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Charlie Wishman, president of the Iowa AFL-CIO, said Monday’s event was meant to inspire union members to advocate for changes that will help organized labor and its workers, as was done by ...
Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Kourpias began working at the Zenith Corporation in 1952, and joined the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). [1] [2] He soon became active on his local central labor council and the Iowa AFL-CIO, then became president of his district of the union. [3]
The American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL-CIO.It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions eager to provide mutual support and disappointed in the Knights of Labor.
Senate File 2374 represents a direct attack on the labor movement. It threatens the core principles of workers' rights and democratic governance. Lawmakers must heed the concerns of workers and ...
The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. . Originally created in 1935 as a committee within the American Federation of Labor (AFL) by John L. Lewis, a leader of the United Mine Workers (UMW), and called the Committee for Industrial Orga
An Iowa labor leader in a YouTube video is accusing state legislators of trying to bust unions and raising the possibility of “rolling strikes” over a bill that would add what he says is an ...
The CIO Challenge to the AFL: A History of the American Labor Movement, 1935–1941, (1960) Hardman, J. B. S. "John L Lewis, labor leader and man: An interpretation." Labor History 2.1 (1961): 3-29. Hinrichs, A. F. The United Mine Workers of America, and the Non-Union Coal Fields (1923) Hutchinson, John. "John L. Lewis: To the presidency of the ...
Eastern Iowa laborers are disappointed with the state's lobbying for looser child labor restrictions. At a roundtable hosted at the IBEW 405 Union Hall in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday night ...