CIO

Examples of CIO in the following topics:

• A New Direction for Unions

  • In 1938, the AFL expelled the CIO and its members.
  • The CIO quickly earned the reputation of a more radical and more inclusive labor organization than the AFL.
  • While the CIO was not free of racist (and sexist!)
  • Already in 1937, the CIO membership was higher than the AFL membership, reaching 3.7 million.
  • Both the AFL and the CIO supported Roosevelt in 1940 and 1944.

• Modern Labor Organizations

  • The AFL was the largest union grouping in the United States for the first half of the twentieth century, even after the creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) by unions that were expelled by the AFL in 1935 over its opposition to industrial unionism.
  • In 1955, the AFL merged with its longtime rival, the CIO, to form the AFL-CIO, a federation which remains in place to this day.
  • The Change to Win Federation, which split from the AFL-CIO in 2005-2006.
  • The AFL-CIO is especially concerned with global trade and economical issues.

• Depression and Post-War Victories

  • In 1935, eight unions within the AFL created the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) to organize workers in such mass-production industries as automobiles and steel.
  • The CIO's aggressive drives succeeded in unionizing many plants, however.
  • In 1938, the AFL expelled the unions that had formed the CIO.
  • The CIO quickly established its own federation using a new name, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, which became a full competitor with the AFL.
  • In light of this swing against labor, the AFL and CIO moved away from their feuding and finally merged in 1955, forming the AFL-CIO.

• Identify your information systems needs

  • The person in charge of the IS functions, particularly in larger organizations is called the Chief Information Officer or CIO.
  • The CIO is responsible for new system development, systems operations, and maintenance of existing systems.
  • Ideally, the CIO has a solid understanding of the organization's overall strategy and tactics as well as a good understanding of IS issues.
  • A competent CIO should be able, therefore, to do a good job of setting priorities for the IS function.
  • Finding a person with the right blend of business and technical savvy has proven to be difficult, and, thus, CIO has come to be known, in some circles as "Career is Over".

• Labor Interest Groups

  • While labor was more disorganized during the 1920s, the period during and right after WWII saw a continued growth of unions including the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
  • The CIO was built around an industrial unionism model.
  • These two major unions merged in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO.

• Labor Unions

  • Most unions in America are aligned with one of two larger umbrella organizations: the AFL-CIO created in 1955, and the Change to Win Federation, which split from the AFL-CIO in 2005.
  • The AFL-CIO is especially concerned with global trade issues.

• Toward Permanent Unions

  • Lewis , the CIO , or Congress of Industrial Organizations, split off and competed aggressively for membership.
  • After the Communists in the CIO were purged in 1946-1948, a the AFL and CIO merged in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO.

• A Brief History of Organized Labor

  • The CIO under John L.
  • After the Communists in the CIO were purged in 1946-1948, a merger into the AFL-CIO became possible in 1955.

• Functional Structure

  • ., HR, finance, marketing) is managed from the top down via functional heads (the CFO, the CIO, various VPs, etc.).

• Labor in Wartime

  • The war mobilization changed the relationship of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) with both employers and the national government.
  • Both the CIO and the larger American Federation of Labor (AFL) grew rapidly in the war years.