William Green (trade unionist)
William Green (* 1873 in Coshocton , Ohio ; † 1952 ) was an American trade unionist and politician.
William Green was a conservative American union leader. He was secretary of the Ohio Miners Union and a member of the Democratic Party . For this he was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1910 . He was re-elected two years later. In this Chamber of Parliament he acted as President pro tempore and head of the Democratic Group.
In 1924 he succeeded Samuel Gompers as President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), which he remained until his death in 1952. In 1937 he excluded the newly formed industrial unions from the AFL, which then founded the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) as an independent organization. In 1955 the AFL and the CIO merged to form the umbrella organization AFL-CIO .
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- ↑ Life data from: Leon Trotsky The Struggle for a Labor Party in the USA (March 21, 1938), footnote 10.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Green, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American trade unionist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coshocton , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1952 |