Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Matthew "Mattie" Guinan (October 14, 1910–March 22, 1995) was an American labor organizer, second president of Transport Workers Union of America (TWU).Born in Offaly, Ireland, he immigrated in 1929. He took a job as a trolley operator in 1933. In 1943, after six years as an unpaid volunteer organizer, he became a full-time organizer for TWU Local 100.He was able to negotiate a 40-hour work week for public and private bus workers.. }
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- Matthew_Guinan comment "Matthew "Mattie" Guinan (October 14, 1910–March 22, 1995) was an American labor organizer, second president of Transport Workers Union of America (TWU).Born in Offaly, Ireland, he immigrated in 1929. He took a job as a trolley operator in 1933. In 1943, after six years as an unpaid volunteer organizer, he became a full-time organizer for TWU Local 100.He was able to negotiate a 40-hour work week for public and private bus workers.".