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11 september 1973 silver spring , maryland philadelphia , pennsylvania august 12 , 1911 james barron carey.jpg james b. carey
 james b. carey labor union leader
james b. carey

james barron carey -lrb- august 12 , 1911 -- september 11 , 1973 -rrb- was an american labor union leader ; secretary-treasurer of cio -lrb- 1938 -- 55 -rrb- ; vice-president of afl -- cio -lrb- from 1955 -rrb- ; served as president of united electrical and machine workers -lrb- 1936 -- 41 -rrb- but broke with it because of its communist control .
he was the founder and president -lrb- 1950 -- 65 -rrb- of rival the international union of electrical , radio , and machine workers .
president truman appointed carey to the president 's committee on civil rights in 1946 .
carey was labor representative to the united nations association -lrb- 1965 -- 72 -rrb- .
carey helped influence the cio 's pullout from the wftu and the formation of the icftu dedicated to promoting free trade and democratic unionism worldwide .
