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Word: gourtloughera (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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With pick and shovel, the boy from Gourtloughera helped dig the city's last big subway tunnel. When he worked in a subway change booth-an 84-hour week for a $27.72 pay envelope-the need for a union was obvious. With six others, he started the T.W.U. in 1934 and became its first president. "We were dealing with a lot of young Irishmen who came over from secret organizations," he said. "They liked the secrecy and the intrigue. I liked it too. It never left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: The Lad from Gourtloughera | 2/4/1966 | See Source »

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