Forty Gavels
de Carl Soderstrom, Robert Soderstrom, Chris Stevens, Andrew Burt
Biography of the American Labor Movement's longest-serving leader, Reuben G. Soderstrom. As president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor and the Illinois AFL-CIO from 1930-1970, Soderstrom led one of the nation's largest labor organizations through the most challenging and impactful events of the twentieth century.