MSS 815 Columbus Franklin County AFL-CIO Records

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C o l u m b u s - F r a n k l i n County
AFL- CIO ( O h i o ) Records
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Provenance: The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y a c q u i r e d t h e Columbus-
F r a n k l i n County AFL- CIO ( O h i o ) Records as a g i f t o f t h e o r g a n l z a -
t i o n , t h r o u g h t h e a u s p i c e s o f e x e c u t i v e s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r
W i l l i a m R l t t e n h o u s e ; and o f C l a r e n c e Sheehan i n F e b r u a r y 1983.
Barbara F l o y d processed t h e c o l l e c t i o n i n May 1983.
P r o p e r t y r i g h t s : The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y owns t h e p r o p e r t y
r i g h t s t o t h i s c o l l e c t i o n .
C o p y r i g h t s : The C o l u m b u s - F r a n k l i n County AFL- CIO has d e d i c a t e d
such c o p y r i g h t s as it possesses I n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c .
C o n s i d e r a t i o n o f a l l o t h e r c o p y r i g h t s i s t h e r e s p o n s l b i l l t y o f
t h e a u t h o r and p u b l i s h e r .
Access: T h i s c o l l e c t i o n i s open under t h e r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s
o f t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
C i t a t i o n : Researchers a r e r e q u e s t e d t o c i t e c o l l e c t i o n name,
c o l l e c t i o n number, and t h e Ohio H l s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y t n a l l f o o t -
n o t e and b i b l i o g r a p h i c r e f e r e n c e s .
O r g a n i z a t i o n a l s k e t c h : The Columbus, Ohio. F e d e r a t i o n o f Labor
and t h e Columbus Congress o f I n d u s t r i a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s approved a
merger o n F e b r u a r y 17, 1960, c r e a t i n g t h e C o l u m b u s - F r a n k l i n
County AFL- CIO. The purpose o f t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n , a c c o r d i n g t o
i t s c o n s t i t u t i o n , i s t o p r o t e c t , m a i n t a i n * and advance t h e
i n t e r e s t s o f a l l w o r k i n g p e o p l e i n t h e area t h r o u g h u n i t e d
a c t i o n . I n t h i s c a p a c i t y , t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n hopes t o promote
c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g , i n c r e a s e p u b l i c u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e l a b o r
movement, encourage e q u a l i t y , and p r o t e c t c i v i l l i b e r t i e s .
F u r t h e r m o r e , it a t t e m p t s t o encourage t h e s a l e o f u n i o n goods,
p r o t e c t t h e l a b o r movement f r o m communist i n f l u e n c e , and p r e s e r v e
t h e independence o f t h e l a b o r movement from p o l i t i c a l c o n t r o l .
The C o l u m b u s - F r a n k l i n County AFL- CIO i s c o m p r i s e d o f d e l e g a t e s
f r o m l o c a l u n i o n s , w i t h r e p r e s e n t a t i o n on a p e r c a p i t a b a s i s .
The c e n t r a l body i s g o v e r n e d b y a p r e s i d e n t , e x e c u t i v e secre-t
a r y - t r e a s u r e r , e x e c u t i v e v i c e p r e s i d e n t , t e n a d d i t i o n a l v i c e
p r e s i d e n t s , r e c o r d i n g s e c r e t a r y , s e r g e a n t a t arms, and f o u r
t r u s t e e s . The o f f i c e r s a r e e l e c t e d f o r two y e a r terms. These
o f f l c e r s comprise t h e e x e c u t i v e board, which makes recommenda-t
i o n s t o t h e c e n t r a l body, c o o r d i n a t e s c o m m i t t e e s , and makes
d e c i s i o n s between r e g u l a r b u s i n e s s m e e t i n g s .
Source: The C o l u m b u s - F r a n k l i n County AFL- CIO ( O h i o ) Records, MSS
815, t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
Scope and c o n t e n t : The C o l u m b u s - F r a n k l i n County AFL- CIO Records
d a t e from 1950 t o 1980 a n d o c c u p y o n e c u b i c f o o t . The c o l l e c t i o n
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