Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
W. A. Boyle |
Labor Leader |
1-Dec-1904 |
31-May-1985 |
UMW President, 1963-72 |
Peter J. Brennan |
Government |
24-May-1918 |
2-Oct-1996 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1973-75 |
Stephen R. Canale |
Labor Leader |
c. 1946 |
|
International Association of Machinists |
Ron Carey |
Labor Leader |
22-Mar-1936 |
11-Dec-2008 |
Teamsters President, 1992-99 |
Michel Chartrand |
Labor Leader |
20-Dec-1916 |
12-Apr-2010 |
Quebec nationalist labor activist |
Cesar Chavez |
Labor Leader |
31-Mar-1927 |
23-Apr-1993 |
Mastermind of the California grape boycott |
Sam Church |
Labor Leader |
20-Sep-1936 |
14-Jul-2009 |
UMW President, 1979-82 |
Eugene V. Debs |
Labor Leader |
5-Nov-1855 |
20-Oct-1926 |
Labor leader ran for President five times |
Bob Edwards |
Journalist |
16-May-1947 |
|
NPR's Morning Edition host, 1979-2004 |
Mark T. Gaffney |
Labor Leader |
18-Oct-1955 |
|
President, Michigan State AFL-CIO |
Samuel Gompers |
Labor Leader |
27-Jan-1850 |
13-Dec-1924 |
First President of the AFL |
Keir Hardie |
Politician |
15-Aug-1856 |
26-Sep-1915 |
Organizer of the British Labour Party |
Bill Haywood |
Labor Leader |
4-Feb-1869 |
18-May-1928 |
Industrial Workers of the World |
Joe Hill |
Labor Leader |
7-Oct-1879 |
19-Nov-1915 |
Labor leader, convicted of murder |
James P. Hoffa |
Labor Leader |
19-May-1941 |
|
Jimmy Hoffa's son |
Jimmy Hoffa |
Labor Leader |
14-Feb-1913 |
30-Jul-1975 |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters |
Denis M. Hughes |
Labor Leader |
c. 1951 |
|
President of New York State AFL-CIO |
Alan Johnson |
Politician |
17-May-1950 |
|
UK Minister for Health |
Leon Jouhaux |
Labor Leader |
1-Jul-1879 |
28-Apr-1954 |
Union leader, Nobel Prize recipient |
Thomas Kennedy |
Labor Leader |
2-Nov-1887 |
19-Jan-1963 |
UMW President, 1960-63 |
Lane Kirkland |
Labor Leader |
12-Mar-1922 |
14-Aug-1999 |
AFL-CIO President, 1979-95 |
John L. Lewis |
Labor Leader |
12-Feb-1880 |
11-Jun-1969 |
President, United Mine Workers, 1920-60 |
George Meany |
Labor Leader |
16-Aug-1894 |
10-Jan-1980 |
AFL-CIO President, 1955-79 |
Arnold Miller |
Labor Leader |
25-Apr-1923 |
12-Jul-1985 |
UMW President, 1972-79 |
Marvin Miller |
Labor Leader |
14-Apr-1917 |
|
MLB Player Association, 1966-82 |
Lucy Parsons |
Anarchist |
1853 |
7-Mar-1942 |
Anarchist labor organizer |
A. Philip Randolph |
Activist |
15-Apr-1889 |
16-May-1979 |
20th century civil rights leader |
Walter Reuther |
Labor Leader |
1-Sep-1907 |
9-May-1970 |
UAW and CIO labor leader |
Rose Schneiderman |
Labor Leader |
16-Apr-1882 |
11-Aug-1972 |
Union leader of the 1920s-'50s |
Albert Shanker |
Labor Leader |
14-Sep-1928 |
22-Feb-1997 |
American Federation of Teachers |
John Sweeney |
Labor Leader |
5-May-1934 |
|
President of the AFL-CIO, 1995-2009 |
Louis J. Thomas |
Labor Leader |
c. 1942 |
|
United Steelworkers of America |
Richard Trumka |
Labor Leader |
24-Jul-1949 |
|
AFL-CIO President |
Gene Upshaw |
Football |
15-Aug-1945 |
20-Aug-2008 |
NFL Hall-of-Fame Guard, NFLPA Leader |
Lech Walesa |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1943 |
|
Polish labor leader, president |
Stephen A. Wallach |
Labor Leader |
? |
|
Airline Pilots Association International |
Randi Weingarten |
Labor Leader |
1957 |
|
President, United Federation of Teachers |
Leonard Woodcock |
Labor Leader |
15-Feb-1911 |
16-Jan-2001 |
5th UAW President, 1970-77 |
Joseph Yablonski |
Labor Leader |
3-Mar-1910 |
31-Dec-1969 |
UMW executive, murdered |
William S. Zoller |
Labor Leader |
c. 1949 |
|
Air Line Pilots Association |