Labor Day Special: The Most Bizarre Facts About Union History
8. A Labor Agreement Inspired By A Spiritual Awakening
In the late 1940s, the Air Line Pilots Association and the National Airlines were having difficultly reaching a labor agreement. That was until airline executive Ted Baker had a spiritual awakening at a religious retreat. According to the book, “On the Ground,” by Liesl Miller Orenic, Baker came back from the retreat asking pilots for forgiveness and blaming the dispute on the “power of Satan.”
9. Providing Good Will To Himself
In the 1950s, Chicago-based union leader Angelo Inciso was called before the U.S. Senate for questionable use of union funds. He spent $1,200 for a men’s diamond ring and used funds for an overseas “goodwill tour.” As stated by the Chicago Tribune, when senators asked “To whom were you spreading goodwill?” Inciso answer, “myself.”
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