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'''Victor V. Bussie''' (pronounced BEW SEE) (January 27, 1919 &ndash;  September 4, 2011)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=victor-bussie&pid=153511546|title=Victor Bussie obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=September 8, 2011}}</ref> was until his retirement in 1997 the 41-year unopposed president of the [[Louisiana]] AFL-CIO, having first assumed the mantle of union leadership in 1956. Journalists often described him as the most significant non-elected "official" in his state's politics. Bussie's influence with governors and state legislators became so great in the 1970s that a trade association known as the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry was established as a counterbalance to the AFL-CIO. LABI won a huge victory in 1976 with the passage of the state's still-standing [[Right-to-work laws|right-to-work law]].​

'''Victor V. Bussie''' (pronounced BEW SEE) (January 27, 1919 &ndash;  September 4, 2011)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=victor-bussie&pid=153511546|title=Victor Bussie obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=September 8, 2011}}</ref> was until his retirement in 1997 the 41-year unopposed president of the [[Louisiana]] [[AFL-CIO]], having first assumed the mantle of union leadership in 1956. Journalists often described him as the most significant non-elected "official" in his state's politics. Bussie's influence with governors and state legislators became so great in the 1970s that a trade association known as the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry was established as a counterbalance to the AFL-CIO. LABI won a huge victory in 1976 with the passage of the state's still-standing [[Right-to-work laws|right-to-work law]].​

==Defender of the Longs==

==Defender of the Longs==