{{Short description|Polish-born trade unionist (1931–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata=ALL}}
'''Dan Gallin''' (26 April 1931 – 31 May 2025) was a Polish-born labour activist and trade unionist. He served as Secretary General of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) from 1968 to 1997.<ref name="wiego-memoria"/> In 1997 he founded the Global Labour Institute.
== Biography == Gallin was born in Lvov, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine) on 26 April 1931,<ref name="iuf-memoria">{{citation|title=In Memoriam: Dan Gallin 1931–2025| url=https://www.iuf.org/es/news/in-memoria-dan-gallin-1931-2025/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=On the History and Policy of the IUF |url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bibliothek/01655.pdf |website=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |access-date=1 August 2025 |pages=35}}</ref> to Ana Kuharczik and Trajan Gallin, a Romanian diplomat.<ref name="Guardian" />
His father was later posted in Germany, and sent him to Switzerland for safety in 1943. He graduated with a baccalauréat from Ecole Lemania in Lausanne in 1949. He studied at University of Kansas, and obtained a master of sociology at University of Geneva.<ref name="Guardian" />
He joined the IUF in 1960, and became its general secretary in 1968. While at IUF, he expanded membership to organizations worldwide to prevent strikebreaking by utilizing foreign workers. Notably, he supported the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in securing the 1996 Home Work Convention.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Gallin: A lifelong fighter for workers and a hero for SEWA – Self Employed Women's Association |url=https://www.sewa.org/news/dan-gallin-a-friend-mentor-and-believer-of-informal-economy-forever/ |access-date=2025-09-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> He was known for his mentoring, and was elected and re-elected president of the International Federation of Workers' Education Associations (IFWEA) from 1991 to 2003.<ref>{{Citation |title=2. “Dignity Overdue”: Tracing a Movement |date=2020-12-31 |work=Domestic Workers of the World Unite! |pages=17–50 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.18574/nyu/9781479848676.003.0002/html |access-date=2025-09-21 |publisher=New York University Press |doi=10.18574/nyu/9781479848676.003.0002 |isbn=978-1-4798-2744-2|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-05 |title=IFWEA President Dan Gallin 1991 – 2003 RIP - IFWEA |url=https://ifwea.org/solidarity-hub/ifwea-global-knowledge-community-news/ifwea-president-dan-gallin-1991-2003-rip/ |access-date=2025-09-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> He became the first director of WIEGO’s Organization and Representation Programme in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WIEGO |title=Remembering Dan Gallin, a Visionary Trade Unionist and Friend to Workers Everywhere |url=https://www.wiego.org/news/remembering-dan-gallin/ |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=WIEGO |language=en}}</ref>
He died on 31 May 2025, at the age of 94.<ref name="wiego-memoria">{{citation|title=Remembering Dan Gallin, a Visionary Trade Unionist and Friend to Workers Everywhere|url=https://www.wiego.org/news/remembering-dan-gallin/}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Haag-Gallin |first1=Laura |title=Dan Gallin obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/dan-gallin-obituary |access-date=1 August 2025 |publisher=The Guardian |date=31 July 2025}}</ref>
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