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Omaha Steve

(103,510 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:50 PM Jul 2015

7-9-15 Jacqueline Vaughn in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/july-9-jacqueline-vaughn/

July 9, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1984. Jacqueline Vaughn became President of the Chicago Teachers’ Union. Jacqueline started out as a teacher and became a member of the collective bargaining team in 1968. She was elected Vice President of the CTU in 1972 and then became the first black woman to head up the third largest teacher’s union in the nation.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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