Person Detail: John J. Sweeney

General Information:
Full Name: John J. Sweeney
Biography: (1934-2021) Labor leader, memoirist. John J. Sweeney was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Bethesda, Maryland.
Author's Timeline:
1934		Bronx County John Joseph Sweeney was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 5, 1934.
1952		Bronx County Mr. Sweeney attended St. Barnabas Elementary School in the Bronx, New York, and graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, New York, in 1952.
1956		Westchester County Mr. Sweeney received a bachelor's degree in economics from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, in 1956.
2017		(Unknown) County Looking Back, Moving Forward: My Life in the American Labor Movement (Pub: Bookbaby ISBN: 1483592359 / 978-1483592350 ) Memoir.
1996		(Unknown) County America Needs a Raise: Fighting for Economic Security and Social Justice (Pub: Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN: 0395823005 / 978-0395823002 ) Nonfiction written with David Kusnet.
1989		(Unknown) County Solutions for the New Workforce: Policies for a New Social Contract (Pub: Seven Locks Press ISBN: 0932020631 / 978-0932020635 ) Nonfiction written with Karen Nussbaum.
2021		(Unknown) County John J. Sweeney died at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 1, 2021.
?		New York County Mr. Sweeney worked for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in Manhattan, New York.