United Electrical Workers

Operation Dixie Launched to Unionize the South, Met with Violent Corporate Resistance

1946-05-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The Congress of Industrial Organizations launches Operation Dixie in spring 1946, the most ambitious post-World War II campaign to unionize industry in the Southern United States, particularly targeting the textile industry across 12 Southern states. A permanent Southern Organizing Committee is …

Congress of Industrial Organizations Van Bittner George Baldanzi United Auto Workers United Electrical Workers +4 more labor-organizing operation-dixie cio corporate-violence racial-politics +2 more

National Association of Manufacturers Launches Massive Anti-Union Propaganda Campaign After Strike Wave

1946-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The National Association of Manufacturers launches a massive multi-faceted propaganda campaign in response to the unprecedented 1946 strike wave, when nearly 10 percent of the US workforce goes on strike including major actions by the United Auto Workers against General Motors, United Steel Workers …

National Association of Manufacturers National Industrial Information Council General Motors U.S. Steel General Electric +3 more propaganda labor-suppression corporate-lobbying nam union-busting +1 more