John Francis Henning was a U S labor leader, civil servant, and a former U S Ambassador to New Zealand and Under Secretary of Labor .
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11 Facts About Jack Henning
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John Francis Jack Henning was born in San Francisco, California, in November 1915 to lower middle-class Irish American parents.
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Jack Henning's paternal grandfather, Thomas Henning, was born in Rathfriland, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Jack Henning's father was a plumber and charter member of the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters, and Steam Fitters' Helpers of the United States and Canada who lost his job during the anti-union drives after World War I for his work with the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists.
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Jack Henning was active in the Knights of the Red Branch, an Irish Catholic fraternal organization, in the 1940s, and a strong supporter of the Irish republicanism, the Irish Northern Aid Committee, and the Irish American Unity Conference.
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Jack Henning co-founded the Irish Literary and Historical Society in the 1945.
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From 1959 to 1962, Jack Henning was Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations.
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Jack Henning was a close friend and ally of labor leader Cesar Chavez, and helped the United Farm Workers win passaged of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act.
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Jack Henning served on the San Francisco Public Welfare Commission, San Francisco Fair Employment Practices Commission, and San Francisco Board of Permit Appeals.
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Jack Henning received honorary doctorates from Saint Anselm College, St Bonaventure University, and St Mary's College of California.
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