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: CIO

Congress of Industrial Organizations in American

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

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