Dow Wilson
Dow Wilson was an American trade unionist and activist for union democracy. He was secretary of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local #4, based in San Francisco, when he was assassinated by a shotgun blast on April 5, 1966 near the San Francisco Labor Temple.[1] A month later, Lloyd Green, president of the nearby Hayward, California local and a colleague of Wilson's, was also assassinated.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Labor: Painters in Blood". Time. 20 May 1966.
- ^ Weir, Stan (2004). Singlejack Solidarity. U of Minnesota Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-8166-4294-6.
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