Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council (CIO)
The Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council (GBIUC), formerly Erie County Industrial Union Council, was organized in 1937 and served as the central body of CIO unions in Buffalo and vicinity until GBIUC merged with the Buffalo Federation of Labor in 1958.
The Council participated in organizing work, engaged in political activities (municipal, state, and national), and involved itself in educational work (classes and the formation of educational committees in local unions.).
From the description of Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council (CIO). Records, 1937-1958. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64755389
Local industrial union councils operated on a city, county, or district basis and were composed of the CIO local unions within these areas. The industrial union councils were under the control of the CIO, but the CIO did not force its nationals and internationals to make their local unions join the local councils. The Local councils, like the state councils, were coordinating agencies designed to serve the local unions within their area.
As stated in the CIO Model Constitution: "The objects of the Council shall be to secure united action of all locals of national and international unions and organizing committees and local industrial unions and industrial union councils affiliated to the CIO within its jurisdiction and through united action to protect, maintain and advance the interests of all working people in its territory, to extend unionism on the basis of industrial organization, to secure and enforce legislation in the interests of the working people, to promote recognition and acceptance of collective bargaining in industry, and to increase public understanding of the labor movement."
The Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council was organized in 1937. The council participated in organizing work and engaged in politics: municipal, state and national. It tried to cultivate a favorable public opinion toward CIO unions. The council sometimes engaged in various types of educational work, such as forming study classes and encouraged the formation of education committees in local unions.
This collection contains the office files of the Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council from its organization in 1937 to their merger with the Buffalo Federation of Labor in 1958.
From the guide to the Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council records, 1937-1958., (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library)
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creatorOf | Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council (CIO). Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council (CIO). Records, 1937-1958. | Cornell University Library | |
creatorOf | Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council records, 1937-1958. | Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives |
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associatedWith | Bauer, Stanley J. | person |
associatedWith | Bauer, Stanley J. | person |
associatedWith | Bell Aircraft Company. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Capchant, Homer | person |
associatedWith | Capchant, Homer (Homer Earl) | person |
associatedWith | Devlin, Frederick T. | person |
associatedWith | Devlin, Frederick T. | person |
associatedWith | Dowd, Bernard J. | person |
associatedWith | Dowd, Bernard J. | person |
associatedWith | Gorski, Chester C. | person |
associatedWith | Gorski, Chester C. | person |
associatedWith | Harriman, Averell, 1891- | person |
associatedWith | International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Ives, I. M. | person |
associatedWith | Ives, I. M. (Irving M.) | person |
associatedWith | Javits, Jacob K. 1904- | person |
associatedWith | Mahoney, Walter J. | person |
associatedWith | Mead, James M. | person |
associatedWith | National Carbon Company. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | New York State CIO Council. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | New York (State). Dept. of Labor. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | New York (State). Dept. of Labor. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Pillion, John R. | person |
associatedWith | Radwan, E. P. | person |
associatedWith | Radwan, E. P. (Edmund P.) | person |
associatedWith | Remington Rand, inc. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | United States. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | United States. | corporateBody |
Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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New York (State)--Buffalo | |||
New York (State) | |||
United States |
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Alien labor |
Anti-communist movements |
Anti-communist movements |
Civil rights |
Civil rights |
Cost and standard of living |
Cost and standard of living |
Disability insurance |
Disability insurance |
Employment stabilization |
Employment stabilization |
Foreign workers |
Guaranteed annual income |
Guaranteed annual income |
Hours of labor |
Hours of labor |
Industrial hygiene |
Industrial hygiene |
Industrial safety |
Industrial safety |
Unemployment insurance |
Unemployment insurance |
Labor laws and legislation |
Labor laws and legislation |
Labor laws and legislation |
Labor unions |
Sales tax |
Sales tax |
Social security |
Social security |
Strikes and lockouts |
Strikes and lockouts |
Tax collection |
Tax collection |
Trade-unions |
Trade-unions |
Trade-unions |
Veterans |
Veterans |
Workers' compensation |
Workers' compensation |
Occupation |
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Activity |
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Corporate Body
Active 1937
Active 1958