The Exhibit
By Andrea Elena Mitchell
Support for this exhibit was generously provided by the Massachusetts State AFL-CIO through Robert Haynes
Layout and design
DDH Design, New Salem, Mass.
Documents
All documents from the Mass. AFL-CIO Records
Special Collections and University Archives
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kelley to Belanger, April 10, 1956
Belanger to Kelley, April 13, 1956
AFL-CIO Merger Committee Minutes, Oct. 25, 1957
AFL-CIO Merger Committee telegram to George Meany, Oct. 25, 1957
Belanger and Camelio to Mass. State CIO-Affiliated local unions, Oct. 14, 1957
AFL-CIO Merger Committee Minutes, Nov. 8, 1957
AFL-CIO Merger Committee Minutes, Nov. 15, 1957
List of CIO complaints, after Oct. 25, 1957
Kelley to AFL-affiliated unions, Jan. 3, 1958
AFL-CIO Merger Committee minutes, Jan. 24, 1958
Meany to Belanger, Feb. 26, 1958
"Issues in dispute regarding merger," May 8, 1958
Belanger and Camelio to Merger Committee, Aug. 4, 1958
Belanger and Camelio to Merger Committee, Aug. 29, 1958
"Resolution on adoption of constitution," before Dec. 6, 1958
Massachusetts State Labor Council AFL-CIO Merger Convention, Dec. 6, 1958
Cartoon of AFL officials, 1958
"AFL and CIO Complete Merger in Bay State," press release, Dec. 1958
"State AFL, CIO Merger Accomplished," Sunday Herald Dec. 7, 1958
"Top men in state AFL-CIO merger" (newspaper clipping), Dec. 1958
"Merged" (newspaper clipping), Dec. 1958
John F. Kennedy addressing the Mass. AFL-CIO Convention, Oct. 9, 1959
British labor group at Fisk Co., Oct. 11, 1949. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Legislative Institute, Washington, D.C., March 2, 1952. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Belanger and members of the Association France-Etats Unis, ca.1950?. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
CIO Conventioneeers, Atlantic City, 1946?. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Belanger greets Walter Reuther and
George Meany at the first AFL-CIO convention
New York, December 5, 1955. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Workers leaving the Berkshire Hathaway plant. Midnight, April 15, 1955. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Strikers wearing signs about Teamsters crossing the Hathaway picket line, 1955. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
CIO picket line, Nashawena Mills. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
CIO picket line, Nashawena Mills. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
NLRB election, 1951. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Celebrating after an NLRB election, 1951. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Garment worker, Garment Workers Union. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
Garment worker. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
Garment worker. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
Belanger with garment worker. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Belanger and garment workers. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
L to R: George O’Brien, Arthur Hartin, Lawrence O’Sullivan, Belanger, Endicott Peabody, George Meany, John Lederle, James Loughlin, Philip Kramer, Joseph DiChiarra, Joseph Cass, Hugh Thompson. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Mass. ALF-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
Unidentified man and William Belanger. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Kelley, unidentified man, Belanger. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Belanger and Red Cross workers, 2962. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Kenneth Kelley, unidentified priest, and William Belanger. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Adlai Stevenson, Belanger, Mayor John B. Hynes, and Gov. John Dever, March 18, 1954. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Ted Kennedy, William Belanger, Kenneth Kelley, and unidentified, ca.1958. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Unidentified man, David Ben Gurion, Belanger, 1957. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Belanger on a camel, 1957?. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
CIO members for Kennedy, 1952. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
John F. Kennedy, William Belanger and union leaders, 1958. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
AFL-CIO labor day picnic, 1959. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
AFL-CIO labor day picnic, 1959. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
Crowd at AFL-CIO labor day picnic, 1957. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
Crowd at AFL-CIO labor day picnic, 1957. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
Crowd at AFL-CIO labor day picnic, 1957. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
AFL-CIO labor day picnic, 1957. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
Diving dogs, AFL-CIO labor day picnic, 1957. Mass. AFL-CIO Records (MS 369). SCUA
L to R: Kenneth Kelley, Callahan, S. Camelio, Gov. John Volpe, and William Belanger. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Second Mass. AFL-CIO Convention, 1959. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Kennedy and labor leaders. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Kennedy, Belanger et al at Democratic State Convention, 1958. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Kennedy, Belanger et al at Democratic State Convention, 1958. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Kennedy with Belanger and other labor leaders, Democratic State Convention, 1958. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
Committee on Political Education meeting (Belanger, second from right). William Belanger Papers (MS 117). SCUA
[ Union ][ The merger begins ] [Welcome to Massachusetts ] [Stalemate ] [The Report ] [Carrots and sticks ] [Negotiation ] [Reunion ][ Checklist & Credits ]
[ SCUA exhibits ]
W. E. B. Du Bois Library * University of Massachusetts Amherst * 154 Hicks Way * Amherst, Mass. 01003-9275
Phone: (413) 545-2780 * Fax: (413) 577-1399 * Email: askanarc@library.umass.edu