Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Lynch was labor leader » The Commercial Appeal

Lynch was labor leader » The Commercial Appeal:

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Leon Lynch was born in Edwards, Miss., but left the South with his parents to look for work. It led to the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Mill in East Chicago, Ind., where Mr. Lynch became a grievance representative for the United Steelworkers union.
Before his death Friday, Mr. Lynch, 76, had built a career that included more than 40 years as a union organizer, including his most prominent role as an international vice president for human affairs for the union. It made him the first black leader to serve among the senior ranks of any labor union in the  
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I will miss the man personally speaking

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