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Person Detail: John J. Sweeney
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| 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. |
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| 1934 |
Bronx County John Joseph Sweeney was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 5, 1934. |
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| 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. |
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| 1956 |
Westchester County Mr. Sweeney received a bachelor's degree in economics from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, in 1956. |
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| 2017 |
(Unknown) County Looking Back, Moving Forward: My Life in the American Labor Movement (Pub: Bookbaby ISBN: 1483592359 / 978-1483592350 ) Memoir. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 2021 |
(Unknown) County John J. Sweeney died at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 1, 2021. |
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New York County Mr. Sweeney worked for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in Manhattan, New York. |
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