CIO-PAC
| Formation | July 1943 |
|---|---|
| Merger of | 1955 |
| Type | Political action committee |
Chairman | Sidney Hillman (ACW) |
Treasurer | R. J. Thomas (UAW) |
| Vann Bittner (UMW), Sherman Dalrymple (URW), Albert Fitzgerald (UE), David McDonald (USWA) | |
Key people | John Abt (co-counsel), Lee Pressman (co-counsel), Calvin Benham Baldwin |
Parent organization | Congress of Industrial Organizations |
The Congress of Industrial Organizations – Political Action Committee (CIO-PAC) was a political action committee in the United States, active from 1943 to 1955. It was the first political action committee established in the country. It was established by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), a federation of industrial unions.
What distinguished the CIO-PAC from previous political groups (including the AFL's political operations) was its "open, public operation, soliciting support from non-CIO unionists and from the progressive public. ... Moreover, CIO political operatives would actively participate in intraparty platform, policy, and candidate selection processes, pressing the broad agenda of the industrial union movement."