Addie Wyatt
Addie L. Wyatt
CBTU
The original 1972 leaders of Coalition of Black Trade Unionists included Addie Wyatt, UFCW [1].
Supporting Harold Washington
Several Black labor leaders were important allies for Harold Washington in the run up to his 1983 election as Mayor of Chicago..
One was Charles Hayes, vice president of the United Packinghouse Workers Union , who won Washington’s Congressional seat after Washington was elected mayor.
Other important allies included Addie Wyatt, who was vice president of the Packinghouse Workers and Jim Wright, who was the first Black director of United Auto Workers Region 4. Jackie Vaughn, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union was also instrumental in Washington’s administration. All were leading members of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists[2].