
politicalAlignment Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
renamed 1938 ⓘ
significantEvent 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike support ⓘ
World War II labor–government cooperation ⓘ
formation of United Auto Workers as major affiliate ⓘ
formation of United Steelworkers as major affiliate ⓘ
purge of communist-led unions in late 1940s ⓘ
split from American Federation of Labor ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ

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Walter Reuther → memberOf → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ
American Federation of Labor → conflictWith → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ
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