The AFL-CIO and the International Cold War: Problems, Paradigms, and Pragmatic Responses

The international workshop, “The AFL-CIO and the International Cold War: Problems, Paradigms, and Pragmatic Responses,” at Congress Center ‘Het Pand’ in Ghent (October 7-8, 2011), will explore the Cold War international history of US labor’s relations with worldwide organized labor.
To draw attention to this reinvigorated field of study, the organizers have brought together scholars whose work spans five continents to offer a global approach to the phenomenon of an “activist” American trade union movement. The participants have used recently opened labor archives that have generally been ignored by Cold War scholars. The presentations will demonstrate how the AFL-CIO played a significant and usually overlooked role in Cold War international political history.

More information:
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=187769