Alvin Eugene Heaps (December 4, 1919[1] – September 5, 1986) was an American labor union leader.
Born in Royalton, Illinois, Heaps moved to Chicago in the 1930s, where he worked in a bakery.
He served in the United States Army infantry during World War II, then after the war returned to organizing workers, notably at the anti-union Montgomery Ward.
[2][3] Heaps was elected as secretary-treasurer of the international union in 1948, in which role he was noted for his support of the civil rights movement, and also of the Israeli labor movement.
In 1976, he was elected as president of the union, and shortly afterwards, as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO.