Labor Leaders
- Leon E. Bates Labor Leader (born in Carrollton, Missouri
- Owen Bieber, labor leader (born in North Dorr, worked in Grand Rapids)
- Douglas A. Fraser, labor leader (born in Glasgow, Scotland; raised in Detroit)
- James R. Hoffa, labor leader (born in Indiana, moved to Lake Orion)
- James P. Hoffa, labor leader (born in Detroit)
- Joseph Labadie, labor leader, political activist (born in Paw Paw)
- Walter Reuther, labor leader (born in Wheeling, West Virginia; moved to Detroit; died in Pellston)
- Leonard Woodcock, labor leader (born in Providence, Rhode Island; raised in Detroit)
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