LABOR UNION

Founded in 1955 with the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Today, 61 labor unions belong to the group.

Official Website:
http://www.afl-cio.org/

Location:
Washington, DC

Founding Date:
1955

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alan S. Blinder	Economist	14-Oct-1945		Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve
Peter J. Brennan	Government	24-May-1918	2-Oct-1996	US Secretary of Labor, 1973-75
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Mark T. Gaffney	Labor Leader	18-Oct-1955		President, Michigan State AFL-CIO
Geoff Garin	Business	?		Pollster
Christopher Gersten	Activist	c. 1947		Husband of Linda Chavez
Melissa Gilbert	Actor	8-May-1964		Little House on the Prairie
Arthur J. Goldberg	Judge	8-Aug-1908	19-Jan-1990	Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65
Orrin Hatch	Politician	22-Mar-1934		US Senator from Utah
Denis M. Hughes	Labor Leader	c. 1951		President of New York State AFL-CIO
Karen Ignagni	Business	c. 1953		America's Health Insurance Plans PAC
Benjamin Todd Jealous	Activist	c. 1972		President of the NAACP
Lane Kirkland	Labor Leader	12-Mar-1922	14-Aug-1999	AFL-CIO President, 1979-95
Ted Kulongoski	Politician	5-Nov-1940		Governor of Oregon, 2003-11
Celinda Lake	Government	?		Lake Research Partners
George Meany	Labor Leader	16-Aug-1894	10-Jan-1980	AFL-CIO President, 1955-79
Joseph G. Minish	Politician	1-Sep-1916	24-Nov-2007	Congressman from New Jersey, 1963-85
Mark Pocan	Politician	14-Aug-1964		Congressman, Wisconsin 2nd
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
Albert Shanker	Labor Leader	14-Sep-1928	22-Feb-1997	American Federation of Teachers
Karen Silkwood	Victim	19-Feb-1946	13-Nov-1974	Nuclear whistleblower
John Sweeney	Labor Leader	5-May-1934		President of the AFL-CIO, 1995-2009
Richard Trumka	Labor Leader	24-Jul-1949		AFL-CIO President
W. J. Usery	Government	21-Dec-1923		US Secretary of Labor, 1976-77
Randi Weingarten	Labor Leader	1957		President, United Federation of Teachers

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