[1] LCL was re-founded in February 1954,[2][3][4] with Leroy Francis, a West Indian, playing a leading role.
[2] In 1955 the LCL-affiliated GWU organized a strike of road construction workers, demanding increase in wages.
[6][1][3] Like the previous Labor Union of Liberia, LCL under Dupigny-Leigh was backed up by the Liberian government.
[11][12] In 1977 President William R. Tolbert Jr. urged the different trade union centres to unite into a single body.
[13] The Liberian Federation of Trade Unions (LFTU) was founded, re-uniting LCL and CIO.