Homer Martin (labor leader)

Homer Martin (September 16, 1901 in Illinois – January 22, 1968) was an American trade unionist, socialist, and the second president of the United Auto Workers (UAW).

[3] In 1938, after Fred Beal, returned from the Soviet Union was deserted by the Communist-controlled International Labour Defense because of the witness he bore to the Holodomor, Martin joined a non-partisan committee for his defense against recommittal in North Carolina where in 1929 the union organiser had been convicted in a conspiracy trial.

[4] With him on the committee were Thomas Ryun Amlie, Jerry Voorhis, Emily Greene Balch, Dorothy Kenyon and Sara Bard Field.

[6] In what was seen as "a body blow to company-dominated unionism in the auto" industry, in May 1940 Martin was removed by two main groups in the union who subsequently split apart: the Communists and their allies headed by UAW co-founder George Addes, and the Socialists and their allies, headed by Walter Reuther.

[7] In June 1941 he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) that Fascists, assisted by the Italian consul, were interfering in local politics in Detroit.