Joseph Anthony Dallet Jr. (February 18, 1907 – October 13, 1937) was an American industrial worker, labor and communist organizer.
From a wealthy family, Dallet was involved in the American labor movement early on, taking industrial jobs such as docker or steel mill worker.
[5] He then worked in steel mills in Pennsylvania and Ohio while organizing for the Sheet and Metal Workers Industrial Union.
[2][5] On March 27, Dallet and a group of fellow volunteers were arrested by a French border patrol while trying to enter Spain from France by boat.
[2][5] Dallet's authoritarian leadership style was unpopular with the men serving beneath him, who formed a grievance committee to try and remove him.