请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Douglas H. Dority
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Activism and career

  3. Healthcare advocate

  4. References

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Douglas H. Dority
| image = Douglas-H-Dority-ufcw.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = December 9, 1938
| birth_place = Marion, Virginia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| other_names =
| known_for =
| office1 = 2nd International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers
| term_start1 = 1994
| term_end1 = 2004
| predecessor1 = William H. Wynn
| Alma mater =
| successor1 = Joseph T. Hansen
| office2 =
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| occupation = Grocery retail clerk, trade unionist
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| awards =
| nationality = American
| spouse =
|children =
|parents =
|relatives =
}}Douglas H. Dority was president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), one of North America's largest labor unions.[1][2]

Early life

Dority was born on December 9, 1938 in Marion, Virginia.

Activism and career

Dority's involvement with the union began in the 1960s, when he organized the grocery store where he worked in Lynchburg, Virginia.[3]

Dority worked in various roles for the UFCW (and before 1979, the Retail Clerks International Union) throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s. As a field organizer, Dority worked on extended campaigns in both the United States and Canada, and Quebec and southern Ontario in particular.[3]

Upon the retirement of William H. Wynn in 1994, Dority become UFCW international president.[3]

Dority intensified the UFCW's comprehensive campaign against Walmart, investing significant resources in the public relations campaign against the retailer, culminating in a "national day of action" in 2002, where UFCW and other unions held rallies in more than 100 communities throughout the United States. The action was fully backed by the AFL-CIO, where Dority served on the executive-council.[4]

From 2003-04, Dority led the UFCW through one of the largest work stoppages in its history, involving tens of thousands of grocery store workers in protracted strikes in California, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. The action was focused on retaining healthcare benefits.[5]

Healthcare advocate

Upon retiring from the UFCW in 2004, Dority became the president of America’s Agenda: Health Care for All, a labor-backed interest group dedicated to "winning guaranteed access to affordable, high quality healthcare for every American."[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.americasagenda.org/Background/Our-Team/Douglas-H--Dority.aspx|title=Douglas H. Dority |publisher=americasagenda.org |access-date=February 27, 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ufcw.ca/Theme/UFCW/files/vol%5B1%5D.%204%20nos.%203-5%20pdf%20eng.pdf|title=A new chapter in our union’s history|publisher=ufcw.ca |access-date=February 27, 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ufcw.ca/Theme/UFCW/files/vol%5B1%5D.%204%20nos.%203-5%20pdf%20eng.pdf |title=A new chapter in our union’s history |format=PDF |access-date=1 March 2018}}
4. ^{{cite book |last=Featherstone |first=Liz |date=2004 |title=Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.americasagenda.org/Background/Our-Team/Douglas-H--Dority.aspx |title=Douglas H. Dority |access-date=1 March 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.americasagenda.org/Background/Mission.aspx |title=Mission |access-date=1 March 2018}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dority, Douglas H.}}{{worker-activist-stub}}{{US-activist-stub}}

5 : United Food and Commercial Workers people|Living people|1938 births|People from Marion, Virginia|Trade unionists from Virginia

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/10 11:19:16