“Unions were created to make living conditions just a little better than they were before they were created, and the union that does not manifest that kind of interest in human beings cannot endure, it cannot live.”
Murray was born in Scotland on May 25, 1886; he went on to emigrate to the U.S., become founder and first president of the United Steelworkers of America, and head of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) from 1940 until his death in 1952
Credit: UE News Photograph Collection, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh;explorepahistory.com
Murray was born in Scotland on May 25, 1886; he went on to emigrate to the U.S., become founder and first president of the United Steelworkers of America, and head of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) from 1940 until his death in 1952
Credit: UE News Photograph Collection, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh;explorepahistory.com