Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council (CIO)

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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)

Archival Resources
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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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Relation Name
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
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Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--Buffalo
New York (State)
United States
Subject
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
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1937

Active 1958

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