Labor Relations: Labor Leaders

Provides links to information on labor leaders: John L. Lewis, Samuel Gompers, Cesar Chavez, Mother Jones, Eugene Debs, Walter Reuther, and others.

The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) established the George Meany Memorial Archives in 1980 to honor the memory of George Meany, its first president, and to provide a program to preserve its historical records and make them available for research.

"Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, talks to Wallace about his plan for profit sharing for auto workers, which was being attacked as a "giant step toward socialism."