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Revision as of 12:04, 6 June 2010
Moe Foner (1916 - January 10, 2002) was a labor leader active in Union 1199, the New York Health and Human Service Union.
Foner was born and raised in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. His parents were Polish Jews who had four sons, all of whom became active in leftist politics.
Foner started out as a leader in Department Store Local 1250, then moved on to Union 1199, where he became the director of education and culture. While there, he founded Bread and Roses, a cultural program for union members funded by the NEA.
References
- Greenhouse, Steven (January 11, 2002), "Moe Foner, Labor Official and Movement's Unofficial Cultural Impresario, Dies at 86", New York Times.
External links
- Notable New Yorkers - Moe Foner Biography, photographs, and the audio and transcript of Moe Foner's oral history from the Notable New Yorkers collection of the Oral History Research Office at Columbia University.