Block, Harry, 1908-1988
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Block, Harry, 1908-1988
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Secretary of the Pennsylvania state AFL-CIO.
Harry Block was financial secretary of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) local 18368 (1933-1936), vice-president of the UE (1936-1946), president of its successor, the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE; 1949-1972), and secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania CIO Council (1946-1960). Having organized production workers of Philco Corporation into locals 101 and 102 of the IUE, Block headed a bitter strike of its 8,000 members (1954). Block later played a role in the contentious merger in Pennsylvania of the AFL and CIO (1960), the national organizations having merged five years previously. He then became secretary of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO (1960-1982).
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Electric industry workers
Electric industry workers
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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