Jay Mazur, Zealous Advocate for Garment Workers, Dies at 92
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Jay Mazur, Zealous Advocate for Garment Workers, Dies at 92

A blunt-speaking, Bronx-born labor leader, he successfully pushed to legalize undocumented union members but fought a losing battle against globalization.
Bill Lucy, Pioneering Labor and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 90
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Bill Lucy, Pioneering Labor and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 90

He helped popularize “I Am a Man” as a demand for respect during the 1968 strike by Black sanitation workers in Memphis.