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Denis A. Hayes

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Denis A. Hayes (1860 – January 2, 1917) was an American labor union leader.

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 in 1917, and was buried in Zanesville.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Denis A. Hayes". The Elevator Constructor. XIV (1). January 1917.
  2. ^ a b c The Samuel Gompers Papers. University of Illinois Press. 1986. ISBN 9780252033896.
  3. ^ "Dennis A. Hayes, labor leader". New York Times. January 3, 1917.
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Joseph D. Troth
President of the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association
1896–1917
Succeeded by
John A. Voll
Preceded by Sixth Vice-President of the American Federation of Labor
1900–1905
Succeeded by
Preceded by Fifth Vice-President of the American Federation of Labor
1905–1909
Succeeded by
Preceded by Fourth Vice-President of the American Federation of Labor
1909–1913
Succeeded by
Preceded by Third Vice-President of the American Federation of Labor
1913–1917
Succeeded by