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• Select Murray, Philip (1886-1952)

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  Murray, Philip (1886-1952)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  1998925 words Biography 1500LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Philip Murray (1886-1952), American labor leader, helped organize America's mass-production workers into industrial unions through the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations....
• Select Gompers, Samuel (1850-1924)

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  Gompers, Samuel (1850-1924)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  19981,410 words Biography 1540LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY The American labor leader Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was the most significant single figure in the history of the American labor movement. He founded and was the first president of the American...
• Select Mitchell, John (1870-1919)

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  Mitchell, John (1870-1919)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  1998491 words Biography 1410LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY John Mitchell (1870-1919) was one of the most respected American labor leaders in the early years of the 20th century. John Mitchell was born on Feb. 4, 1870, in Braidwood, Ill., a coal mining...
• Select Lewis, Essington (1881-1961)

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  Lewis, Essington (1881-1961)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  19982,016 words Biography 1640LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Essington Lewis (1881-1961) was chief executive of Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd., Australia's largest steel company (1921-1950), director-general of munitions (1940-1945), and director-general...
• Select Bevin, Ernest (1881-1951)

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  Bevin, Ernest (1881-1951)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  1998613 words Biography 1410LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY The career of Ernest Bevin (1881-1951), English trade union leader and Labour politician, is often taken to symbolize the political rise of sections of the working class in 20th-century Britain....
• Select Chavez, Cesar (1927-1993)

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  Chavez, Cesar (1927-1993)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  1998751 words Biography 1470LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) was a Mexican American labor leader who organized the first effective union of farm workers in the history of California agriculture. Cesar Chavez was born on March 31,...
• Select Corona, Bert (1918-)

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  Corona, Bert (1918-)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  19983,399 words Biography 1320LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Bert Corona (born 1918), a union organizer who worked to provide Mexican Americans with better wages and living conditions. Bert Corona was born into a revolutionary family. At the age of...
• Select Stephens, Uriah (1821-1882)

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  Stephens, Uriah (1821-1882)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  1998495 words Biography 1300LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Uriah Stephens (1821-1882), American labor leader prominent in founding the Knights of Labor, remained its leader for a decade. Uriah Stephens was born in Cape May, N.J., on Aug. 3, 1821. He...
• Select Gary, Elbert Henry (1846-1927)

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  Gary, Elbert Henry (1846-1927)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  1998461 words Biography 1170LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Elbert Henry Gary (1846-1927), American lawyer and industrialist, was responsible for organizing the U.S. Steel Corporation in 1901 and continued as its most influential figure until his death....
• Select Kadalie, Clements (c. 1896-1951)

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  Kadalie, Clements (c. 1896-1951)

  From:Encyclopedia of World Biography

  19981,004 words Biography 1590LBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Clements Kadalie (ca. 1896-1951) was South Africa's first black national trade union leader. He headed the Industrial and Commercial Worker's Union (ICU) from its inception in 1919 until his...