Gus Tyler

Gus Tyler
Gus Tyler in 1936
Born
Augustus Tilove

(1911-10-18)October 18, 1911
DiedJune 3, 2011(2011-06-03) (aged 99)
Alma materNew York University
Occupation(s)Activist, labor unionist, author, newspaper columnist
EmployerInternational Ladies Garment Workers Union

August Tyler (1911-2011) was an American socialist activist of the 1930s, a labor union official, author, and newspaper columnist. Tyler is best remembered as a leading American labor intellectual of the post-World War II era and as the author of a history of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.