Years ago they were competing 'umbrella' labor organizations. They both iepresented the interests of the separate labor unions which made up their particular membership. Several decades ago they merged and there is no longer any differences between them as they are now the same organization.
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) joined together to form the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and Industrial Workers of the World.
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
The AFL-CIO is the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. It's the largest federation (collective) of labor unions in the US. Originally they were two separate organizations, the AFL and the CIO. They merged forming the AFL-CIO.
The CIO organized all workers within an industry.
AFL is American Federation of Labor. CIO is Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Industrial democracy
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) joined together to form the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
Congress of Industrial Organizations is a new Deal-era labor organization which broke away from American Federation of Labor so as to organize the unskilled industrial workers regardless of their particular economic sector or craft.
Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and Industrial Workers of the World.
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
The CIO organized all workers within an industry.
The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) & Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)