Word: afl
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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McNamara charged that one of his most faithful subordinates, board member and prospective treasurer Donald G. Wray, had sold out to the AFL and had been working as an inside man to convince members to abandon the local union...
...HUERA head further revealed that Matthew J. McGrath, president of the AFL affiliated Building Service Employees International Union, had mailed form letters and petition cards to all University maids, janitors, and engineers, asking for an election between the HUERA and AFL...
...union is now composed only of maids and janitors. Most of the other University mainainence employees are now in the AFL...
McGrath said the AFL would not make another attempt to organize local maids and janitors for at least three or four years...
Campaign observers blamed the AFL's attempt to grant Administrative-Vice-President Reynolds an honorary membership as the biggest single reason for the AFL defeat. Reynolds refused the membership and wrote a letter to all maids and janitors repudiating AFL tactics...