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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1965.28.56
George Meany
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1965.28.56

George Meany

United States, 1894 - 1980
An American labor leader, he was the leading architect of the mode merged and modern AFL-CIO and was its first president, serving from 1955-1979. He was a plumber by trade before ascending through union leadership.

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