United States, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, 39.12711, -84.51439AFL-CIO. Civil Rights DepartmentBilik, Al1965Consists of a letter of Al Bilik, President of the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council, to Lawrence Walter, Leadership Committee Chairman of the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission. The letter details Bilik's views on overall union support for a project to improve African-American involvement in local trades, unions, and apprenticeship programs.The records, 1964-1979, of the Southern Office of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department consist primarily of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between Director E.T. (Al) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship and training programs; a wide range of groups and persons concerned with community action and social reform issues, principally in the field of civil rights; and political figures.application/pdfenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Ohio AFL-CIO, Cincinnati Labor Council, correspondence, 1965Southern Labor Archiveshttps://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/4331596AFL-CIO Departments, 1964-1979AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26)Labor unionsLabor leadersLabor union membersAfrican American labor union membersApprenticeship programsCivil rightsDiscrimination in employmentAFL-CIOCincinnati Human Relations CouncilUnited States. Committee on Fair Employment PracticeOhio AFL-CIO, Cincinnati Labor Council, correspondence, 1965Text