Congress of Industrial Organizations

Noun

Meaning

a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

CIO

Hypernyms

federation

Examples

His candidacy collapsed when the liberal Americans for Democratic Action and the Congress of Industrial Organizations withheld their support, partly due to concerns over Pepper's attacks on Truman's foreign policy decisions regarding the Soviet Union. Source: Internet

He is the co-author (with Peter Agard) of “The Indispensable Ally: Black Workers and the Formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1934-1941” and“Solidarity Divided: The crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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