About: Matthew Guinan

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Matthew "Ted" Guinan (October 14, 1910 – March 22, 1995) was an Irish labor organizer who served as the second president of Transport Workers Union of America (TWU). Born in County Offaly, Ireland, he immigrated in 1929. He took a job as a trolley operator in 1933. In 1943, after six years as an unpaid volunteer organizer, he became a full-time organizer for TWU Local 100. He was able to negotiate a 40-hour work week for public and private bus workers. He became International Executive Vice President in 1952 and International Secretary Treasurer in 1956, and was re-elected in 1961 and 1965.

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  • Matthew "Ted" Guinan (October 14, 1910 – March 22, 1995) was an Irish labor organizer who served as the second president of Transport Workers Union of America (TWU). Born in County Offaly, Ireland, he immigrated in 1929. He took a job as a trolley operator in 1933. In 1943, after six years as an unpaid volunteer organizer, he became a full-time organizer for TWU Local 100. He was able to negotiate a 40-hour work week for public and private bus workers. He became International Executive Vice President in 1952 and International Secretary Treasurer in 1956, and was re-elected in 1961 and 1965. Following a bitter New York City transit strike (for which Guinan and other leaders spent nine days in jail after refusing to call it off), President Mike Quill died at age 60, and Guinan succeeded his longtime friend. Guinan held the post of International President until his retirement on May 1, 1979. (en)
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  • Matthew "Ted" Guinan (October 14, 1910 – March 22, 1995) was an Irish labor organizer who served as the second president of Transport Workers Union of America (TWU). Born in County Offaly, Ireland, he immigrated in 1929. He took a job as a trolley operator in 1933. In 1943, after six years as an unpaid volunteer organizer, he became a full-time organizer for TWU Local 100. He was able to negotiate a 40-hour work week for public and private bus workers. He became International Executive Vice President in 1952 and International Secretary Treasurer in 1956, and was re-elected in 1961 and 1965. (en)
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  • Matthew Guinan (en)
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