Anthony J. DeAndrade

Anthony Joseph DeAndrade (June 1896 – January 20, 1970) was an American labor unionist.

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, DeAndrade worked as a printer, and joined the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. In 1919, he was elected president of his local, the Boston Press Assistants Union, and from 1931 he worked full-time as a representative of the international union. During World War II, he served on numerous trilateral dispute resolution panels.[1][2] He also served three years as vice-president of the Massachusetts Federation of Labor, and lectured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and at Boston University.[3]

In 1945, DeAndrade was elected as a vice-president of the international union; then in 1959, he was elected as the union's president. In 1962, he represented the United States at the International Labour Organization's printing and allied trades meeting in Geneva; then in 1963, he was the delegate of the AFL-CIO to the British Trades Union Congress. In 1965, he was elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO.[1][2]

In 1964, John F. Kennedy appointed DeAndrade to the labor advisory committee of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. He died of a heart attack in 1970 while still in office.[1][2]

References
  1. "Anthony J. De Andrade Dead; President of Pressmen's Union". New York Times. January 22, 1970.
  2. "A. J. DeAndrade, President of Union". Washington Post. January 22, 1970.
  3. "Pressmen elect chief". New York Times. May 8, 1959.
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