CIO

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CIO is the abbreviation for the Congress of Industrial Organizations, a major U.S. labor federation that played a key role in organizing industrial workers in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abbreviation ⓘ
labor federation ⓘ
labor organization ⓘ
advocated racially inclusive organizing ⓘ
unionization of semi-skilled workers ⓘ
unionization of unskilled workers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1955 ⓘ
distinctionFrom craft unionism ⓘ
focus industrial workers ⓘ
mass production industries ⓘ
focusIndustry automobile industry ⓘ
electrical equipment industry ⓘ
meatpacking industry ⓘ
rubber industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
founded 1935 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalEra mid-20th century ⓘ
ideology industrial unionism ⓘ
influenced postwar labor relations in the United States ⓘ
keyActivity mass unionization campaigns ⓘ
organizing industrial workers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterMergedWith American Federation of Labor ⓘ
locatedIn United States ⓘ
membershipType industrial unions ⓘ
mergedInto AFL–CIO ⓘ
mergedResult AFL–CIO ⓘ
notableEvent Flint sit-down strike ⓘ
sit-down strikes of the 1930s ⓘ
notableLeader John L. Lewis ⓘ
Philip Murray ⓘ
Walter Reuther ⓘ
opposedOrganization American Federation of Labor ⓘ
politicalAlignment New Deal coalition ⓘ
predecessor Committee for Industrial Organization ⓘ
roleIn expansion of collective bargaining in the United States ⓘ
growth of organized labor in the United States ⓘ
standsFor Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ
supportedLegislation Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
National Labor Relations Act ⓘ
supportedPolicy New Deal labor reforms ⓘ
transformedInto Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

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