Dennis Lane
American trade unionist
About Dennis Lane
Lived 1881 – 1942 (aged 60–61).
Dennis Lane (1881 – August 10, 1942) was an American labor union leader.
Born in Chicago, Lane worked in the stockyards from an early age. He joined the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America's Local 87, for cattle butchers. He took part in the major strike of 1904, as a result of which, he was sacked and blacklisted. He found work in other occupations for a few years, before coming to work as full-time organizer for the Meat Cutters.
In 1914, Lane was elected as vice-president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters, and then in 1917, to the top position of secretary-treasurer.
Lane died in 1942, still in office.
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American trade unionist (1881–1942)
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