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Thomas Kennedy (unionist)

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Thomas (Tom) Kennedy (November 2, 1887 – January 19, 1963) was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1960 to 1963. [1]

21 relations: American Federation of Labor, Chauncey Forward Black, Coal mining, Democratic Party (United States), Edward C. Shannon, George Howard Earle III, Guy K. Bard, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, John L. Lewis, Lansford, Pennsylvania, Leo C. Mundy, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, National Defense Mediation Board, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1934, Political machine, Samuel S. Lewis, Social insurance, Unemployment benefits, United Mine Workers, W. A. Boyle.

American Federation of Labor

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor union.

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Chauncey Forward Black

Chauncey Forward Black (November 24, 1839 – December 2, 1904) was the third Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1887.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Edward C. Shannon

Edward C. Shannon (June 24, 1870 – May 20, 1946) was the 15th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1931 to 1935.

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George Howard Earle III

George Howard Earle III (December 5, 1890December 30, 1974) was an American politician and diplomat.

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Guy K. Bard

Guy Kurtz Bard (October 24, 1895November 23, 1953) was a Pennsylvania educator who later became a judge of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1939 until 1952, when he resigned to be the Pennsylvania Democratic candidate for the United States Senate.

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Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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John L. Lewis

John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960.

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Lansford, Pennsylvania

Lansford is a county-border borough (town) in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States, located northwest of Allentown and 19 miles south of Hazleton in the Panther Creek Valley about from Greater Philadelphia and abutting the cross-county sister-city of Coaldale in Schuylkill County.

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Leo C. Mundy

Leo C. Mundy (June 2, 1887 – June 11, 1944) was an American physician and politician.

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Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

The lieutenant governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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National Defense Mediation Board

The National Defense Mediation Board (NDMB) was a United States federal agency established by Executive Order 8716 on March 19, 1941, that settled disputes between labor and management during the prewar defense period.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1934

The Pennsylvania gubernatorial election of 1934 occurred on November 6, 1934.

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Political machine

A political machine is a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.

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Samuel S. Lewis

Samuel S. "Sam" Lewis (February 17, 1874 – January 15, 1959) was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1943.

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Social insurance

Social insurance is any government-sponsored program with the following four characteristics.

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Unemployment benefits

Unemployment benefits (depending on the jurisdiction also called unemployment insurance or unemployment compensation) are payments made by the state or other authorized bodies to unemployed people.

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United Mine Workers

The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners.

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W. A. Boyle

William Anthony "Tough Tony" Boyle (December 1, 1904 – May 31, 1985) was president of the United Mine Workers of America union from 1963 to 1972.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kennedy_(unionist)

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