Green, William

Green, William
born March 3, 1873, Coshocton, Ohio, U.S.
died Nov. 21, 1952, Coshocton

U.S. labour leader, president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).

He was a coal miner from age 16. He worked his way up through the union hierarchy and was elected president of the AFL in 1924, a post he kept until his death. The formation in 1935 of the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO), headed by John L. Lewis, led to bitter public disputes between the two men, ending in the expulsion of the CIO from the AFL in 1936. See also AFL-CIO; labour union.

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▪ American labour leader
born March 3, 1873, Coshocton, Ohio, U.S.
died Nov. 21, 1952, Coshocton
 labour leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1924 until his death.

      Green left school and became a coal miner at age 16. He was a subdistrict president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA; 1900–06) and national secretary-treasurer (1913–24). Green won appointment to the executive council of the AFL in 1913 and was elected president in 1924. The formation in 1935 of the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO), headed by John L. Lewis, led to bitter public disputes between the two men, which finally culminated in 1936 in the expulsion of the CIO from the AFL. The two unions were not reunited until 1955, three years after Green's death.

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