John F. Henning
| John F. "Jack" Henning | |
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John F. Henning in 1967
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| Born |
November 22, 1915 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 4, 2009 (aged 93) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Labor leader, civil servant |
| Known for | Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor Federation (1970–1996); U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand (1967–1969); Under Secretary of Labor, U.S. Dept. of Labor (1962–1967) |
John Francis "Jack" Henning (November 22, 1915 – June 4, 2009) was a U.S. labor leader, civil servant, and a former U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand (1967–1969) and Under Secretary of Labor (1962–1967). Called "one of organized labor's greatest leaders" and "legendary" for his defense of labor, he is also credited with a positive role in the defense of minimum wage laws and civil rights.
John Francis Henning was born in San Francisco, California, in November 1915 to lower middle-class Irish American parents. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Henning, was born in Rathfriland, County Down, Northern Ireland. His maternal grandfather was a member of Teamsters Local 85, one of the oldest Teamsters locals in the West. His father was a plumber and charter member of the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters, and Steam Fitters' Helpers of the United States and Canada who lost his job during the anti-union drives after World War I for his work with the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in English literature from Saint Mary's College of California, he took a position with the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists in San Francisco in 1938, and in 1949 began working for the California Labor Federation (CLF) (the official American Federation of Labor organization in California) as administrative assistant to the Executive Secretary-Treasurer. In 1970, the CLF elected him as Executive Secretary-Treasurer, a position he held until 1996.
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