In Transit - November/December 2015

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The March 1957 In Transit described the international headquarters move to Washington, DC. And the report may sound familiar to those working hard to complete our 2015 move.

Pictures of the Dedication of the new building and the delegates to the International Convention of 1957, were included in the October-November issue of In Transit.

ATU’s international headquarters building from 1982-2015 was built on the site of the former headquarters building in Washington, DC.

Arial view of the new ATU international headquarters and training center campus

The international executive officers and staff first moved into the new building in March 1982.

campus, providing ATU with an opportunity to acquire the property and offer a much more expanded training program for its members as well as other union and activist organizations.

Thirty-three years later, with challenges not seen since the early 1900s, ATU decided that it had to find a way to re-energize its political activism. In 2014, the AFLCIO decided to sell its National Labor College and

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November/December 2015 | IN TRANSIT

In November 2015, ATU moved to the new campus inaugurating a new era of ATU advocacy. v


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