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Green, William

(Encyclopedia)Green, William, 1872–1952, American labor leader, president of the American Federation of Labor (1924–1952), b. Coshocton, Ohio. He rose through the ranks of the United Mine Workers of America, of...

CIO

(Encyclopedia)CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ...

AFL

(Encyclopedia)AFL: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ...

AFL-CIO

(Encyclopedia)AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ...

Change to Win Federation

(Encyclopedia)Change to Win Federation, coalition of seven labor unions representing primarily American workers. It was founded in 2005 as the Change to Win Coalition by five American Federation of Labor and Congre...

American Federation of Teachers

(Encyclopedia)American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. It was formed (1916) out of the belief that the organizing of teachers should follow the model of a labor union, rather than that of...

industrial union

(Encyclopedia)industrial union, labor union composed of all the workers in a given industry, regardless of skill, craft, or occupation (as opposed to the craft union, in which all members are of one skill, such as ...

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