Michael Joseph "Red Mike" Quill was an Irish-American labor leader and politician who co-founded the Transport Workers Union of America, a union of subway workers in New York City that expanded to rep
Quill was a devotee of the ideological thoughts of James Connolly and replicated many of his tactics.
Quill founded the TWU alongside Thomas H. O'Shea. Their shared backgrounds as Irish Republican immigrants to America reflected the core initial membership of their union.
A delegation from the Consumers National Federation submits to President Roosevelt a four-point program seeking establishment of a Central Consumers' Agency in the federal government, February 24, 1938. Front row (L-R): Felice Louria and Helen Hall. Back row: Robert S. Lynd, B.F. McLaurin, and Michael Quill.
Quill is ejected from a Dies Committee hearing for denouncing the committee during questioning, May 8, 1940
Kilgarvan is a small village in the south of County Kerry in Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the Roughty River which flows into Kenmare Bay. The nearest town is Kenmare which is 11 km to the w
Mike Quill
…his success in improving workers' rights and for his commitment to racial equality, before the Civil Rights Era. Quill was born in Gortloughera, near Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland. He was a dispatch rider for the Irish Republican Army from 1919 to 1921 while still a teenager, then a volunteer of the Anti-Treaty…
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Ruins of Ardtully House outside Kilgarvan
Mural painting of Ardtully House on Kilgaravan Main Street