Michael Fox (unionist)

Michael Fox (1900 or 1901 – June 11, 1978) was a Scottish-born American labor union leader.

Born in Scotland, Fox completed an apprenticeship as an electrician, and joined the Labour Party and a trade union. In 1924, he emigrated to the United States, settling in New York City. There, he worked as an electrician on construction projects, before, in 1927, moving to work for the New York Central Railroad. This led him to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.^[1]

Fox served successively as secretary, president, and chairman of his local union. During World War II, he served on the War Manpower Commission, and he also developed an apprenticeship scheme for the railroad.^[1]

In 1946, Fox was appointed as assistant to the president of the Railway Employes' Department of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). He was elected as secretary-treasurer of the department in 1949, and then as president in 1961. From 1951, he also served as vice chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association. He retired in 1969, and died nine years later.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "'Mike' Fox passes at 77; long a rail labor leader". Labor. Vol. 60, no. 9. July 5, 1978.
^ "Michael Fox". Chicago Tribune. June 13, 1978.

Trade union offices
Preceded by J. M. Burns	Secretary-Treasurer of the Railway Employes' Department 1949–1961	Succeeded by Howard Pickett
Preceded by Fred N. Aten	President of the Railway Employes' Department 1961–1969	Succeeded by James E. Yost
Preceded by Paul L. Phillips James Suffridge	American Federation of Labor delegate to the Trades Union Congress 1955 With: C. J. Haggerty	Succeeded by Emil Rieve William F. Schnitzler

[passes-1] "'Mike' Fox passes at 77; long a rail labor leader". Labor. Vol. 60, no. 9. July 5, 1978.

[2] "Michael Fox". Chicago Tribune. June 13, 1978.

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