AFL-CIO : merger! – Vintage Print
![AFL-CIO : merger!, [between 1965 and 1980] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c9/c9e104c0a359-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few labor posters of the period put two rival union leaders side by side as this one does: Walter Reuther of the CIO and George Meany of the AFL. The two federations joined in December 1955, and Meany became the first president of the combined AFL-CIO. The record notes that the poster reproduces a painting and is evidently one of a series titled *This union cause*, and its subject lines place the meeting in New York. Reuther, who led the United Auto Workers, and Meany had long clashed over organizing strategy, so the image captures a moment of unity that was hard-won.
| Created / published | [between 1965 and 1980] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) |
| Genre | 1957." Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software |
| Notes | Evidently one of a series entitled This union cause." Reproduction of a painting |
| Subjects | Reuther, Walter,--1907-1970. Meany, George,--1894- AFL-CIO Labor unions. Meetings.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,291 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204450 |
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