George Barasch in 1937 after obtaining his first union charter.
Born
(1910-12-10)December 10, 1910
Russian Empire
Died
August 11, 2013(2013-08-11) (aged 102)
New Jersey, United States
Occupation
Union Labor Leader
Known for
Labor leadership, health and wellness advocacy, scholarships, constitutional rights protection, founder of the Union Mutual Benefit Retiree Association, Union Mutual Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation
Board member of
Allied Educational Foundation (former chairman)
Awards
See Honors and Awards
Website
www.allieded.org
George Barasch (December 10, 1910 – August 11, 2013) was a US union labor leader who led both the Allied Trades Council and Teamsters Local 815 (New York City), representing a combined total of 11,000 members.[1][2]
He was the first labor leader to create a union anti-crime department, and he was instrumental in eliminating racketeering and organized crime from much of local union life in New Jersey and New York City in the early 1950s.[3][4][5] His disputes with the United States government in the mid-1960s over control of union benefit funds ultimately led to proposed legislation that prompted and evolved into the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.[6]
In 1964, after spending over two decades fighting for the rights of workers to organize and thrive, Barasch created the Allied Educational Foundation (AEF) [7] as an independent organization that would continue to advance the education and rights of working Americans outside the labor arena. The semi-annual AEF conferences served as a forum for high-ranking political figures, academics, legal scholars, and civil rights activists including United States Senator William Proxmire, Martin Luther King Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States William O. Douglas, U.S. President Gerald Ford, U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, labor columnist Victor Riesel, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Harrison Salisbury, and economist Leo Cherne.[8]
Barasch remained Chairman of the Allied Educational Foundation for 49 years until his death, at 102.[9]
^"Thumbnail Biography". New York Post. May 14, 1948.
^Michelfelder, William (May 31, 1952). "Clerk Union Vows Aid in Exposing Rx Ring". World-Telegram & Sun.
^Riesel, Victor (December 18, 1952). "Inside Details on Labor Today". Beaver Valley Times. p. 4.
^Riesel, Victor (July 9, 1953). "Inside Details on Labor Today". Beaver Valley Ties. p. 4.
^Riesel, Victor (July 3, 1953). "Inside Labor - Riesel Says Union Chiefs Live in Shadow of Death". The Portsmouth Times. p. 9.
^McMillan, III, James G. (2000). "Misclassification and Employer Discretion Under ERISA" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law. 2 (4): 837–866. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
^Barasch, George (1964). Objectives and Benefits of the Allied Educational Foundation. Allied Educational Foundation. p. 21.
^"One of America's Great Forums". The Union Forum. 4 (1): 13–34. April 1970.
^"George Barasch, Obituary". New York Times. August 13, 2013.
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