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Sigurd Lucassen (July 11, 1927 – March 23, 2001)〔Brown, "Carpenters' Leader Sigurd Lucassen, 73," ''Newark Star-Ledger,'' March 26, 2001.〕 was a carpenter and an American labor leader. He was president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America from February 1988 to 1995. ==Early life== Lucassen was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Erling and Clara Lucassen in 1927. His parents were both Norwegian immigrants. His father was a unionized carpenter, and his mother a unionized garment worker. Lucassen was rarely called by his full first name, and most people referred to him as "Sig" or "Siggy."〔 When the Great Depression began in 1929, the Lucassens moved about 40 miles south to Long Branch, New Jersey, a small beach town on the New Jersey coast. Although his father often was out of work, his mother (a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union) continued to hold a full-time job and support Sigurd, his father and his brothers.〔 Lucassen went to work stacking fish in an ice house when he was nine years old. Despite having to work, he continued to attend school. He played football at Long Branch High School, where he received good grades and graduated in 1946.〔 Lucassen went to work as a nonunion carpenter after high school in order to gain skill as a carpenter. A year later, in 1947, he married Audrey West—a girl he had known since elementary school. The couple had two children (a son and a daughter).〔 In 1952, Lucassen joined Local 2250 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. He became a committed unionist, and was elected business representative of his local in 1960. He became known as a skilled negotiator.〔 Lucassen was eventually elected president of his local, and was elected to several positions in the Carpenters' state organization.〔 Convinced that apprenticeship and training programs were important to growing the union as well as providing skilled labor for economic growth and development, Lucassen co-founded and helped raise funds for the New Jersey Alliance for Action, a labor-management development coalition which sponsored apprentice and journeyman programs.〔 Lucassen was appointed a vice president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters in the 1970s. He moved to northern Virginia and worked out of the union's headquarters in Washington, D.C.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sigurd Lucassen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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