| 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 |
|
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 |
| Thomas J. Donohue |
Labor Leader |
1938 |
|
US Chamber of Commerce |
| 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 |
| 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 |
