Morton Bahr (July 18, 1926 – July 30, 2019) was an American labor union leader. He served as the president of the

Communications Workers of America The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States, representing about 700,000 members in both the private and public sectors (also in Canada and Puerto Rico). The union has 27 loc ...

from 1985 to 2005, and as the president of the Jewish Labor Committee from 1999 to 2001. He served on the

AFL–CIO The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of 61 national and international unions, together r ...

executive council. Bahr was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and enrolled in

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...

at age 16, playing varsity baseball. He left before he graduated to enlist in the Merchant Marines during WWII.

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* 1926 births 2019 deaths Communications Workers of America people Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Washington, D.C. Activists from Brooklyn Brooklyn College alumni American trade union leaders Trade unionists from New York (state) Jewish American trade unionists 21st-century American Jews Vice presidents of the AFL-CIO {{Trade-unionist-bio-stub