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Labor Organizers
17 people, across 2 fields.
César Chávez 1927–1993Civil Rights & Social ReformLabor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union.
Eugene V. Debs 1855–1926Labor & Workers' MovementsSocialist Party leader who ran for president five times from prison and championed labor rights.
Samuel Gompers 1850–1924Labor & Workers' MovementsFounding leader of the American Federation of Labor who established durable craft-union organization.
Mother Jones 1837–1930Labor & Workers' MovementsOrganizer whose militant campaigns for miners and against child labor made her an icon of American labor.
Bayard Rustin 1912–1987Civil Rights & Social ReformCivil rights strategist who organized the 1963 March on Washington and championed LGBTQ and labor rights.
A. Philip Randolph 1889–1979Civil Rights & Social ReformLabor and civil-rights leader who pressured presidents to desegregate defense work and the armed forces.
Dolores Huerta b. 1930Civil Rights & Social ReformLabor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez.
John L. Lewis 1880–1969Labor & Workers' MovementsUnion leader who built the United Mine Workers and helped found the CIO, expanding industrial unionism and collective bargaining.
Walter Reuther 1907–1970Labor & Workers' MovementsUnited Auto Workers leader who helped build organized labor into a major economic and political force.
Bill Haywood 1869–1928Labor & Workers' MovementsCo-founded the Industrial Workers of the World and led major mining and textile strikes.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn 1890–1964Labor & Workers' MovementsOrganized IWW strikes and helped found the American Civil Liberties Union.
Terence V. Powderly 1849–1924Labor & Workers' MovementsLed the Knights of Labor as it became the first mass national labor organization in the United States.
Harry Bridges 1901–1990Labor & Workers' MovementsLed West Coast longshore workers through the 1934 strike and headed the ILWU for decades.
Sidney Hillman 1887–1946Labor & Workers' MovementsLabor leader who built the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and linked organized labor to New Deal politics.
Lucy Parsons 1851–1942Labor & Workers' MovementsRadical labor organizer and writer who advocated for workers, free speech, and racial and gender equality over seven decades.
Rose Schneiderman 1882–1972Labor & Workers' MovementsLabor organizer who championed women workers, workplace safety, and social reforms later incorporated into the New Deal.Larry Itliong 1913–1977Labor & Workers' MovementsFilipino American labor leader whose organizing initiated the Delano grape strike and helped build the United Farm Workers.