Philip Murray (May 25, 1886 – November 9, 1952) was a Scottish born steelworker and an American labor leader. He was the first president of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), the first president of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), and the longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
Read more about Philip Murray: Early Life, Career in The United Mine Workers, SWOC, CIO, Death, Other Roles and Publications
Famous quotes containing the word murray:
“Ye Highlands and ye Lawlands.
Oh! where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl of Murray,
And hae laid him on the green.”
—Unknown. The Bonny Earl of Murray (l. 1–4)