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Charles I. Krause (December 11, 1911–July 17, 2002) was an American
United States

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 labor union organizer and local executive.

One of the first 1,000 men recruited to join the nascent United Auto Workers
United Auto Workers

The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a trade union which represents workers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....
 (UAW) in 1935 by John L. Lewis
John L. Lewis

John Llewellyn Lewis was an American leader of Labor unions in the United States who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960....
, then-president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
Congress of Industrial Organizations

The Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO, proposed by John L. Lewis in 1932, was a federation of Labor unions in the United States that organized workers in industrial unionism in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955....
 (CIO), Krause participated in the famed sit-down strike
Flint Sit-Down Strike

The 1936-'37 Flint Sit-Down Strike changed the United Automobile Workers from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major union and led to the unionization of the United States automobile industry....
 at a General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
 in 1936. Like many other Americans, Krause served as a clandestine FBI informant on communist activity in the UAW during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, a secret only revealed to his family and other close associates decades later.






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Charles I. Krause (December 11, 1911–July 17, 2002) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 labor union organizer and local executive.

One of the first 1,000 men recruited to join the nascent United Auto Workers
United Auto Workers

The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a trade union which represents workers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....
 (UAW) in 1935 by John L. Lewis
John L. Lewis

John Llewellyn Lewis was an American leader of Labor unions in the United States who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960....
, then-president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
Congress of Industrial Organizations

The Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO, proposed by John L. Lewis in 1932, was a federation of Labor unions in the United States that organized workers in industrial unionism in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955....
 (CIO), Krause participated in the famed sit-down strike
Flint Sit-Down Strike

The 1936-'37 Flint Sit-Down Strike changed the United Automobile Workers from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major union and led to the unionization of the United States automobile industry....
 at a General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
 in 1936. Like many other Americans, Krause served as a clandestine FBI informant on communist activity in the UAW during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, a secret only revealed to his family and other close associates decades later. So influential did he become within the union hierarchy that the Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
 allegedly offered him a position in upper management in exchange for his renunciation of the union, which Krause rejected.

After moving to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

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 with his family in 1946, Krause became active in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 politics, helping to consolidate the union voting bloc that proved vital to the electoral success of Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 politicians throughout the state. He actively lobbied Sacramento
Sacramento, California

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 for worker-friendly legislation, enjoying a particularly strong rapport with Jesse Unruh. He served two separate stints as president of UAW Local 923 located in Pico Rivera, California
Pico Rivera, California

Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 63,428....
 before retiring in 1973. He wrote one of the first accounts of events at Jonestown to be published.

Krause died in 2002 of complications from Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease , also called Alzheimer disease, Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of dementia....
, having spent his final years in relative obscurity.