LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
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
Cesar Chavez	Labor Leader	31-Mar-1927	23-Apr-1993	Mastermind of the California grape boycott
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
Lane Kirkland	Labor Leader	12-Mar-1922	14-Aug-1999	AFL-CIO President, 1979-95
George Meany	Labor Leader	16-Aug-1894	10-Jan-1980	AFL-CIO President, 1955-79
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
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
Louis J. Thomas	Labor Leader	c. 1942		United Steelworkers of America
Richard Trumka	Labor Leader	24-Jul-1949		AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer
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
William S. Zoller	Labor Leader	c. 1949		Air Line Pilots Association

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