For the mayor of Auburn, New York, see Michael D. Quill Sr.
Mike Quill
Mike Quill in 1938
Head of the Transport Workers Union of America
In office c. 1936 – January 28, 1966
Member of the New York City Council
In office January 1, 1938 – January 1, 1940
Personal details
Born
Michael Joseph Quill
(1905-09-18)September 18, 1905 Gortluchura Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland
Died
January 28, 1966(1966-01-28) (aged 60) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party
American Labor
Spouses
Maria Theresa O'Neill
Shirley Quill
Children
John Daniel Quill
Military service
Allegiance
Irish Republic
Branch/service
Irish Republican Army Anti-Treaty IRA
Years of service
1919–1923
Battles/wars
Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War
Michael Joseph "Red Mike" Quill (September 18, 1905 – January 28, 1966) was one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), a union founded by subway workers in New York City that expanded to represent employees in other forms of transit. He served as the President of the TWU for most of the first thirty years of its existence. A close ally of the Communist Party USA (CP) for the first twelve years of his leadership of the union, he broke with it in 1948.
Quill had varying relations with the mayors of New York City. He was a personal friend of Robert F. Wagner Jr. but could find no common ground with Wagner's successor, John Lindsay, or as Quill called him "Linsley", and led a twelve-day transit strike in 1966 against him that landed him in jail. However, he won significant wage increases for his members. He died of a heart attack three days after the end of the strike. Quill's leadership is not only noted for his success in improving workers' rights but also for his commitment to racial equality, before the Civil Rights Era.
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