Congress of Industrial Organizations

American  

noun

1. a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. C.I.O., CIO

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Congress of Industrial Organizations British  

noun

1.  CIO.  (in the US) a federation of industrial unions formed in 1935. It united with the AFL in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO

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Example Sentences

Union leaders formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations, organizing mass-production industries.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the 1930s, the burgeoning Congress of Industrial Organizations relatively quickly won recognition from such manufacturing giants as General Motors and Westinghouse.

From New York Times

With about 12 million members, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, as it is formally known, encompasses the bulk of the nation’s unions in both the public and private sectors.

From New York Times

The cancelled event was due to be held in the parking lot of the Texas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations building.

From The Guardian

These included the Congress of Industrial Organizations, two socialist organizations and the Communist Party.

From Salon