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Labor organizer Van Amberg Bittner (March 20, 1885-July 19, 1949) was one of the United Mine Workers of America's most durable infighters for nearly 40 years beginning in 1911. A John L. Lewis loyalist, Bittner began his UMWA career as a local pre...
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