Patrick E. Gorman
Patrick Emmet "Pat" Gorman (November 27, 1892 – 1980) was an American lawyer and trade unionist affiliated with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Gorman served as the union's highest-ranking official (secretary-treasurer) from 1942 to 1976.
Patrick E. Gorman | |
|---|---|
| 3rd Secretary-Treasurer of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America | |
| In office 1942–1976 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Lane |
| Succeeded by | Samuel J. Talarico |
| President of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America | |
| In office 1923–1946 | |
| Leader | Dennis Lane |
| Preceded by | Cornelius J. Hayes |
| Succeeded by | Earl Jimerson |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Trade unionist |
He was extremely committed to economic and social justice and was considered to be the "social conscience" of the labor movement.[1]
His papers are held at the Chicago History Museum.
Personal
Gorman was born the youngest of 10 sons in a family of 11 children in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Maurice Gorman born in 1840, was an Irish emigrant from Clonmel, County Tipperary from a "long line of Irish patriots". He traveled to the United States in 1870, entering in New York before settling in Louisville. He was a labor activist as well.[2] In 1970, he was awarded the Eugene V. Debs Award for industrial unionism by the Eugene V. Debs Foundation.
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