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George Meany & Walter Reuther: Labor United 1955

Meany & Reuther AFL-CIO 1955 George Meany & Water Reuther at the Merger Convention of the AFL-CIO William Schnitzler (left) of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ International and Sec.-Tres. of AFL- CIO George Meany Memorial Archives, Subject Collection, Box 19, Folder 1, Neg. # 427

George Meany Baseball Player Born 1894 Apprentice Plumber Journeyman Plumber George Meany Memorial Archives, Meany Collection, Box 8, Folder 10, Neg. # 235

George Meany Business Agent Elected in 1922 business agent of New York Local 463, United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the US & Canada George Meany Memorial Archives, Meany Collection, Box 8, Folder 10, Neg. # 227

George Meany and Herbert Lehman, Governor New York, ca. 1930s Meany (left) elected in 1932 a vice- president of the New York State Federation of Labor and President George Meany Memorial Archives, Meany Collection, Box 4, Folder 16, Neg. # 585

George Meany & William Green, ca Elected Secretary- Treasurer of the AFL, 1939 Elected President 1952 George Meany Memorial Archives, Meany Collection, Box 6, Folder 12

George Meany & Walter Reuther, ca. 1960s Reuther served as head of the Industrial Union Department of AFL-CIO Often clashed with Meany Departed the AFL-CIO with United Auto Workers in 1968 George Meany Memorial Archives, Meany Collection, Box 6, Folder17