Edward J. McGivern
American labor union leader
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Edward J. McGivern (November 29, 1871 – April 6, 1929) was an American labor union leader.
Born in Boston, McGivern attended grammar school. In 1889, he became a plasterer, and he soon joined the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association. In 1908, he was elected as a business agent of his local union. He soon won election as vice-president of the union, then in 1912 became the union's president.[1]
McGivern suffered from rheumatism for many years. In 1929, he attended the conference of the Workers' Education Bureau of America, during which he died suddenly.[2]