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William H. Sylvis was an American labor pioneer born in Indiana County in 1828. He founded the National Union of Iron Molders in 1859 and served as president of the National Labor Union from 1868 to 1869. Sylvis strove for unity among working men and women regardless of race or nationality, and he died in 1869 as “labor’s champion.”
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