Labor Leader Biographies, 1873-2010

Azpeitia, Mario

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Mario Azpeitia was president of the Cigar Makers' International Union, beginning in 1948....

Pollock, William John

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Brady, Joseph H. (Joseph Hugh), 1904-1961

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Allen, Walter M., 1914-

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Lauterbach, Harvey.

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Buckmaster, L.S.

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Owens, John Joseph, 1918-....

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Kralshein, Max.

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Powers, Bertram.

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Baldanzi, George, 1907-1972

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Gill, William A.

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Fetridge, W. Pembroke (William Pembroke)

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Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-

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Jimmy Hoffa a U.S. union and labor leader. He was born in Brazil, Indiana in 1913 and began his work as a union organizer with Detroit's Local 299 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 1932. By December, 1946 he was president of Local 299. In 1952 he was elected international vice president of the Teamsters Union, and in 1957 he became international president. Under his leadership, the Teamsters negotiated the National Master Freight Agreement, the first nationwide collective bargaini...

Brewster, Frank W.

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Gildea, Arthur P.

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Rusch, Thomas

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Burdon, George.

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Knight, O.A.

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Zumach, Gilbert.

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Suffridge, James A.

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Campbell, J. Arthur (James Arthur), 1916-

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James L. Campbell (1913-1998) was a doctor in Orlando, Florida. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1936. He and a friend, Jerry Ross, went on safari in the Central African Republic in February and March of 1963. Claude Vasselet was their white hunter. From the description of Safari Centrafrique with Claude Vasselet - typescript, 1963. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 436720616 ...

Abel, I. W. (Iorwith Wilbur), 1908-1987

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President of the United Steelworkers of America beginning in 1965 and active during the formative years of the union in the Canton, Ohio local of Timken Roller Bearings; also served on the War Labor Board during World War II. From the description of Ohio Labor History Project interview : Mr. I.W. Abel / I.W. Abel; interview conducted by James Ragazino, 1975. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 61670106 ...

Dalton, Howard Clark

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Hollander, Louis, 1893-

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Labor leader. From the description of Reminiscences of Louis Hollander : lecture, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574524 ...

Townsend, William, fl. 1916.

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Schoemann, Peter T.

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DeAndrade, Anthony J.

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Curran, Joseph Edwin, 1906-1981

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Labor union executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Curran : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731534 ...

Beck, Dave, 1894-1993

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David Lemuel Beck was born in poverty on June 16, 1894, in Stockton, California to Lemuel and Mary Beck. His first union job was as a laundry driver in Seattle, Washington where he became a member of Teamsters Local 566 Laundry and Dye Works Drivers. He was elected to the executive board of Local 566 in 1920 then in 1923 he was named president of Joint Council 28. In 1927 he was elected president of Local 566 in 1927 and that same year, he was hired by the international union as a full-time orga...

Brady, Joseph E.

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Lauterbach, Harvey

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Feller, Karl F., 1914-

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Perlis, Leo, 1912-1986

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Burnell, William H., 1892-

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Buckmaster, L. S.

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Campbell, James

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Epithet: Army surgeon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x000047 Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000843.0x0000aa Epithet: of Stracathro British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000843.0x0000b0 Epithet: of Add MS 34929 ...

Kramer, Leon, 1889-1962

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Hoffa, James

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Schoemann, Peter T., 1893-

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Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946

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Tom Darcy was born in Brokklyn, NY in 1932. He received his art education at the school of Visual Arts in New York. In 1958 he began his editorial cartooning with Newsday on Long Island. In 1970, Darcy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his incisive cartoons of the Vietnam War and racial discrimination. He won many awards in 1970's, some of these were: Best Cartoon on Foreign Affairs in 1970 & 1973, Meeman Conservation Award in 1972 & 1974 as well as the National Headliners' Club award i...

Dalton, Howard R.

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Raferty, L.M., 1895-

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Woll, Matthew, 1880-1956

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In 1906 he was elected President of the Photo-Engravers Union til 1929 when he became Vice President, which he held til his death in 1956. In 1919 he was elected eighth Vice President of the A.F.L.. In 1955 he became the first Vice President of A.F.L. and C.I.O. From the description of Matthew Woll, Papers, 1914-1956. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64063382 ...

McDonald, David J. (David John), 1902-1979

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David J. McDonald (b. Nov. 22, 1902, Pittsburgh, Pa.-d. Aug. 8, 1979, Palm Springs, Calif.), American labor leader and president of the United Steelworkers of America from 1952 to 1965. From the description of McDonald, David John, 1902-1979 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 12022897 David John McDonald was active in the United Steelworkers of America. From the description of David J. McDonald papers, 1931-1970. (Pennsylvania State Univer...

Curran, Joseph, 1906-

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Oliver, Edward W., 1914-

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Allen, Walter M. 1914-

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Meany, George, 1894-1980

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Labor official; interviewee d.1980. From the description of Reminiscences of George Meany : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587289 President, AFL-CIO, 1955-1980. George Meany (1894-1980) was elected president of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) in 1952. His efforts to unite his organization with its rival, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was successful, and he was ...

Burdon, George

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O'Brien, Harry, 1919-

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Heath, Perry S., 1899-

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Brown, Wlmer, d. 1968.

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Abel, Gorwith Wilbur

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Hayes, Albert J. (Albert John), 1900-1981

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Labor union executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert John Hayes : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740979 ...

Barkan, Alexander E.

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Suffridge, James A.

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Potofsky, Jacob S. (Jacob Samuel), 1894-1979

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Union official. From the description of Reminiscences of Jacob Samuel Potofsky : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309722949 Jacob Potofsky, garment worker, labor organizer and leader, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Jacob Potofsky was born in Radomisl, Ukraine, in 1894. He emigrated to the United States in 1905 and began working in a Chicago men's clothing factory in 1908. He became activ...

Fetridge, William L.

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Gianini, Mildred, 1899-

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Birthright, William C. 1887-

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Spiers, Neil P., 1912-

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Gilbert, H.E., 1906-

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Harrison, George M. (George McGregor)

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Smith, Thomas Carey, 1908-

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Petrillo, James C. (James Caesar), 1892-1984

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President of the American Federation of Musicians. From the description of Autograph card signed : [n.p.], [195-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270914756 Epithet: President American Federation of Musicians British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x0001d8 ...

Brewster, Frank W.

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Whitney, Alexander F. (Alexander Fell), 1873-1949

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Jodoin, Claude

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Winter, Herman, 1884-

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Phillips, Paul L., 1904-

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Olander, Victor, 1874-1949.

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Owens, John

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Epithet: alias Owen; Bookseller at Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x0000cd John Owens was a coal mine worker and labor leader in Ohio. He was born in 1891 in Wales. He and his family came to Marchville, Ohio area when he was only two. As a son of a coal worker, he went to work in the coal mines at the age of ten. At fifteen, he had an accident in one of the coal mines and lost his ri...

Minton, Lee W., 1911-

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Hollander, Louis, b1893-

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Rieve, Emil, 1892-1975

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Sullivan, David, 1904-

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Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982

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"Permanent deposit" From the description of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. David Dubinsky, Memorabilia. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64059271 1892 Born February 22nd in Brest-Litovsk, then in Russia, son of Bezalel and Shaina (Malka) Dobnievsky. Moved to Lodz, where the family operated a bakery. ...

Townsend, William S., 1900-

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Mollin, P.J., 1879-1951.

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Carey, James B.

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James B. Carey was born on August 12, 1911, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was president of the Radio and Allied Trades National Labor Council from 1933 to 1940, and president of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America from 1936 to 1941. Care was founder and president of International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO from 1950 to 1965, and served as AFL-CIO vice president from 1955 to 1965. Carey also held positions with the Office of Production Mana...

Beirne, Joseph A., 1911-

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Labor Leader. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Anthony Beirne : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309720800 ...

Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Randolph, Woodruff, 1892-1966

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Doherty, William C. (William Charles), 1902-1987

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Union official. From the description of Reminiscences of William Charles Doherty : oral history, 1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734196 ...

Freeman, Gordon M.

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MacGowan, Charles J.

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Hampton, M.W., 1980-

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Elliot, John M., 1913-

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Rusch, Thomas

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Rosenblum, Frank, 1888-1973

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Clay, John G., d.1928.

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Hutcheson, Maurice A., 1897-

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Knight, O. A.

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Randolph, Philip A., 1889-

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Gill, William A.

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Gildea, Arthur P.

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Abbott, William L., 1925-

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Crotty, Harold C. (Harold Clifford), 1911-

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Mischo, O.J., 1904-

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Bates, Harry C.

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Furuseth, Andres, 1854-1938.

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DeAndrade, Anthony J.

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Corbett, Raymond R., 1915-

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Powers, Bertram

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Burke, John P., 1884-

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Baldanzi, George, 1907-

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Kennedy, Thomas, 1887-1963

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Keenan, Joseph C., 1896-

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Pollock, William, 1899-

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Zumach, Gilbert

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Ryan, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1884-1963

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Labor leader. From the description of Papers of Joseph P. Ryan, 1941-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015466 ...

Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969

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John L. Lewis was born in Lucas, Iowa in 1880. From 1917 until his death in 1969 he served the United Mine Workers of America, acting as its president from 1920 to 1960. Lewis led in the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and served as CIO president until his resignation from that post in 1940. From the description of Papers, 1879-1969. [microform] (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64091529 From its founding in 1935 until 1942, the hist...

Kralshein, Max

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