Lane Kirkland
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| Born | Joseph Lane Kirkland March 12, 1922 |
| Died | August 14, 1999 (aged 77) Washington, D.C., US |
| Occupation | Labor leader |
| Political party | Democratic |
Joseph Lane Kirkland (March 12, 1922 – August 14, 1999) was an American
Life and career
Kirkland was born in Camden, South Carolina, the son of Louise Beardsley (Richardson) and Randolph Withers Kirkland.[1] He rose over his career to head the 16-million-member American labor movement.[2]
In 1941, Kirkland entered the
Kirkland married Edith Draper Hollyday in June 1944, with whom he had five daughters.
A year after their
From 1979 to 1995 Kirkland was president of the
His best remembered quotation is:
If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.
On November 13, 1989, Kirkland was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bush.
In 1994, Kirkland was awarded the
In 1999, Lane Kirkland was awarded the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom.[10]
Lane Kirkland died in Washington, D.C., age 77, from complications of cancer.
Notes
- ^ "Partial genealogy of the Kirklanda of South Carolina" (PDF). politicalfamilytree.com. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ISBN 1-58367-003-3
- ISBN 0-471-41694-0.
- ^ "UNICOR Home Page". www.unicor.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
- ^ "UNICOR Online | About UNICOR | History | Appendices". Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ISBN 978-0739174876.
- ^ "U.S. Department of Labor - Labor Hall of Fame - Lane Kirkland". Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "Captain Phillips Trust".
- ^ Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom
References
- Puddington, Arch (2005). Lane Kirkland: Champion of American labor. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-41694-0.
External links
- Organized labour portal
Transport portal
- American Center for International Labor Solidarity, formerly the International Affairs Department of the AFL–CIO
- Lane Kirkland: The AFL–CIO's last cold warrior by Jim Smith
- Freedom's Labors: Lane Kirkland worked for more than his union by Fred Siegel. Wall Street Journal. OpinionJournal.com. Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Accessed April 3, 2005.
- Lane Kirkland papers at the University of Maryland libraries
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- The American Presidency Project
- Lane Kirkland (1922–1999) AFL–CIO history page
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