Val Lorwin Collection of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Documents
Collection Number: 5028
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Val Lorwin Collection of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Documents, 1952-1953
Collection Number:
5028
Creator:
Lorwin, Val;
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
minutes (administrative records), administrative reports.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Include reports and organizational minutes of the 2nd and 3rd meetings of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions,
Council for Organising Campaign in France, held in Paris amd Brussels, 1952-1953.
Language:
Collection material in English, French
The largest international organization of free trade-unions the International Confederation of Free Trade-Unions, (ICFTU)
includes affiliated unions in 94 countries. The ICFTU was formed in 1949, when it seceded from the World Federation of
Trade Unions in protest of the alleged communist orientation of that body. ICFTU headquarters are in Brussels.
Includes reports of organizational minutes of the 2nd and 3rd meetings of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions,
Council for Organising Campaign in France, held in Paris and Brussels, 1952-1953.
The reports deal with the following: union courses for miners, transport workers, and metal workers; special trade-union courses
for Polish miners; and future education programs in France. Also reports of the International Metalworkers
Federation, Railwaymen's Federation, National Federation of Workers in the Electricity and Gas Industries, Federation
of Building and Wood Workers, Federation of Textile Workers of France and France Overseas, National Federation of Workers
in
the Chemical and Glass Industries, National Federation of Port and Dock Workers and workers in allied trades.
Rapport sur la propagande en France et en Italie, in French.
Names:
Lorwin, Val R. (Val Rogin), 1907-
Federation of Building and Wood Workers. (France)
Federation of Textile Workers of France
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Council for Organizing Campaign in France.
International Metalworkers Federation
National Federation of Port and Dock Workers (France)
National Federation of Workers in the Chemical and Glass Industries (France)
National Federation of Workers in the Electricity and Gas Industries (France)
Railwaymen's Federation (France)
Federation of Textile Workers of France and France Overseas.
Subjects:
International labor activities.
Trade-unions. Building trades.
Trade-unions. Chemical workers. France.
Trade-unions. France. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Glass-workers. France.
Trade-unions. Metal-workers.
Trade-unions. Railroads.
Trade-unions. Stevedores. France.
Trade-unions. Textile workers. France.
Trade-unions. Utilities.
Workers' education. France.
Workers' education. Metal-workers.
Workers' education. Miners.
Workers' education. Miners. Poland.
Workers' education. Transport workers.
Form and Genre Terms:
minutes (administrative records)
Administrative reports.
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Val Lorwin Collection of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Documents #5028. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1952 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1953 | |