Richard Ignatius Kilroy (July 31, 1927 – February 10, 2007) was an American labor union leader.
Kilroy served in the United States Army from 1945 to 1949, then became a block operator on the Pennsylvania Railroad. He joined the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, and rose to become the union's general chairman. In 1969, the union merged into the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks (BRAC), with Kilroy becoming a divisional vice president. He was later elected as international vice president, and then in 1981 was unanimously elected as president.[1]
Kilroy also served as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO, and as president of the Railway Labor Executives' Association.[1] In 1990, he was elected as the founding president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL–CIO.[2] However, he was defeated for re-election as president of BRAC in 1991, and as a result, he resigned from his other union posts.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Former TCU International President Kilroy dies". Progressive Railroading. February 23, 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Abramson, Howard S. "AFL-CIO Creates Transport Trades Unit." Journal of Commerce. November 17, 1989.
- ^ Brown, Geoffrey H. "Rail Labor Union Chief Defeated In Election." Journal of Commerce. July 19, 1991.