FIRST - Convention of the CIO - Pittsburgh, PA
N 40° 27.260 W 080° 00.274
17T E 584404 N 4478661
The FIRST meeting of the Congress of Industrial Organizations is remembered by this Pennsylvania Historic Marker.
Waymark Code: WMXGW
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2006
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Pittsburgh is a major contributor to the history of organized labor. Both the AFL and the CIO had their founding conventions here. Now, the combined AFL-CIO is probably the best-known union in the world.
Marker Text:
Near here on Nov. 14, 1938, the first convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations was held. 34 international unions were represented. Pittsburgh's Philip Murray was president from 1940 to 1952.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 11/04/1938
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