Boyd E. Payton
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Boyd E. Payton
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Boyd Ellsworth Payton, was a labor organizer born in Bobbin, West Virginia. He eventually began work at the Chemical Division of the Celanese Corporation of American plant. During his time there he established the Celanese Benefit Club to help employees in need of financial assistance. In 1936 he helped start the Celabese Local No. 1874 of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). Payton became the chapters president and advocated the hiring of black workers to compensate for the labor shorta
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