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(1934-2021) Labor leader, memoirist. John J. Sweeney was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Bethesda, Maryland.

Full Name

John J. Sweeney

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline

Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Sweeney worked for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in Manhattan, New York.

1934

BIRTH

John Joseph Sweeney was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 5, 1934.

1952

OTHER

Mr. Sweeney attended St. Barnabas Elementary School in the Bronx, New York, and graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, New York, in 1952.

1956

OTHER

Mr. Sweeney received a bachelor's degree in economics from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, in 1956.

1989

LITWORK

Solutions for the New Workforce: Policies for a New Social Contract
Seven Locks Press
0932020631 / 978-0932020635
Nonfiction written with Karen Nussbaum.

1996

LITWORK

America Needs a Raise: Fighting for Economic Security and Social Justice
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company
0395823005 / 978-0395823002
Nonfiction written with David Kusnet.

2017

LITWORK

Looking Back, Moving Forward: My Life in the American Labor Movement
Bookbaby
1483592359 / 978-1483592350
Memoir.

2021

DEATH

John J. Sweeney died at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 1, 2021.

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