AFL-CIO Metropolitan Detroit Records

Posted December 9th, 2008 by drice
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Extent: 
78 linear feet (156 MB)
Date: 
1918-1967
Accession Number: 
LR000053_MD

The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations Metropolitan Detroit is the central organization for all AFL-CIO unions that have locals in Wayne County, MI. The organization was very important in offering financial assistance to organizing drives, ending factional and jurisdictional disputes, and supporting political candidates. Their records pertain to these activities including those of its presidents Frank Martel (1948-1956), Al Barbour (1958-1967) and its vice-president Alex Fuller (1959-1967)

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