George Meany
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William George Meany was an American labor union administrator for 57 years. He was a vital figure in the creation of the AFL–CIO and served as its first president, from 1955 to 1979.
Meany c. 1950–1956
George Meany smoking a cigar, and a cigar also appears in the banner of the League for Industrial Democracy's "Tribute to George Meany".
Meany meeting with Richard Nixon in 1969.
Lane Kirkland
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Joseph Lane Kirkland was an American labor union leader who served as President of the AFL–CIO from 1979 to 1995.
George Meany
…death and was reliant on a wheelchair. In November 1979, he retired from the AFL–CIO, after a 57-year career in organized labor. He was succeeded by Lane Kirkland, who served as AFL–CIO president for the next 16 years. Meany died at George Washington University Hospital on January 10, 1980, of cardiac arrest. The…
Kirkland in 1981
Kirkland c. 1960