Definition of 'Congress of Industrial Organizations'
Congress of Industrial Organizations in British
noun
(in the US) a federation of industrial unions formed in 1935. It united with the AFL in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO
. Abbreviation: CIOCollins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Congress of Industrial Organizations in American
US
a group of affiliated labor unions in the U.S. and Canada, founded in 1938 and merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Nearby words of 'Congress of Industrial Organizations'
- congress
- congress boot
- congress member
- Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Congress of Vienna
- Congress Party
- congressional
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All ENGLISH words that begin with 'C'
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