Jerome Wurf (May 18, 1919 – December 10, 1981) was a U.S. labor leader and president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) from 1964 to 1981. Wurf was a friend of Martin Luther King Jr., and was arrested multiple times for his activism, notably during the Memphis sanitation strike.[1] He was present for King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" oratory at the strike, the day before King was assassinated, and attended King's funeral.
Jerome Wurf (May 18, 1919 – December 10, 1981) was a U.S. labor leader and president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees...
Wurf is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: Cameron Wurf (born 1983), Australian triathlete JerryWurf (1919–1981), American labour leader...
under its first president, Henry Feinstein, but under the leadership of JerryWurf, who took over as president in 1952, the union grew to 25,000 members...
The Tokens, vocal group formed in 1955 at Abraham Lincoln High School JerryWurf, (1919–1981) labor leader and president of the American Federation of...
Memphis sanitation strike was led by T.O. Jones and had the support of JerryWurf, president of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal...
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), JerryWurf, demanded recognition of their union, better safety standards, and a decent...
a relatively radical and expanding national union. AFSCME President JerryWurf attained national notoriety for allegedly urging workers to "let Baltimore...
further progress, and in 1964, Zander was defeated for re-election by JerryWurf, becoming honorary president. Soon after, he revealed that the union's...
counterparts in industry in comparable circumstances. Goulden, Joseph C. (1982). JerryWurf: Labor's Last Angry Man (1 ed.). New York: Atheneum. p. 110. ISBN 0-689-11291-2...
challenger JerryWurf by a margin of only 21 votes at the labor union's national convention in Denver. The final vote was 1,450 for Wurf, and 1,429 for...
Congregations Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., historian Martin Sheen, actor JerryWurf, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees...
McEntee was eventually elected president of AFSCME after the death of JerryWurf in December 1981. He was re-elected to a full term three years later....
century with support from the National Nanotechnology Initiative; The JerryWurf Memorial Fund provides support for the Union Scholars Program that helps...
1972, and had elected a dynamic and aggressive new leader, 45-year-old JerryWurf, in 1964. Not only was AFSCME's growth substantial, its demographics matched...
Works, led by T.O. Jones, a union organizer for AFSCME Local 1733, and JerryWurf, the national president of AFSCME. From this day forward, the strikers...
Union 1965–1976 Succeeded by Joseph Pollack Preceded by William Pachler JerryWurf AFL-CIO delegate to the Trades Union Congress 1968 With: Herman D. Kenin...
committee "who will see to it that there are no reprisals". AFSCME president JerryWurf also promised to help the officers get their jobs back. These campaigns...
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