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The Indiana State AFL-CIO is a statewide federation of labor unions, which currently represents over 180,000 members from over 57 affiliated international unions.
The Indiana State AFL-CIO is a statewide federation of labor unions, which currently represents over 180,000 members from over 57 affiliated international unions. The Indiana State AFL-CIO traces its roots back to the Indiana Federation of Trade and Labor Unions (IFOTLU), which was organized in September 1885 when representatives from the Knights of Labor, Moulders, Cigar Makers and Typographers met in Indianapolis to promote cooperation among all Indiana unions, lobby for improvements in labor legislation, obtain better wages and organize new locals.
Samuel L. Leffingwell of the International Typographical Union Local #1, also the president of the Indianapolis Central Labor Union, was the first president of the statewide organization. The IFOTLU affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1903 and was later renamed the Indiana Federation of Labor (IFL). The IFL became one of the constituent parts of the newly merged AFL-CIO when those two bodies merged in 1958. Today, President Ken Zeller and Secretary-Treasurer Jerry Payne maintain offices in Indianapolis and work to promote cooperation among Indiana unions and legislation favorable to the state’s working people. |
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Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, page 735-36.
Ralph Walden Van Valer, "The Indiana State Federation of Labor," Indiana Magazine of History, 11 (March 1915), 40-58. Dallas Sells, "Organized Labor," in Donald F. Carmony, ed., Indiana: A Self-Appraisal (Bloomington, Indiana, 1966). Indiana State AFL-CIO, President Ken Zeller, phone ____ |
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