Alvin Heaps
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Alvin Heaps
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Alvin Eugene Heaps was an American labor union leader. Born in Royalton, Illinois, Heaps moved to Chicago in the 1930s, where he worked in a bakery. He founded a union among workers at the bakery, and after searching for a larger union to affiliate with, he settled on the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. He served in the United States Army infantry during World War II, then after the war returned to organizing workers, notably at the anti-union Montgomery Ward. Heaps was elected as
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American labor union leader (1919–1986)
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