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Leon Lynch
Leon Lynch (June 4, 1935 - May 4, 2012) was an American trade union leader. He was the first African American to be an international vice president of any major labor union, serving in that role for the United Steelworkers from 1976 to 2006. He was elected to the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO in 1995 and served on that body until he retired in 2008. He was co-chair of the A. Philip Randolph Institute and a member of the Democratic National Committee. Early life and education Lynch was born in Edwards, Mississippi, in 1935 to Herman Lynch, a mill worker, and Ethel Marie (née Lyles) Lynch, a restaurant cook, dry cleaning and domestic worker. When he was a boy, the family of eight migrated to Gary, Indiana, where he attended public school, graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School. Early career In 1956, Lynch began working as a pipe mill loader in the Youngstown Sheet & Tube steel mill in East Chicago, Indiana, where he joined the United Steelworkers of America ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Lynch, International Vice President For Human Affairs, United Steelworkers, 1976 To 2006
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