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Anthony Mazzocchi (June 13, 1926 – October 5, 2002) was an American labor leader. He was a high elected official of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW), serving as vice president from 1977 to 1988, and as secretary-treasurer from 1988 to 1991.〔Greenhouse, "Anthony Mazzocchi, 76, Dies," ''New York Times,'' October 9, 2002.〕 He was credited by President Richard Nixon as being the primary force behind enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, was a mentor to Karen Silkwood, a union activist in Oklahoma; and a co-founder of the Labor Party.〔〔Greenhouse, "Facing Death, Founder Fights for Labor Party's Life," ''New York Times,'' August 25, 2002.〕〔Leopold, ''The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi,'' 2007.〕〔Moberg, "Remembering Mazzocchi," ''In These Times,'' January 28, 2008.〕〔Woo, "Tony Mazzocchi, 76; Workplace Safety Advocate, Political Activist," ''Los Angeles Times,'' October 8, 2002.〕 For his efforts, he was called the "Rachel Carson of the American workplace."〔Early, "A Working-Class Hero Is Something To Be," ''Solidarity,'' March/April 2008.〕 ==Early life== Anthony Mazzocchi was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, on June 13, 1926, to Joseph and Angelina (Lamardo) Mazzocchi. His father was a garment worker and union member.〔〔 The family was very poor, and Mazzocchi slept in the same bed with two of his siblings. His mother died of cancer when Mazzocchi was six years old, and the family lost their home because of the cost of medical care.〔〔〔 His future politics were shaped at an early age. His two sisters and a closeted gay uncle were all communists.〔 In 1949, Mazzocchi supported Vito Marcantonio in his bid to become Mayor of New York City. Both factors played a major role in influencing Mazzocchi's radically progressive political views.〔 Mazzocchi dropped out of high school in the ninth grade when he was 16 years old.〔 Lying about his age, he enlisted in the United States Army, and fought in Europe during World War II as an anti-aircraft gunner. He saw combat in three major campaigns, most notably the Battle of the Bulge, and helped liberate Buchenwald concentration camp.〔〔Hightower, "Going Down the Road: Tony Mazzocchi, 'Labor Guy'," ''The Nation,'' October 28, 2002.〕 After his discharge in 1946, Mazzocchi got a job as an autoworker for Ford Motor Company in Edgewater, New Jersey.〔Isaac, "A Union View of Worker Safety," ''Multinational Monitor,'' October 1997.〕 Having read extensively while in the Army, he went back to school and graduated from vocational-technical school while working as a construction worker and steelworker in Brooklyn.〔〔 In 1950, he took a job at a Helena Rubenstein cosmetics factory in Roslyn, New York.〔〔 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「Tony Mazzocchi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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