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William Julian Usery, dit Willie Julian Usery, Jr., né le 21 décembre 1923 à Hardwick ( Géorgie) et mort le 10 décembre 2016 à Greensboro (Géorgie) 1, est un responsable syndical et homme politique américain.
Willie Julian Usery, Jr., was born on December 21, 1923, in Hardwick, Georgia, and attended Georgia Military College and Mercer University (1938-1941) before serving in the United States Navy (1943-1946).Following World War II, he joined Armstrong Cork Company as a maintenance mechanic from 1949 to 1955, and became grand lodge representative of ...
William Julian Usery Jr. (/ ˈ ʌ s ər iː / US-ər-ee; [1] December 21, 1923 – December 10, 2016) was an American labor union activist and government appointee who served as United States secretary of labor in the Ford administration.
15 déc. 2016 · Willie Julian Usery Jr. — his surname was pronounced US-er-ee — was born in Hardwick, Ga., on Dec. 21, 1923. His parents worked at a state hospital, his father as a postal clerk and his mother ...
- Early Life and Career
- Nixon and Ford Administrations
- Consulting and Mediation Work
Willie Julian Usery Jr. was born on December 21, 1923, in Hardwick (Baldwin County). He attended Georgia Military Collegeand Mercer University. From 1943 to 1946, he served aboard the Tutuilain the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet. In 1948 Usery began working for the Armstrong Cork Company in Maconas a maintenance machinist and remained there until 1956. ...
In 1969 U.S. president Richard Nixon appointed Usery as the assistant secretary of labor for labor-management relations. In 1970 Usery helped to resolve a postal strike by persuading Nixon to name a blue ribbon commission that was acceptable to both parties. From this commission grew the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, which officially created t...
After his term was over, Usery founded Bill Usery Associates Incorporated, a Washington-based firm specializing in promoting cooperative labor-management relations and innovative human resource strategies. Usery facilitated the negotiations between General Motors Corporation (GM) and Toyota Motor Corporation that established the New United Motor Ma...
Born in Hardwick, Georgia, December 21, 1923, Willie Julian Usery, Jr. has been known as "W. J. Usery," but universally as "Bill" throughout his life. Educated at Georgia Military College (1938-1941) in Milledgeville, Usery worked as a machinist at naval shipyards in Brunswick, Georgia, and later as a Navy enlisted (1943-1946) underwater welder ...
William Julian Usery, dit Willie Julian Usery, Jr., né le 21 décembre 1923 à Hardwick et mort le 10 décembre 2016 à Greensboro (Géorgie) [1], est un responsable syndical et homme politique américain.
