Muriel "Manny" Tuteur | |
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 1984 CLUW Convention, Chicago | |
| Born | Muriel Friedman May 17, 1922 |
| Died | February 3, 2016 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Manny Tuteur, Muriel Friedman Tuteur |
| Occupation(s) | Labor organizer, child care and women's rights activist |
| Years active | 1943-2001 |
| Known for | directing the first union-sponsored child care center in the US and co-founding the Chicago chapter of the CLUW |
Muriel "Manny" Tuteur (1922-2016) was an American labor activist who was a charter member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and a founding member of the Chicago Day Care Council. She was the director of the Amalgamated Day Care and Health Center from 1969 to 1983, the first union-sponsored day care center in the United States. During this time, she was one of the founders of the Chicago branch of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and served as its president from 1978 to 1982. From 1983 to 1994 she served as the Assistant Director of Education and Political Action for the Chicago branch of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU). When ACTWU merged with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) to form Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), Tuteur served as the Assistant Education Director for the Chicago and Central States Board until her retirement. She received many awards and honors during her career, including the Hannah G. Solomon Award from the National Council of Jewish Women in 1988, and was an inductee into the Chicago Women's Hall of Fame in 1989.