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George Meany

George Meany
George Meany, American plumber and labor leader (d. 1980)

William George Meany was an American labor union administrator for 57 years. He was important for the creation of the AFL–CIO and served as the AFL–CIO's first president, from 1955 to 1979.

16 August 1894

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