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Chicago Federation of Labor

January 20, 2023

The Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a subordinate body of the AFL–CIO, and as of 2011 has about 320 affiliated member unions representing half a million union members in Cook County.

Chicago Federation of Labor
FoundedNovember 9, 1896
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, USA
Location
Members
Approx. 500,000 in 320 unions
Key people
Robert G. Reiter, Jr.
AffiliationsAFL–CIO
Websitewww.chicagolabor.org

The labor body is also involved in political lobbying, often in alliance with other allied organizations (e.g., Interfaith Worker Justice), is active in Chicago politics, and participates in many of Chicago's civic committees (composed of business and city leaders).

Early years

The CFL was formed by the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on November 9, 1896. In part, the federation was an outgrowth of previous umbrella labor bodies in the city, many of which had fragmented during the previous two decades. But, in part, the formation of the CFL was an attempt to end corruption in Chicago's labor unions. Only over time did the CFL change its focus to strengthening the efforts of individual union locals by creating a unified voice for the city's labor movement, uphold the labor rights of its union members, and mediate contract disputes on behalf of local unions. Unfortunately, the CFL was dominated in its early years by Martin "Skinney" Madden, a notoriously corrupt labor leader who had managed to get himself elected President, Vice President and Treasurer for life in his Steamfitters' local in Chicago.[1][2][3][4]

The early years of the CFL saw corrupt and reform elements battle for control. The CFL's constitution required an election for the presidency every six months, which encouraged instability, and a new president was elected roughly every year in the organization's first decade. Elections were also rife with fraud and violence. In January 1903, Madden arranged to have the names of all the reform candidates placed low on the ballot, many names were misspelled to deny the candidate election, and some names omitted altogether. Unions on both sides padded their membership lists in order to have more delegates to the convention. At least seven major brawls broke out on the convention floor, and one man was injured so badly he had to be rushed to the hospital. Only police intervention brought order.[5][6] The July 1904 election saw such widespread violence (including fistfights in front of the ballot boxes). Three brawlers had to be carried home.[4][7]

Reform elements began to get the upper hand in 1905. Charles Dold was elected in January of that year despite ballot irregularities, accusations of bribery, and ballot box stuffing. When Dold appeared to have enough support to win re-election on July 16, 1905, Madden's supporters attempted to prevent his victory by smashing ballot boxes and destroying ballots. Madden's thugs severely beat Michael Donnelly, a Dold supporter and international president of the Amalgamated Butcher Workmen, on the floor of the convention in full view of hundreds of delegates.[8] Madden disrupted the election so much that a new election was held on August 6. Again, Madden used violence and fraud to force cancellation of the election. Dold finally won re-election on August 13. Madden's forces boycotted the August 13 election and claimed the results were invalid. He pressured the CFL into invalidating the election on August 20, but public outcry and an investigation by the AFL led the CFL to reverse itself on September 3.[3][4][9]

John Fitzpatrick was elected CFL president on January 21, 1906. Despite repeated attempts to deny reform delegates seats at subsequent conventions and install his own puppet as CFL president, Dold and Fitzpatrick branded Madden a dual unionist for being under the control of organized crime. They campaigned actively against him and his most powerful supporter throughout the fall and winter. More than 150 policemen were on guard in the convention hall on January 21 to ensure that there was no repeat of the violence of 1905. Fitzpatrick easily outpolled his opponent, two to one.[10][11]

Fitzpatrick regime

Fitzpatrick's election ushered in an era of stability and reform for the labor federation. The CFL gained increasing amounts of autonomy, and became one of the nation's leading central labor federations. For a while, William Z. Foster and his circle, briefly organized as the International Trade Union Educational League became influential.[12] In the 1910s and during World War I, Fitzpatrick oversaw mass organizing drives in steel and meatpacking, led by Foster. The CFL also affiliated the Chicago Federation of Teachers, providing critical support for the nascent teachers' union movement. After World War I, the CFL was active in the formation of the short-lived Labor Party of the United States. Fitzpatrick endorsed socialism and remained a political progressive for the rest of his life, although he also fought bitterly to keep communists out of the labor movement.[2][13][14]

Fitzpatrick's presidency was also notable for its emphasis on ending the corruption that plagued the CFL during the Madden era. He worked closely with fellow reformer Illinois State Federation of Labor President Reuben Soderstrom to combat the influence of organized crime on organized labor.[15] Fitzpatrick also worked to counter perceived press bias against labor. From 1926 through 1979, the Chicago Federation of Labor operated a radio station, WCFL, as the "Voice of Labor" in the Midwest.[16]

Post-WWII era

Fitzpatrick died in office in September 1946 at the age of 75. His successor was William A. Lee, a vice president of the Teamsters. Lee expanded CFL's role in the politics. Although personally a conservative, Lee continued to support a broad liberal agenda. Lee was a close friend to Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, and a very strong backer of the Cook County Democratic Party.[17][18] Although the AFL and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged in 1955, the respective Chicago bodies did not do so until 1962. Lee was elected president of the unified organization, and remained so until his death in 1984.[14][19]

Since Lee's death, there have been six presidents of the Chicago Federation of Labor, about one every five years. Twice (Robert Healey and Don Turner) the presidency has gone to a member from the Chicago Federation of Teachers, giving the teachers union a top spokesperson in the labor federation for 14 of the last 23 years. Healey was the first president since Charles Dold in 1905 to retire from the presidency rather than die in office. Under Healey, the CFL began to distance itself from its close relationship with the Democratic Party to take a more independent stance on issues. Under Turner, the CFL emphasized community investment, workforce development, affordable living, and an end to urban sprawl.[17][20]

In 2010, CFL delegates elected Jorge Ramirez (UFCW Local 1546) the first Mexican-American president of the organization. Ramirez's tenure was marked by a boom in construction and tourism, as well as an attack on public sector unions by right-leaning organizations.

In 2018, Robert G. ("Bob") Reiter, Jr. was elected president after serving 8 years as the CFL's Secretary-Treasurer. Reiter, a member of Operating Engineers Local 150 and an attorney, is considered a progressive in the labor movement.

Presidents of the CFL

Following is a list of the presidents of the Chicago Federation of Labor.[21]

  • Thomas Preece, November 10, 1896 – February 7, 1897[22]
  • P. F. Doyle, February 8, 1897 – January 15, 1898[23]
  • William T. Dunn, January 16 – July 16, 1898[24]
  • P. F. Doyle, July 17, 1898 – July 16, 1899[25]
  • James Daly, July 17, 1899 – July 16, 1900[26]
  • John Fitzpatrick, July 16, 1900 – January 16, 1901[27]
  • James H. Bowman, January 17, 1901 – July 20, 1902[28]
  • George Lighthall, July 21, 1902 – January 18, 1903[29]
  • William Schardt, January 19, 1903 – January 15, 1905[6][7][30]
  • Charles M. Dold, January 16, 1905 – January 20, 1906[9][31]
  • John Fitzpatrick, January 21, 1906 – 1946[11]
  • William A. Lee, 1946–1984
  • Edward F. Brabec, 1984–1986
  • Robert Healey, 1987–1994
  • Michael Bruton, 1994–1995
  • Don Turner, 1995–2002
  • Dennis J. Gannon, 2002–2010
  • Jorge Ramirez, 2010–2018
  • Robert G. Reiter, Jr., 2018-present

Notes

  1. ^ Segal, The Rise of the United Association: National Unionism in the Pipe Trades, 1884–1924, 1969; Foner, History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 3: The Policies and Practices of the American Federation of Labor, 1900–1909, 1964.
  2. ^ a b Newton-Matza, "The Crack of the Whip: The Chicago Federation of Labor Battles Against the Labor Injunction in the 1920s," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Spring 2000.
  3. ^ a b "Former Labor Czar of Chicago Succumbs at Lake Villa, Ill., to Long Sickness," Chicago Daily News, July 22, 1912.
  4. ^ a b c Cohen, The Racketeer's Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900–1940, 2004.
  5. ^ "Fraud Charge By Labor," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 18, 1903.
  6. ^ a b "Slug At Labor Election," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 19, 1903.
  7. ^ a b "'Slug' At Labor Election," Chicago Daily Tribune, July 18, 1904.
  8. ^ The beating contributed to Donnelly's alcoholism and triggered increasingly severe mental disorders. Donnelly disappeared in 1916, and presumably died a short time later. He was never heard from again, despite a nationwide search by the union he once led. See: Fink, Biographical Dictionary of American Labor, 1984.
  9. ^ a b Gompers, The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 6: The American Federation of Labor and the Rise of Progressivism, 1902-6, 1997.
  10. ^ "Seeks to Control Labor," Chicago Daily Tribune, October 12, 1905; "Plan to Oust 'Skinny'," Chicago Daily Tribune, October 26, 1905; "Votes Will Test Madden's Power," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 21, 1906.
  11. ^ a b "Labor Routs Madden 'Gang'," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 22, 1906.
  12. ^ Foster, William Z. From Bryan to Stalin New York; International Publishers pp. 82–85
  13. ^ Lazerson, "Teachers Organize: What Margaret Haley Lost," History of Education Quarterly, Summer 1984; Barrett, "Boring From Within and Without: William Z. Foster, the Trade Union Educational League, and American Communism in the 1920s," in Labor Histories: Class, Politics, and the Working-Class Experience, 1998; Barrett, Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1984–1922, 1987; Cohen, Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919–1939, 1990; McKillen, Chicago Labor and the Quest for a Democratic Diplomacy, 1914–1924, 1995; Newell, Chicago and the Labor Movement: Metropolitan Unionism in the 1930s, 1961.
  14. ^ a b Pelling, "Labour and Politics in Chicago," Political Studies, February 1957.
  15. ^ Soderstrom, Carl; Soderstrom, Robert; Stevens, Chris; Burt, Andrew (2018). Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO. 2. Peoria, IL: CWS Publishing. pp. 32, 53–54. ISBN 978-0998257532.
  16. ^ Godfried, WCFL: Chicago's Voice of Labor, 1926–78, 1997.
  17. ^ a b MacArthur, The Selling of "Free Trade": NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy, 2001.
  18. ^ Ralph, Northern Protest: Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1993.
  19. ^ Bliss, "City AFL-CIO Units Merge in Ceremony," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 9, 1962; "William Lee, Labor Leader, Dies at Age 89," Chicago Tribune, June 17, 1984.
  20. ^ Mendieta, "Labor Leader Robert Healey Dies at 72," Chicago Sun-Times, July 24, 2002; "A Labor Leader's Passing," Substance, September 2002; LeRoy, "Smart Growth for Cities: It's a Union Thing," WorkingUSA, June 2002; Fitzgerald, Moving Up in the New Economy: Career Ladders for U.S. Workers, 2006.
  21. ^ "Chicago Federation of Labor Historical Perspective," Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, 2005, except where noted.
  22. ^ "New Labor Body On Its Feet," Chicago Daily Tribune, November 11, 1896.
  23. ^ "Row In Labor Meeting," Chicago Daily Tribune, February 8, 1897; "All Hail Labor Day," Chicago Daily Tribune, September 6, 1897.
  24. ^ "Federation of Labor Elects," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 17, 1898.
  25. ^ "P.F. Doyle Made President," Chicago Daily Tribune, July 18, 1898; "Labor Men Elect Officers," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 16, 1899.
  26. ^ "City Hall Slate Wins," Chicago Daily Tribune, July 17, 1899; "To Return to the Factories," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 22, 1900.
  27. ^ "Politics Wins in Labor Election," Chicago Daily Tribune, July 16, 1900.
  28. ^ "Say Policeman Robbed Printer," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 21, 1901; "Lock Out Union Tailors," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 20, 1902.
  29. ^ "Labor Election Brings On Row," Chicago Daily Tribune, July 22, 1902.
  30. ^ "Labour Radicals Suffer Defeat," Chicago Daily Tribune, July 20, 1903; "Labor Slate Wins Out," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 18, 1904.
  31. ^ "Harmony Shown in Labor Ranks," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 16, 1905; "Madden Plans to Fight," Chicago Daily Tribune, January 11, 1906.

References

  • "All Hail Labor Day." Chicago Daily Tribune. September 6, 1897.
  • Barrett, James R. "Boring From Within and Without: William Z. Foster, the Trade Union Educational League, and American Communism in the 1920s." In Labor Histories: Class, Politics, and the Working-Class Experience. Eric Arnesen, Julie Greene, and Bruce Laurie, eds. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1998. ISBN 0-252-06710-X
  • Barrett, James R. Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1984–1922. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1987. ISBN 0-252-06136-5
  • Bliss, George. "City AFL-CIO Units Merge in Ceremony." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 9, 1962.
  • "City Hall Slate Wins." Chicago Daily Tribune. July 17, 1899.
  • Cohen, Andrew Wender. The Racketeer's Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900–1940. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-83466-X
  • Cohen, Lizabeth. Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919–1939. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-521-71535-0
  • "Federation of Labor Elects." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 17, 1898.
  • Fink, Gary M., ed. Biographical Dictionary of American Labor. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 1984. ISBN 0-313-22865-5
  • Fitzgerald, Joan. Moving Up in the New Economy: Career Ladders for U.S. Workers. Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, 2006. ISBN 0-8014-4413-6
  • Foner, Philip S. History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 3: The Policies and Practices of the American Federation of Labor, 1900–1909. New York: International Publishers, 1964. Cloth ISBN 0-7178-0093-8; Paperback ISBN 0-7178-0389-9
  • "Former Labor Czar of Chicago Succumbs at Lake Villa, Ill., to Long Sickness." Chicago Daily News. July 22, 1912.
  • "Fraud Charge By Labor." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 18, 1903.
  • Gompers, Samuel. The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 6: The American Federation of Labor and the Rise of Progressivism, 1902-6. Stuart J Kaufman, Peter J. Albert, and Grace Palladino, eds. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1997. ISBN 0-252-02303-X
  • Godfried, Nathan. WCFL: Chicago's Voice of Labor, 1926–78. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1997. ISBN 0-252-02287-4
  • "Harmony Shown in Labor Ranks." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 16, 1905.
  • "Labor Election Brings On Row." Chicago Daily Tribune. July 22, 1902.
  • "Labor Federation 'Uplifters' Win." Chicago Daily Tribune. September 3, 1906.
  • "Labor Men Elect Officers." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 16, 1899.
  • "Labor Routs Madden 'Gang'." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 22, 1906.
  • "Labor Slate Wins Out." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 18, 1904.
  • "Labour Radicals Suffer Defeat." Chicago Daily Tribune. July 20, 1903.
  • Lazerson, Marvin. "Teachers Organize: What Margaret Haley Lost." History of Education Quarterly. 24:2 (Summer 1984).
  • LeRoy, Greg. "Smart Growth for Cities: It's a Union Thing." WorkingUSA. 6:1 (June 2002).
  • "Lock Out Union Tailors." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 20, 1902.
  • MacArthur, John R. The Selling of "Free Trade": NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. ISBN 0-520-23178-3
  • "Madden Plans to Fight." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 11, 1906.
  • McKillen, Elizabeth. Chicago Labor and the Quest for a Democratic Diplomacy, 1914–1924. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8014-2905-6
  • Mendieta, Ana. "Labor Leader Robert Healey Dies at 72." Chicago Sun-Times. July 24, 2002.
  • Newell, Barbara Warne. Chicago and the Labor Movement: Metropolitan Unionism in the 1930s. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1961.
  • "New Labor Body On Its Feet." Chicago Daily Tribune. November 11, 1896.
  • Newton-Matza, Mitchell. "The Crack of the Whip: The Chicago Federation of Labor Battles Against the Labor Injunction in the 1920s." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. Spring 2000.
  • "P.F. Doyle Made President." Chicago Daily Tribune. July 18, 1898.
  • Pelling, Henry. "Labour and Politics in Chicago." Political Studies. 5:1 (February 1957).
  • "Plan to Oust 'Skinny'." Chicago Daily Tribune. October 26, 1905.
  • "Politics Wins in Labor Election." Chicago Daily Tribune. July 16, 1900.
  • Ralph, Jr., James R. Northern Protest: Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago, and the Civil Rights Movement. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-674-62687-7
  • "Row In Labor Meeting." Chicago Daily Tribune. February 8, 1897.
  • "Say Policeman Robbed Printer." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 21, 1901.
  • "Seeks to Control Labor." Chicago Daily Tribune. October 12, 1905.
  • Segal, Martin. The Rise of the United Association: National Unionism in the Pipe Trades, 1884–1924. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969. ISBN 0-674-77300-4
  • "Slug At Labor Election." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 19, 1903.
  • "'Slug' At Labor Election." Chicago Daily Tribune. July 18, 1904.
  • "To Return to the Factories." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 22, 1900.
  • "Votes Will Test Madden's Power." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 21, 1906.
  • "William Lee, Labor Leader, Dies at Age 89." Chicago Tribune. June 17, 1984.

External links

  • Chicago Federation of Labor Web site

January 20, 2023
chicago, federation, labor, umbrella, organization, unions, chicago, illinois, subordinate, body, 2011, about, affiliated, member, unions, representing, half, million, union, members, cook, county, foundednovember, 1896headquarterschicago, illinois, usalocatio. The Chicago Federation of Labor CFL is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago Illinois USA It is a subordinate body of the AFL CIO and as of 2011 has about 320 affiliated member unions representing half a million union members in Cook County Chicago Federation of LaborFoundedNovember 9 1896HeadquartersChicago Illinois USALocationUnited StatesMembersApprox 500 000 in 320 unionsKey peopleRobert G Reiter Jr AffiliationsAFL CIOWebsitewww chicagolabor orgThe labor body is also involved in political lobbying often in alliance with other allied organizations e g Interfaith Worker Justice is active in Chicago politics and participates in many of Chicago s civic committees composed of business and city leaders Contents 1 Early years 2 Fitzpatrick regime 3 Post WWII era 4 Presidents of the CFL 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksEarly years EditThe CFL was formed by the American Federation of Labor AFL on November 9 1896 In part the federation was an outgrowth of previous umbrella labor bodies in the city many of which had fragmented during the previous two decades But in part the formation of the CFL was an attempt to end corruption in Chicago s labor unions Only over time did the CFL change its focus to strengthening the efforts of individual union locals by creating a unified voice for the city s labor movement uphold the labor rights of its union members and mediate contract disputes on behalf of local unions Unfortunately the CFL was dominated in its early years by Martin Skinney Madden a notoriously corrupt labor leader who had managed to get himself elected President Vice President and Treasurer for life in his Steamfitters local in Chicago 1 2 3 4 The early years of the CFL saw corrupt and reform elements battle for control The CFL s constitution required an election for the presidency every six months which encouraged instability and a new president was elected roughly every year in the organization s first decade Elections were also rife with fraud and violence In January 1903 Madden arranged to have the names of all the reform candidates placed low on the ballot many names were misspelled to deny the candidate election and some names omitted altogether Unions on both sides padded their membership lists in order to have more delegates to the convention At least seven major brawls broke out on the convention floor and one man was injured so badly he had to be rushed to the hospital Only police intervention brought order 5 6 The July 1904 election saw such widespread violence including fistfights in front of the ballot boxes Three brawlers had to be carried home 4 7 Reform elements began to get the upper hand in 1905 Charles Dold was elected in January of that year despite ballot irregularities accusations of bribery and ballot box stuffing When Dold appeared to have enough support to win re election on July 16 1905 Madden s supporters attempted to prevent his victory by smashing ballot boxes and destroying ballots Madden s thugs severely beat Michael Donnelly a Dold supporter and international president of the Amalgamated Butcher Workmen on the floor of the convention in full view of hundreds of delegates 8 Madden disrupted the election so much that a new election was held on August 6 Again Madden used violence and fraud to force cancellation of the election Dold finally won re election on August 13 Madden s forces boycotted the August 13 election and claimed the results were invalid He pressured the CFL into invalidating the election on August 20 but public outcry and an investigation by the AFL led the CFL to reverse itself on September 3 3 4 9 John Fitzpatrick was elected CFL president on January 21 1906 Despite repeated attempts to deny reform delegates seats at subsequent conventions and install his own puppet as CFL president Dold and Fitzpatrick branded Madden a dual unionist for being under the control of organized crime They campaigned actively against him and his most powerful supporter throughout the fall and winter More than 150 policemen were on guard in the convention hall on January 21 to ensure that there was no repeat of the violence of 1905 Fitzpatrick easily outpolled his opponent two to one 10 11 Fitzpatrick regime EditFitzpatrick s election ushered in an era of stability and reform for the labor federation The CFL gained increasing amounts of autonomy and became one of the nation s leading central labor federations For a while William Z Foster and his circle briefly organized as the International Trade Union Educational League became influential 12 In the 1910s and during World War I Fitzpatrick oversaw mass organizing drives in steel and meatpacking led by Foster The CFL also affiliated the Chicago Federation of Teachers providing critical support for the nascent teachers union movement After World War I the CFL was active in the formation of the short lived Labor Party of the United States Fitzpatrick endorsed socialism and remained a political progressive for the rest of his life although he also fought bitterly to keep communists out of the labor movement 2 13 14 Fitzpatrick s presidency was also notable for its emphasis on ending the corruption that plagued the CFL during the Madden era He worked closely with fellow reformer Illinois State Federation of Labor President Reuben Soderstrom to combat the influence of organized crime on organized labor 15 Fitzpatrick also worked to counter perceived press bias against labor From 1926 through 1979 the Chicago Federation of Labor operated a radio station WCFL as the Voice of Labor in the Midwest 16 Post WWII era EditFitzpatrick died in office in September 1946 at the age of 75 His successor was William A Lee a vice president of the Teamsters Lee expanded CFL s role in the politics Although personally a conservative Lee continued to support a broad liberal agenda Lee was a close friend to Chicago Mayor Richard J Daley and a very strong backer of the Cook County Democratic Party 17 18 Although the AFL and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged in 1955 the respective Chicago bodies did not do so until 1962 Lee was elected president of the unified organization and remained so until his death in 1984 14 19 Since Lee s death there have been six presidents of the Chicago Federation of Labor about one every five years Twice Robert Healey and Don Turner the presidency has gone to a member from the Chicago Federation of Teachers giving the teachers union a top spokesperson in the labor federation for 14 of the last 23 years Healey was the first president since Charles Dold in 1905 to retire from the presidency rather than die in office Under Healey the CFL began to distance itself from its close relationship with the Democratic Party to take a more independent stance on issues Under Turner the CFL emphasized community investment workforce development affordable living and an end to urban sprawl 17 20 In 2010 CFL delegates elected Jorge Ramirez UFCW Local 1546 the first Mexican American president of the organization Ramirez s tenure was marked by a boom in construction and tourism as well as an attack on public sector unions by right leaning organizations In 2018 Robert G Bob Reiter Jr was elected president after serving 8 years as the CFL s Secretary Treasurer Reiter a member of Operating Engineers Local 150 and an attorney is considered a progressive in the labor movement Presidents of the CFL EditFollowing is a list of the presidents of the Chicago Federation of Labor 21 Thomas Preece November 10 1896 February 7 1897 22 P F Doyle February 8 1897 January 15 1898 23 William T Dunn January 16 July 16 1898 24 P F Doyle July 17 1898 July 16 1899 25 James Daly July 17 1899 July 16 1900 26 John Fitzpatrick July 16 1900 January 16 1901 27 James H Bowman January 17 1901 July 20 1902 28 George Lighthall July 21 1902 January 18 1903 29 William Schardt January 19 1903 January 15 1905 6 7 30 Charles M Dold January 16 1905 January 20 1906 9 31 John Fitzpatrick January 21 1906 1946 11 William A Lee 1946 1984 Edward F Brabec 1984 1986 Robert Healey 1987 1994 Michael Bruton 1994 1995 Don Turner 1995 2002 Dennis J Gannon 2002 2010 Jorge Ramirez 2010 2018 Robert G Reiter Jr 2018 presentNotes Edit Segal The Rise of the United Association National Unionism in the Pipe Trades 1884 1924 1969 Foner History of the Labor Movement in the United States Vol 3 The Policies and Practices of the American Federation of Labor 1900 1909 1964 a b Newton Matza The Crack of the Whip The Chicago Federation of Labor Battles Against the Labor Injunction in the 1920s Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Spring 2000 a b Former Labor Czar of Chicago Succumbs at Lake Villa Ill to Long Sickness Chicago Daily News July 22 1912 a b c Cohen The Racketeer s Progress Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy 1900 1940 2004 Fraud Charge By Labor Chicago Daily Tribune January 18 1903 a b Slug At Labor Election Chicago Daily Tribune January 19 1903 a b Slug At Labor Election Chicago Daily Tribune July 18 1904 The beating contributed to Donnelly s alcoholism and triggered increasingly severe mental disorders Donnelly disappeared in 1916 and presumably died a short time later He was never heard from again despite a nationwide search by the union he once led See Fink Biographical Dictionary of American Labor 1984 a b Gompers The Samuel Gompers Papers Vol 6 The American Federation of Labor and the Rise of Progressivism 1902 6 1997 Seeks to Control Labor Chicago Daily Tribune October 12 1905 Plan to Oust Skinny Chicago Daily Tribune October 26 1905 Votes Will Test Madden s Power Chicago Daily Tribune January 21 1906 a b Labor Routs Madden Gang Chicago Daily Tribune January 22 1906 Foster William Z From Bryan to Stalin New York International Publishers pp 82 85 Lazerson Teachers Organize What Margaret Haley Lost History of Education Quarterly Summer 1984 Barrett Boring From Within and Without William Z Foster the Trade Union Educational League and American Communism in the 1920s in Labor Histories Class Politics and the Working Class Experience 1998 Barrett Work and Community in the Jungle Chicago s Packinghouse Workers 1984 1922 1987 Cohen Making a New Deal Industrial Workers in Chicago 1919 1939 1990 McKillen Chicago Labor and the Quest for a Democratic Diplomacy 1914 1924 1995 Newell Chicago and the Labor Movement Metropolitan Unionism in the 1930s 1961 a b Pelling Labour and Politics in Chicago Political Studies February 1957 Soderstrom Carl Soderstrom Robert Stevens Chris Burt Andrew 2018 Forty Gavels The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL CIO 2 Peoria IL CWS Publishing pp 32 53 54 ISBN 978 0998257532 Godfried WCFL Chicago s Voice of Labor 1926 78 1997 a b MacArthur The Selling of Free Trade NAFTA Washington and the Subversion of American Democracy 2001 Ralph Northern Protest Martin Luther King Jr Chicago and the Civil Rights Movement 1993 Bliss City AFL CIO Units Merge in Ceremony Chicago Daily Tribune January 9 1962 William Lee Labor Leader Dies at Age 89 Chicago Tribune June 17 1984 Mendieta Labor Leader Robert Healey Dies at 72 Chicago Sun Times July 24 2002 A Labor Leader s Passing Substance September 2002 LeRoy Smart Growth for Cities It s a Union Thing WorkingUSA June 2002 Fitzgerald Moving Up in the New Economy Career Ladders for U S Workers 2006 Chicago Federation of Labor Historical Perspective Chicago Federation of Labor AFL CIO 2005 except where noted New Labor Body On Its Feet Chicago Daily Tribune November 11 1896 Row In Labor Meeting Chicago Daily Tribune February 8 1897 All Hail Labor Day Chicago Daily Tribune September 6 1897 Federation of Labor Elects Chicago Daily Tribune January 17 1898 P F Doyle Made President Chicago Daily Tribune July 18 1898 Labor Men Elect Officers Chicago Daily Tribune January 16 1899 City Hall Slate Wins Chicago Daily Tribune July 17 1899 To Return to the Factories Chicago Daily Tribune January 22 1900 Politics Wins in Labor Election Chicago Daily Tribune July 16 1900 Say Policeman Robbed Printer Chicago Daily Tribune January 21 1901 Lock Out Union Tailors Chicago Daily Tribune January 20 1902 Labor Election Brings On Row Chicago Daily Tribune July 22 1902 Labour Radicals Suffer Defeat Chicago Daily Tribune July 20 1903 Labor Slate Wins Out Chicago Daily Tribune January 18 1904 Harmony Shown in Labor Ranks Chicago Daily Tribune January 16 1905 Madden Plans to Fight Chicago Daily Tribune January 11 1906 References Edit A Labor Leader s Passing Substance September 2002 All Hail Labor Day Chicago Daily Tribune September 6 1897 Barrett James R Boring From Within and Without William Z Foster the Trade Union Educational League and American Communism in the 1920s In Labor Histories Class Politics and the Working Class Experience Eric Arnesen Julie Greene and Bruce Laurie eds Urbana Ill University of Illinois Press 1998 ISBN 0 252 06710 X Barrett James R Work and Community in the Jungle Chicago s Packinghouse Workers 1984 1922 Urbana 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