Dan Gallin
Labor Activist and Founder of Global Labour Institute
About Dan Gallin
Lived 1931 – 2025 (aged 94). Dan Gallin was a union organizer.
Dan Gallin (26 April 1931 – 31 May 2025) was a Polish-born labour activist and trade unionist. He served as Secretary General of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) from 1968 to 1997. to Ana Kuharczik and Trajan Gallin, a Romanian diplomat. He was known for his mentoring, and was elected and re-elected president of the International Federation of Workers' Education Associations (IFWEA) from 1991 to 2003. He became the first director of WIEGO’s Organization and Representation Programme in 2000.
He died on 31 May 2025, at the age of 94.
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Labor Activist and Founder of Global Labour Institute
When was Dan Gallin born?
Dan Gallin was born on 26 April 1931 in Lviv.
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Dan Gallin died on 31 May 2025 in Geneva.
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Dan Gallin was a union organizer.
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