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Omaha Steve

(103,453 posts) Sat Dec 5, 2015, 07:22 PM Dec 2015

12-5-15 Together in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/december-5-together/

December 5, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1955. That was the day the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to become the AFL-CIO. The American Federation of Labor was a confederation of unions can that trace its history all the way back to just after the Civil War, in 1866.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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