American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is a major labour federation in the United States. It was founded in 1955 with the merger of the AFL and the CIO.

People

Presidents

• George Meany
• Lane Kirkland
• Thomas R. Donahue
• John J. Sweeney
• Richard Trumka

External Resources

• Kim Scipes, Labor Imperialism Redux?: The AFL-CIO's Foreign Policy Since 1995, Monthly Review, May 2005.