Dave Beck | |
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Born | David Daniel Beck June 16, 1894 Stockton, California, U.S. |
Died | December 26, 1993 Seattle, Washington, U.S. | (aged 99)
Occupation | Union leader |
Spouse |
Dorothy Leschander
(m. 1918; died 1961) |
Children | 1[2] |
Parent(s) | Lemuel Beck Mary Tierney |
David Daniel Beck (June 16, 1894 – December 26, 1993) was an American labor leader, and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1952 to 1957. He helped found the "Conference" system of organization in the Teamsters union, and shot to national prominence in 1957 by repeatedly invoking his right against self-incrimination before a United States Senate committee investigating labor racketeering.