Labor and the Cold War
1937-1960

 

The Little Red Scare and its Background 1938-40 Religious Based Anti-Communism Msgr. Charles O. Rice Communism in the Locals? - Joe Baron Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees (H.E.R.E.) Union Organizer Carl Hacker - Ousted for Having Communist Ties?

Wartime Labor 1941-45 In 1942 the United Steelworkers of America replaced the Steel Workers Organizing Committee first established in 1936 by the CIO.

1946:  A Year of Major Strikes 1946 Strike in Steel, Electrical & Auto Duquesne Light Strike

Taft-Hartley and Growing Labor Factionalism 1947

Wallace Campaign 1948 Henry Wallace Campaign For President

Denunciations & UnAmerican Hearings Denunciations & UnAmerican Hearings Matthew Cvetic - FBI Informant (3rd from right holding his hat)

Defense of Accused 1950-60 Defense of Accused Radicals: Hymen Schlesinger - Lawyer on Trial Union Rivalry in Westinghouse & GE

1959 Steel Strike

Allegheny County Labor Council 1961 AFL-CIO Merger: Creation of Allegheny County Labor Council (ACLC) 1961