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U.S. union leader George Meany helped guide the 1955 merger between the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

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U.S. union leader George Meany was born on Aug. 16, 1894, in New York City. A plumber by trade, he became president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1952 and merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). He kept the AFL-CIO away from radicalism, but was a strict leader, causing friction with the Teamsters union and the United Automobile Workers.

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