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Jerome WurfJerome (Jerry) Wurf (May 8, 1919 – December 10, 1981) was a U.S. labor leader and President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees from 1964 to 1981. Wurf began as an organizer for the hotel workers union in New York City. He went to work for AFSCME in 1947, then rose through the ranks of New York's District Council 37, becoming President of AFSCME as the head of a group of "Young Turks" committed to changing the organization into an effective union. AFSCME grew rapidly under his leadership through energetic organizing and agressive bargaining on behalf of its members. Wurf, Jerome Wurf, Jerome
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