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- (1980) Died:George Meany
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1980 Highlights
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES
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- <p> George Meany, 85, gruff, cigar-puffing chieftain of U.S. labor
- who rose from Bronx plumber to president of the AFL-CIO from its
- birth, in 1955, to 1979. Whether battling for fuller union
- lunch pails, assailing Communism, or dismissing critics who
- accused him of being too conservative, Meany lectured Presidents
- and public alike with equal bluntness. </p>
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- </article>
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