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Working Heroes: Men and Women Who Shaped America's Labor Movement
URL: http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/bios.cfm

Description:
Brief biographies of U.S. labor leaders. Individuals include César Chávez ("folk hero and symbol of hope who organized a union of farmworkers"), Eugene Debs ("apostle of industrial unionism"), George Meany ("builder of the modern AFL-CIO"), and Frances Perkins ("committed labor secretary and first woman in a presidential cabinet position"). From the AFL-CIO.

LII Topics: History, Labor, Labor Leaders, Leaders, Notable People

Publisher:
AFL-CIO

Extra Keywords
cesar chavez

LII Database Information:
Record 24333 created by Maria Brandt on 08/20/2007
Last modification on 08/27/2007
Published: 08/29/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24333

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