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Cleveland Convention Center labor dispute of 1963
DateJune 24 to September 15, 1963
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

41°30′11″N 81°41′46″W / 41.503082°N 81.696004°W / 41.503082; -81.696004
Caused byRacial discrimination by labor unions
MethodsThreatened picketing
Resulted inSigned agreement to admit members
Parties
United Freedom Movement
IBEW Local 38
Plumbers Local 55
Sheet Metal Workers' Local 65
Structural Iron Workers Local 17

The Cleveland Convention Center labor dispute of 1963 was a dispute between the United Freedom Movement (UFM) and four local unions belonging to the AFL–CIO over the unions' institutional racism against African Americans. The dispute occurred during the construction of the Cleveland Convention Center in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The dispute erupted on June 25, 1963, when the UFM (a coalition of African American civic groups and their supporters) threatened to begin picketing the convention center construction site. After a series of preliminary stop-gap agreements, a final agreement was reached on July 20 in which the unions agreed to admit blacks as members. This agreement collapsed within four days, and a new, more extensive agreement was reached on August 4 after intervention by the United States Department of Labor. Difficulties ensued implementing this agreement, but the threat of picketing ended on September 15. The August 4 agreement was hailed by civil rights groups and the government as a breakthrough in race relations in the American labor movement.

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