Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges biography
Famous people, famous Labor Leader, Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges biography
Watch online videos of Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges
View photo gallery of Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges
Birthday: - ,
Birthname: Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges
Birthplace:
Nationality: American
Height: cm
Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges biography:
1901 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges was born on the 28th of July in Kensington, near Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
1920 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges immigrated to US.
1921 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges joined Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
1933 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges organized San Francisco local of International Longshoremen's Association (ILA).
1934 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges led longshoremen's strike in San Francisco, evolving into three-day general strike.
1935 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges organized seven West Coast ILA locals into Maritime Federation of the Pacific.
1936 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges led five-month strike by Maritime Federation (unauthorized by ILA), then broke with ILA and led Maritime Federation into Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
1937 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges re-organized Maritime Federation as International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU).
- Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges became 1st president of International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union.
1938 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges ordered deported by Frances Perkins, but order overturned 1939.
1940 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges ordered deported by House of Representatives and Francis Biddle, but vindicated by Supreme Court.
1949-1950 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges indicted and convicted of perjury for having denied Communist Party membership in oath of naturalization, and sentenced to seven years in prison (conviction overturned on appeal).
1990 - Alfred Bryant Renton Bridges died on the 30th of March in San Francisco, Calif., U.S.
Other famous people
Iorwith Wilbur Abel biography: 1908 - Iorwith Wilber Abel was born on August 11, 1908, in Magnolia, Ohio, a small town fifteen miles south of the industrial city of Canton. 1925 - Abel attended the local elementary schools and graduated from Magnolia High School. In 1925 Iorwith Wilbur Abel went to work for the American Shee ...
Mary Reid Anderson biography: 1880 - Born in Glasgow, Scotland. British labor organizer.1909 - As the representative of the women chain makers of Cradley Heath, Mary Reid Anderson secured a minimum wage and led a strike to compel employers to pay the increase without delay.1911 - Mary Reid Anderson married William Crawford Ander ...
Morton Bahr biography: 1926 - Born on the 18th of July in Brooklyn, New York. Morton Bahr is recognized as one of the world’s most influential union leaders. Morton Bahr is the labor movement’s leading expert on technology and information-based industries. - Served in ...
David Beck biography: US labor leader 1894 - Born on the 20th of June in Stockton, California. 1952-1957 - President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. 1957 - Called to testify before the US Senate Anti-Racketeering Committee and questioned about misappropriation of funds. He was received ...
Ernest Bevin biography: 1881 - Born on the 9th of March in Winsford in Somerset, England. Ernest Bevin was a British labour leader, politician, and statesman best known for his time as Minister of Labour in the war-time coalition government, and as Foreign Secretary in the post-war Labour government.1892 - At the age of el ...