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William H. Wynn was born on 1932 in South Bend, Indiana, U.S., is an A retail clerks international union leader. Discover William H. Wynn's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Occupation Grocery retail clerk, trade unionist
Age 70 years old
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Born 1932
Birthday 1932
Birthplace South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Date of death 21 February, 2002
Died Place Naples Florida
Nationality United States

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1948

Wynn became a union member himself in 1948 when, at the age of 15, he started working at The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, or A&P, superstore in his hometown of South Bend, Indiana.

1954

Wynn was elected the full-time union representative for RCIU Local 37 in 1954, and in 1961 he was hired by the international to serve as an organizer for the RCIU Indiana District Council, and later became assistant director of the Northwestern Division.

1969

Wynn was mentored by RCIU international representative James Housewright, who eventually became the international president, and who in 1969 called Wynn to the union's international headquarters in Washington to serve as assistant to the international director of organizing.

Within the same year, Wynn was further promoted to administrative assistant to the international president, and two years later, he was made organizing director of the central division.

1971

In 1971, Wynn was elected an international vice-president of the RCIU, and in 1976, he became the union's international secretary treasurer.

1977

Following the untimely death of Housewright in 1977, Wynn was elected RCIU international president.

Wynn advanced the work started by Housewright regarding a merger effort with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters.

1979

Under Wynn's leadership, the merger was completed in 1979, and the UFCW was created, becoming the AFL–CIO's largest affiliated union.

Wynn was the unanimous choice to lead the new union by delegates to the UFCW's founding convention in Montreal in 1979.

Through Wynn's leadership the UFCW grew significantly – via new member organizing and mergers with other unions – and pioneered the use of television advertising as a tactic and medium for comprehensive campaign approaches.

A vice-president of the AFL–CIO, Wynn chaired the labor federation's Organizing Committee, and served on the executive board of the A. Philip Randolph Institute.

Wynn marshalled the UFCW behind Democratic candidates for president, and served on the committee to elect Jimmy Carter in 1979.

1984

He also led the UFCW's effort on behalf of Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro during the 1984 presidential campaign, becoming one of the first union leaders to encourage and support Ferraro's bid to be the first female vice-president of the United States.

2002

William H. "Bill" Wynn (1932 – February 21, 2002) was the first president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), and the last president of the Retail Clerks International Union (RCIU), after the latter merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America in 1979, to create the UFCW.

He is best known for playing a leading role in completing the above merger, and, through that effort, making a pivotal contribution to the creation of the largest union affiliated to the AFL–CIO at the time.

Wynn is also credited for instituting a fierce organizing culture at UFCW.

Bill Wynn came from a union family, with both of his parents, plus his uncle and brother-in-law, active in the United Auto Workers.

Wynn died in Naples, Florida in 2002 of a heart attack.