William George Meany (August 16, 1894 – January 10, 1980) was an American labor union leader for 57 years. He was the key figure in the creation of the...

Meany is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Edmond S. Meany, American historian, politician, and Mountaineer George Meany, American labor...

labor studies. On November 6, 1974, AFL–CIO President George Meany dedicated the George Meany Center for Labor Studies, located on the former campus...

for Secretary of Labor, was deemed unacceptable by AFL–CIO President George Meany, which pushed to fill the position with Shultz, then Dean of University...

replace Shaw and implement a system known as precision railroading. George Meany (1955–1979) Lane Kirkland (1979–1995) Thomas R. Donahue (1995) John J...

level International Scouter's Award Community Organization Award AFL–CIO George Meany Award (is also part of this category, but retains the use of its original...

George Meany as the new president. Samuel Gompers, 1886–1894 John McBride, 1894–1895 Samuel Gompers, 1895–1924 William Green, 1924–1952 George Meany,...

nonviolent civil disobedience. He cofounded the AFL-CIO in 1955 with George Meany. He survived two attempted assassinations, including one at home where...

to oust the IBT on charges of Hoffa's corrupt leadership. President George Meany gave an emotional speech, advocating the removal of the IBT and stating...

leaders who saw him as a visionary and visited him in his office at the George Meany Center. He befriended Lech Walesa as well as Marian Krzaklewski who replaced...

1955, forming the new entity known as the AFL–CIO. AFL–CIO President George Meany and his successors would have a cool relationship with all ITU presidents...

July 2014. Labor's Heritage: Quarterly of the George Meany Memorial Archives. Silver Spring, MD: George Meany Memorial Archives. 2004. p. 71. James, Bob...

Gilded Age. Gompers inspired later generations of labor leaders, such as George Meany, who paid tribute to Gompers as a European immigrant who pioneered a...

determined to stop the introduction of such a system. They persuaded George Meany, President of the AFL-CIO and a former plumbing union official in New...

Belloni, Italian professional road racing cyclist (b. 1892) January 10 – George Meany, American labor leader (b. 1894) January 11 Valentine Blomfield, Major-General...

Julie Newmar and Trick) Bruce McRae (1867–1927), silent film actor George Meany (1894–1980), union leader who served as president of the AFL–CIO Henry...

Gompers, George Meany, Lane Kirkland, and the Tragedy of American Labor, 1999, page 40. Paul Buhle, Taking Care of Business, Samuel Gompers, George Meany, Lane...

visiting Kennedy at the White House in April 1961. In 1967, labor leader George Meany asserted that those labor unionists (such as himself) who supported the...

lead to mass unemployment in the aerospace sector. AFL–CIO President George Meany suggested that the race to develop a first-generation SST was already...

election generated a tremendous political battle between AFL President George Meany, who supported his election, and federation vice presidents who felt...

speechwriter for Democratic Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson, AFL–CIO Presidents George Meany and Lane Kirkland, and other leaders of the Democratic Party, labor unions...

C. Wilfred Jenks) drew particular criticism from AFL–CIO president George Meany and from New Jersey Assemblyman John E. Rooney. However, the funds were...

Kennedy Sr. aided the labor unions during the steel strike of 1959 and George Meany, the president of the AFL–CIO, praised Kennedy for his amendment. Senator...

for President Richard Nixon's Vietnam War policy. AFL–CIO president George Meany and most labor leaders in the United States were vehemently anti-communist...

Norris-La Guardia Act National Labor Relations Act Fair Labor Standards Act George Meany, his successor at AFL Philip Murray CIO counterpart "William F. Green...

friends with Omar Torrijos, AFL-CIO president George Meany, statesmen Averell Harriman, Dean Rusk, George Ball, Henry Cabot Lodge, and John Sherman Cooper...

1981 and 1989. George H. W. Bush awarded 39 medals between 1989 and 1993. Bill Clinton awarded 89 medals between 1993 and 2001. George W. Bush awarded...

international human rights." In December 2016, he was awarded the 2016 AFL-CIO George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award for his "dedication to and effectiveness...

Rather, Chase Manhattan Bank Chairman David Rockefeller, AFL–CIO leader George Meany, and consumer advocate Ralph Nader. The only woman to make the top ten...

B. Wells, Walter H. Judd, A. S. J. Carnahan, Philip M. Klutznick and George Meany. She held delegacy for two years and addressed the General Assembly twice...