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RE: 36
Back in this period of time, the AF of L would organize only skilled trade workers who had a particular skill. The CIO would organize workers according to industry regardless of skill or job. Plumbers, pipe fitters, carpenters, electricians, etc. joined the AF of L while auto workers (Walter Reuther), coal miners (John L. Lewis) and steel workers organized with the CIO. The two groups unified in the 1950s.
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