Who was George Holloway?

On this day in 1966, a Tennessee man named George Holloway became the regional president of the United Auto Workers union, marking an incredible achievement for him after decades of fight to make workplaces better for him and people like him. Plus, the local news for August 27, 2025, and this week’s edition of What, Where, Whens-day.

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