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nycclc .org. New York City Central Labor Council ( NYCCLC) is the largest local labor membership organization under the direction of the national AFL–CIO. Founded in 1959 the NYCCLC represents over 400 local New York City unions in both the public and private sectors of the New York economy. [2] Of the 11 million total workers represented by ...
The Hard Hat Riot occurred in New York City on May 8, 1970, when around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970. The students were protesting the May 4 Kent State shootings and the Vietnam War, following the April 30 announcement by President Richard ...
Unemployed Councils activists William Z. Foster, Robert Minor, and Israel Amter at the time of their March 1930 International Unemployment Day arrests in New York City. The Unemployed Councils of the USA (UC) was a mass organization of the Communist Party, USA established in 1930 in an effort to organize and mobilize unemployed workers .
Website. cwa-union .org. The Communications Workers of America ( CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States, representing about 700,000 members in both the private and public sectors (also in Canada and Puerto Rico ). [ 1][ 2] The union has 27 locals in Canada via CWA-SCA Canada (French: Syndicat des ...
CLUW was part of the Decade of Women Conference. 1978- CLUW Center for Education and Research was founded. 1979- First Biennial National Convention and CLUW health/safety series took place. 1980- CLUW president, Joyce D. Miller, became the first woman to be part of the AFL–CIO Executive Council. 1994- CLUW celebrated 20th anniversary.
To this day, the New York City Central Labor Council still hosts a Labor Day parade and march, which is held just north of the location of the original 1882 march. This year, the parade will be ...
The conference culminated on April 25, 1904 at a mass meeting held in Carnegie Hall, New York City. At the meeting, both men and women concerned with the plight of working children overwhelmingly supported the formation of the National Child Labor Committee, and Felix Adler was elected its first Chairman. The new organization moved swiftly in ...
Organizational Conference New York City: May 25–29, 1929 Attended by 151 delegates from 18 states. Educational Conference Katonah, New York: Aug. 30–Sept. 2, 1929 Attended by 150 participants, another 40 turned away. First 1930 Conference New York City: March 16–17, 1930 Second 1930 Conference New York City: December 6–7, 1930 1931 ...