July 24 - Building a New Federation

Labor History in 2:00 · Jul 24, 2026 · 1m

On this day in Labor History the year was 1968. That was the first day of a new U.S. labor partnership, the Alliance for Labor Action. The Alliance was forged by President of the United Automobile Workers, Walter Reuter and the President of the Teamsters, Frank Fitzsimmons. The UAW had left the AFL-CIO over differences in how to approach labor organizing.