Merger Committee of A.F.L and C.I.O Signs Agreement

Identifier:

030157

Collection Number:

A&M 1658

Title:

Merger Committee of A.F.L and C.I.O Signs Agreement

Date:

1957

Description:

"Merger Agreement Signed- Culminating months of negotiations between W. Va State Federation of Labor (A.F.L) and the W. Va State Industrial Union Council (C.I.O), representatives of both groups formally sign an agreement on September 24, 1957 which paved the way for the merger convention on November 22, 1957. Shown (seated, left to right) are Benjamin W. Skeen, S.F.L secretary-treasurer; E. A. Carter, S.F.L president; Oscar L. Davis, I.U.C president and Miles C. Stanley, I.U.C secretary treasurer;(standing, left to right) Rene V. Zabeau and James Q. Papas, S.F.L vice-presidents; Rezin Hudkins, John Lambert and Charles Hess, I.U.C vice-presidents."

Subjects:

Portraits--State Federation of Labor.

Personal Names:

Hess, Charles., Papas, James Q., Zabeau, Rene V., Davis, Oscar L., Stanley, Miles C., Skeen, Benjamin W., Carter, Eugene A., Hudkins, Rezin., Lambert, John.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView