Anton Johannsen (April 29, 1872 – ?) was a German-born carpenter, anarchist, and labor activist who was indicted for the
Los Angeles Times bombing
The ''Los Angeles Times'' bombing was the purposeful dynamite, dynamiting of the Times Mirror Square, ''Los Angeles Times'' Building in Los Angeles, California, United States, on October 1, 1910, by a trade union, union member belonging to the In ...
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In 1933, he was appointed by a Democratic governor to the States' Industrial Commission, and in 1935 received his highest status serving as Vice President of the
Chicago Federation of Labor
The Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a subordinate body of the AFL–CIO, and as of 2011 has about 320 affiliated member unions representing half a million union members in C ...
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[Solon De Leon, et al., The American Labor Who's Who (New York: Hanford Press, 1925), p. 116.]
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1872 births
1929 deaths
American anarchists
American carpenters
American trade unionists of German descent
Chicago Federation of Labor people
German anarchists
German emigrants to the United States
People from Clinton, Iowa
Trade unionists from California
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America people
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