American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
A Register of Records
1955-1968
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration
Administrative Information
Historical Note
Collection Overview
Collection Description
Administrative Information
Abstract
Records 1955-1968
Labor Union. Microfilm copies of press releases and records relating to legislation, relations with the Federal Government, and international affairs including John F. Kennedy’s related legislation and official correspondence.
Access
Open.
Usage Restrictions
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Copyright
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Provenance
Received from AFL-CIO of Washington, DC, in November 1964.
Extent
9 rolls of microfilm (6 linear feet, 2 linear inches ; 6.0 cubic feet)
Date Opened
unknown
Finding Aid
Finding aid updated in March 2004 by James M. Roth
Encoded by
James M. Roth
Related Collections
Frank Cormier and William Eaton Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
The Records of the AFL-CIO (1955- )
Historical Note
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), formed in 1955 by the merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Heavily involved in politics, the AFL-CIO’s primary function is to lobby on behalf of organized labor and mediate disputes between its member unions. In 1999 the AFL-CIO included 68 national and international unions that had a U.S. membership of over 13 million people. The organization has five operating levels. Ultimate authority is vested in those attending its biennial convention, but between conventions the organization is run by an executive council, which is composed of the executive officers (president, secretary-treasurer, and executive vice president) and 51 vice presidents. Executive officers handle the day-to-day operations of the organization, and they are advised by a general board consisting of the executive council members, a chief officer of each affiliated union and of each programmatic department within the AFL-CIO, and four regional representatives from the 51 state federations. In addition to these levels of authority, the AFL-CIO carried over autonomous departments from the AFL (such as the Building Trades Dept.) and added an Industrial Union Dept. to handle the problems of the former CIO unions. The union’s 13 programmatic departments handle the work of the federation, including labor organizing, political education, legislation, civil rights, and worker safety and health.*
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001.
Collection Overview
Microfilm copies of certain files, particularly those reflecting the work of the AFL-CIO in connection with the important legislative measures of the Kennedy administration, and copies of selected segments of the correspondence files of AFL-CIO that show the significance of its work in many areas of national endeavor during that period. There is a central file plus decentralized departmental files. Except for records of the Office of the President, nearly everything in the central file is duplicated in one of the departmental files.
Collection
Description
Series 1. Records of the AFL-CIO.
9 rolls of microfilm.
Arrangement: by subject.
This series contains microfilm copies of press releases and records relating to legislation, relations with the Federal Government, and international affairs including John F. Kennedy’s related legislation and official correspondence. The records are arranged by subject: Legislation, U.S. Government, Labor, Labor Management, and International Affairs.
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Roll
1
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Legislation |
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Kennedy, John F., President
Kennedy, John F., Senator (D. Mass.) |
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Roll 2
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U.S. Government |
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Agriculture
Commerce
Defense
Air Force
Army
Navy
Health, Education and Welfare
Interior
Justice
Federal Prison Industries |
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Roll 3
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Labor, 1961-1962 |
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Labor Management Manpower Commission
Bureau of Labor Management Reports
L-G Committee April-October 1961
Labor-Management Policy Advisory Committee |
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Roll 4
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Labor Management |
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National Labor Relations Board
Nation Labor Relations Board (Report of Staff), 1961
Labor Statistics
Missile Sites Labor Commission
Post Office
State
Treasury
White House
Civil Defense
Council of Economic Advisors |
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Roll 5
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Office of Emergency Planning
Equal Employment Opportunity Meeting, February 15, 1962
WFS-Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity from Kirkland, 1961-1962 |
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Roll 6
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Committee on Equal Job Opportunity
Committee on Equal Opportunity (information sheets)
U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament
Federal Communication Committee
National Mediation Board
U.S. Information Agency
Veterans Administration
Agriculture, 1963-1964
Commerce, 1963-1964
Community Relations Committee
Maritime, 1963-1964
Defense, 1963-1964
Air Force, 1963-1964
Army, 1963-1964
WFS-June 12, 1963 (testimony)
Civil Defense
Navy, 1963-1964
Health, Education and Welfare, 1963-1964
Interior, 1963-1964
Justice, 1963-1964
Federal Prisons Industries, 1963-1964 |
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Roll 7
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Labor, 1963-1964
Bureau of Labor Management Reports
Labor Management Policy Advisory Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Statistics
Missile Sites Labor Committee
Equal Employment
Equal Employment Apprenticeship-W.F.S
Equal Employment information sheets
Post Office, 1963-1964
State, 1963-1964 |
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Roll 8
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White House, 1963-1964
President Kennedy’s Death
Council of Economic Advisors
Committee for Economic Development
Office of Emergency Planning
U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament
Women, President’s Committee on Status of
Federal Communications Committee
NASA
National Medication Board
U.S.I.A.
Veterans Administration |
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Roll 9
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International Affairs |
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Foreign Aid and Mr. Meany’s Dissent for the Clay Committee Report
The Trade Expansion Act and World Trade Policies in General
The Balance of Payments Problem
U.S. Purchase of United Nations Bonds
AFL-CIO Relations with the International Labor Organization
Immigration Reform
European Integration
The Berlin Crisis, 1961-1962
The Alliance for Progress |
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Punta del Este Conference
Role of the Inter-American Development Bank
Relationship of the American Institute for Free Labor Development
President Kennedy’s Reception of Students and Staff of the American Institute for Free Labor Development |
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The Cuban Situation |
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Communist Takeover of the Cuban Labor Movement
Aid to Cuban Refugees |
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The Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Bogota
Dictatorships and Military Coups in Latin America
Sanctions Against the Trujillo Government of the Dominican Republic and the Emergence of the Post-Trujillo Republic
The Mexican Contract Labor Program |