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Leon Bates

Labor Leader, UAW

Died when: 72 years 235 days (871 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Leon Bates

Leon E.Bates Sr. (December 3, 1899 – July 25, 1972) was an American labor union leader with the United Auto Workers union (UAW) from 1937 to 1964 when he retired as an "International Representative" of the UAW.

He was one of the first African-American union organizers to work for the "UAW-CIO" (Congress of Industrial Organizations).

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