LABOR UNION

American Federation of Labor. Merged into AFL-CIO in 1955.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Victor L. Berger	Politician	28-Feb-1860	7-Aug-1929	Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin
Martin P. Durkin	Government	18-Mar-1894	19-Jan-1955	US Secretary of Labor, 1953
Samuel Gompers	Labor Leader	27-Jan-1850	13-Dec-1924	First President of the AFL
John L. Lewis	Labor Leader	12-Feb-1880	11-Jun-1969	President, United Mine Workers, 1920-60
Henry Demarest Lloyd	Journalist	1-May-1847	28-Sep-1903	Radical reporter
George Meany	Labor Leader	16-Aug-1894	10-Jan-1980	AFL-CIO President, 1955-79

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