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William Julian Usery Jr. (/ ˈ ʌ s ər iː / US-ər-ee; December 21, 1923 – December 10, 2016) was an American labor union activist and government appointee who served as United States secretary of labor in the Ford administration.
May 29, 2019 · In the mid-1990s, Usery's vision of labor-management cooperation found a home in the W.J. Usery, Jr., Center for the Workplace at Georgia State University, an entity with wide programmatic aims in collective bargaining, workplace productivity, and dispute resolution serving company and union leaders.
Dec 15, 2016 · Bill Usery, an indefatigable and gregarious negotiator who helped avert or settle strikes by railway and postal workers, coal miners and football players as a federal mediator and as the...
May 20, 2005 · W. J. “Bill” Usery Jr. became the first Georgian to serve as secretary of labor when U.S. president Gerald Ford appointed him to that position in 1976. During his illustrious career, Usery received five appointments, by both Democratic and Republican presidents, to serve the national interest in resolving labor-management disputes.
Dec 15, 2016 · W.J. “Bill” Usery Jr., a onetime factory worker and union activist who became a widely respected labor-management troubleshooter, serving as President Gerald Ford’s secretary of labor,...
Willie Julian Usery, Jr., was born on December 21, 1923, in Hardwick, Georgia, and attended Georgia Military College and Mercer University (1938-1941) before serving in the United States Navy (1943-1946).Following World War II, he joined Armstrong Cork Company as a maintenance mechanic from 1949 to 1955, and became grand lodge representative of ...
Willie Julian Usery, Jr. (December 21, 1923 – December 10, 2016) was an American labor union activist and U.S. government politician. He served as United States Secretary of Labor in the Ford administration from 1976 until 1977.
