- Collection:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Title:
- AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention, A.M. Session: George Meany Keynote Address
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO
- Date of Original:
- 1971-11-18
- Subject:
- Meetings
Unemployment--Effect of inflation on
Labor unions
Collective labor agreements
Pepperdine College
AFL-CIO
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
General Electric Company
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America
United States. Cost of Living Council - People:
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Harris, Charlie
Askew, Reubin O'D., 1928-2014
Stevenson, Ed
Clark, Steven P.
Shultz, George Pratt, 1920-2021
Gordon, Clement
Burns, Arthur F. (Arthur Frank), 1904-1987
Hudson, Jim
Meany, George, 1894-1980
McCracken, Paul W.
Winston, Paul, 1915-2012
Stein, Herbert, 1916-1999
Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993
Woodcock, Leonard
Boldt, George H. (George Hugo), 1903-1984
Jacoby, Neil H. (Neil Herman), 1909-1979 - Location:
- Korea, 37.663998, 127.978458
Soviet Union, 51.220643, 51.363519
United States, California, 37.25022, -119.75126
United States, Texas, 31.25044, -99.25061 - Medium:
- open reel audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- In this recording, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany, addresses a crowd at the AFL-CIO's annual convention. His speech recalls the previous and current Presidential administrations' economic plan, referred to as economic game plan number one, to fight inflation had not yet produced favorable results. Meany outlines that small businesses were damaged by high interest rates while the cost of living had gone up. Specifically, he points to Dr. Arthur Burns as playing a major role in the unfavorable economic ebbs and flows. He suggests that Nixons cannot be depended on to maintain the economy of the United States. His discussion turns to a meeting between himself and multiple economists at the White House, eventually resulting in an agreement for intendent voluntary labor agencies. He continues by noting the inequity of the pay board and its effort to divide the labor movement by nullifying bargaining contracts unethically. Meany concludes by affirming the necessity in respecting the results of collective bargaining and urges those involved in the labor to unify like never before.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/labor/id/18121
- IIIF manifest:
- []
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1981-20_AV0013, North Carolina AFL-CIO Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives. Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- 2
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/64322
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Sound Recordings Collection
North Carolina AFL-CIO Records - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
