CIO

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CIO

LABOR UNION

Congress of Industrial Organizations. Merged into AFL-CIO in 1955.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Saul Alinsky Activist 30-Jan-1909 12-Jun-1972 Rules for Radicals

Arthur J. Goldberg Judge 8-Aug-1908 19-Jan-1990 Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65

Gus Hall Activist 8-Oct-1910 13-Oct-2000 Leader, Communist Party USA

John L. Lewis Labor Leader 12-Feb-1880 11-Jun-1969 President, United Mine Workers, 1920-60

Alice McGrath Activist 5-Apr-1917 27-Nov-2009 Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee

Joseph G. Minish Politician 1-Sep-1916 24-Nov-2007 Congressman from New Jersey, 1963-85

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

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