Denis A. Hayes
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| Born | 1860 County Clare, Ireland |
| Died | January 2, 1917 (aged 56–57) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Occupation | Labor leader |
Denis A. Hayes (1860 – January 2, 1917) was an American labor union leader.
Biography
[edit]Born in County Clare in Ireland, Hayes emigrated to the United States with his family, when he was seven years old. The family settled in Zanesville, Ohio. Hayes worked on a farm before finding work in a glass bottle factory.[1] He later moved to Newark, Ohio, where he joined the United Green Glass Workers' Association of the United States and Canada. In 1894, he was elected as vice-president of the union, and in 1896 as president of what became the "Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the United States and Canada".[2]
Hayes moved to Philadelphia to take up the presidency of the union.[2] In this role, he was prominent in the campaign against child labor.[3] From 1901, he also served as a vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, and on the executive of the National Civic Federation.[2] For the last 22 years of his life, he lived in the Hotel Windsor. He died there on January 2, 1917, and was buried in Zanesville.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Denis A. Hayes". The Elevator Constructor. XIV (1). January 1917.
- ^ a b c The Samuel Gompers Papers. University of Illinois Press. 1986. ISBN 9780252033896.
- ^ a b "Dennis A. Hayes, Labor Leader". The New York Times. Philadelphia (published January 3, 1917). January 2, 1917. p. 11. Retrieved December 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.