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Dates' Selector PageImportant Years In American Labor History -- 1951 to 1969
1951 -- The Annual and Sick Leave Act for federal workers is adopted setting rates of annual leave earning based on years of service and establishing a rate of earning for sick leave at one-half day for each bi-weekly pay period.
1954 -- The Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act is adopted.
1955 -- AFL and CIO merge. George Meany is President and Walter Reuther is Vice President.
1957 -- Congress starts investigations of corruption in American Labor Unions.
1959 -- Adoption of the Health Benefits Act for federal employees.
1962 -- Executive Order 10988 grants three types of recognition to federal employee unions. The types of recognition are; Informal, Formal and Exclusive.
1963 -- Adoption of the Equal Pay Act.
1967 -- Appeal rights for Wage Board Employees to the Civil Service Commission are established.
1968 -- Establishment of the "Coordinated Federal Wage System" for uniform pay fixing of Wage Board, (blue collar) employees.
1969 -- President Richard Nixon signs Executive Order 11491 replacing the 1962 Executive Order 10988. The Federal Labor Relations Council and Federal Service Impasses Panel are established to settle disputes and administer collective bargaining in the federal sector.