CIO

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CIO is the abbreviation for the Congress of Industrial Organizations, a major U.S. labor federation that played a key role in organizing industrial workers in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abbreviation
labor federation
labor organization
advocated racially inclusive organizing
unionization of semi-skilled workers
unionization of unskilled workers
country United States
dissolved 1955
distinctionFrom craft unionism
focus industrial workers
mass production industries
focusIndustry automobile industry
electrical equipment industry
meatpacking industry
rubber industry
steel industry
textile industry
founded 1935
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
historicalEra mid-20th century
ideology industrial unionism
influenced postwar labor relations in the United States
keyActivity mass unionization campaigns
organizing industrial workers
language English
laterMergedWith American Federation of Labor
locatedIn United States
membershipType industrial unions
mergedInto AFL–CIO
mergedResult AFL–CIO
notableEvent Flint sit-down strike
sit-down strikes of the 1930s
notableLeader John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Walter Reuther
opposedOrganization American Federation of Labor
politicalAlignment New Deal coalition
predecessor Committee for Industrial Organization
roleIn expansion of collective bargaining in the United States
growth of organized labor in the United States
standsFor Congress of Industrial Organizations
supportedLegislation Fair Labor Standards Act
National Labor Relations Act
supportedPolicy New Deal labor reforms
transformedInto Congress of Industrial Organizations

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