Reply #5: Just about every leader in the CIO pushed for equal rights for minorities - and in the

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merger with the AF of L, the CIO position was affirmed by the merged group (ending for the most part at least the official barriers to blacks and other minorities that had existed in some of the locals in the trades.

The integration of the military under Truman was pushed by those in the CIO.

Great labor leaders are perhaps all those that put their life on the line for worker rights - the folks killed by the auto industry hired killers in the late 30's and early 40's were "great leaders" in my opinion.

Those that resisted the CIA attempts to control the unions - through CIA appeals to "patriotism" or fear of the CIA putting out to the FBI that you were "crime controlled" - were great union leaders. The CIA became an arm of the American Corporations under Dulles, justified by his belief that there was economic warfare against American corporations going on.

I guess any of the current and past leaders could be considered "great" - the lack of a "top 10" list notwithstanding.