Sam Pollock (labor Leader)
Samuel "Sam" Pollock (June 21, 1909 – March 4, 1983) was an American labor union activist and leader. He helped lead two important strikes in 1934, the Auto-Lite Strike and the Hardin County onion pickers strike, before becoming district president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.
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