Rev. Addie Wyatt

  Rev. Addie L. Wyatt  (1924-2012) was one of the country's foremost labor union leaders, women's rights advocates and civil rights activists. She started working with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America in 1941 in Chicago and later became president of the local union-the first female to hold such a position. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black Labor Leaders