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William McFetridge
William Lane McFetridge (November 28, 1893〔Fink, ''Biographical Dictionary of American Labor,'' 1984.〕 – March 15, 1969) was an American labor leader and president of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), the precursor to the Service Employees International Union, from 1940 to 1960.
==Early life and union career==
McFetridge was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William F. and Wilhelmina (Quesse) McFetridge. He had a younger sister named Dorothy. He attended public school until he was 13 years old, when he quit to became an office boy and then clerk for the Milwaukee Road railway line. McFetridge was a nephew of William Quesse, the BSEIU's founding president. In time, attending night classes, he graduated from high school and earned a law degree.〔〔"W. L. M'Fetridge, Labor Leader, 75," ''The New York Times,'' March 17, 1969.〕
As a young man, McFetridge was hired by his uncle as an investigator with the Flat Janitors Local 1 in Chicago. He was elected local president in 1923, and in 1927 was elected Third Vice President of BSEIU. He rose to First Vice President in 1930.〔
When BSEIU president Jerry Horan died in April 1937, McFetridge was the most senior local union president and widely considered a front-runner for the presidency. But Thomas Burke, another Chicago local union president, had the backing of the Chicago mob. McFetridge's candidacy threatened to split the union, as several BSEIU board members were aware of Burke's extensive and close ties to organized crime. George Scalise, president of a small BSEIU local of window washers in New York City and the international's representative on the East Coast, emerged as a compromise candidate. Scalise's mob ties were strong but not as public, and he had the backing of New York City mobster Anthony Carfano. Hesitant BSEIU executive board members elected Scalise after being intimidated and coerced by members of the Nitti gang.〔Witwer, "The Scandal of George Scalise: A Case Study in the Rise of Labor Racketeering in the 1930s," ''Journal of Social History,'' Summer 2003.〕〔"Law Rips Mask Off Terrorists Posing As Labor," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' April 28, 1940; Dwyer and Hartmann, "How Murderers Rode to Rule in Elevator Union," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' March 23, 1943; "Scalise Hired to Loot Union, State Charges," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' September 13, 1940; Doherty, "State Gets Tale of Romano Link With Nitti Gang," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' September 12, 1940.〕
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