James B. Carey

Who is James B. Carey?

James Barron Carey was an American labor union leader; secretary-treasurer of CIO; vice-president of AFL–CIO; served as president of United Electrical and Machine Workers but broke with it because of its Communist con trol. He was the founder and president of rival the International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers. President Truman appointed Carey to the President's Committee on Civil Rights in 1946. Carey was labor representative to the United Nations Association. Carey helped influence the CIO’s pullout from the WFTU and the formation of the ICFTU dedicated to promoting free trade and democratic unionism worldwide.