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Name:    Raftery, Lawrence
Profession:  Other
Category:  Human and Social Services
Died/Ended:    1983
Description:    Lawrence Raftery was local labor leader who eventually became president of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of U.S. and Canada. A graduate of Christian Brothers College School of Art and Interior Decorating, he joined the St. Louis Local 115 of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America in 1913. In the 1920s he rose through the ranks of local leadership. With the merger of the AFL and the CIO in 1953, Raftery became a vice president and member of the Executive Council of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. In 1957 he was elected president of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of U.S. and Canada. He served as president until 1965. He was also active in the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Church and the Democratic Party in St. Louis.



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