Collection: Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO)

American Federation of Labor (AFL) and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO), History Sites, Organizations, Resources, Working Class Activism Organizations

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) works tirelessly to improve the lives of working people.

View: CIO Unions History and Geography

CIO Unions History and Geography

Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO), History Sites, Mapping American Social Movements Project, Organizations, Resources, University of Washington (UW), Working Class Activism Organizations

The CIO transformed American labor and American politics. Defying the American Federation of Labor’s commitment to craft unionism, the Committee for Industrial Organization was established in 1935 by leaders of the United Mine Workers and other AFL unions who embraced industrial union organizing strategies.