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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=Victor V. "Vic" Bussie<br>
| name=Victor V. "Vic" Bussie<br>
(President of Louisiana AFL_CIO from 1956 to 1997)
(President of Louisiana AFL-CIO from 1956 to 1997)
| birth_date=January 27, 1919
| birth_date=January 27, 1919
| birth_place=Montrose community<br>Natchitoches Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| birth_place=Montrose community<br>Natchitoches Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
}}
}}
'''Victor V. Bussie'''(pronounced BEW SEE) ( January 27, 1919 – 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 – 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==