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Sidney Hillman 1887–1946 Am. labor leader

Sidney Hillman (1887–1946)

From The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame
C redit : Associated Press Sidney Hillman, a longtime leader of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), believed that the labor movement should embrace the cultural, intellectual, and family concerns of its members as well as their bread-and-butter economic needs—a vision called "social unionism." From the 1920s through the 1950s, ACWA members and their families could live in union-sponsored apartments and be treated in union-sponsored health clinics. They could get loans from the union-sponsored Amalgamated Bank (opened in 1923), and they could obtain life insurance from the union, too. Union members participated in union-sponsored sports leagues (including women’s softball) and took vacations at a retreat owned and run by the union. The union sponsored choral groups, put on plays and musicals, organized concerts of both classical and popular music, and sponsored classes and workshops on economics, politics, and history for its members. Retired garment workers could relax…
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From The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame
Sidney Hillman (1887–1946)
C redit : Associated Press Sidney Hillman, a longtime leader of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), believed that the labor movement should embrace the cultural, intellectual, and family concerns of its members as well as their bread-and-butter economic needs—a vision called "social…
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Full text Article Hillman, Sidney (1887–1946),

From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History
one of the most important American labor leaders of the twentieth century. As president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACW), Sidney Hillman pioneered the so-called new unionism of the Progressive Era, cofounded the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), served as labor's key…
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Full text Article Hillman, Sidney

From American Biographies: American Social Leaders and Activists
(b. 1887–d. 1946) labor leader A labor pragmatist, Sidney Hillman was president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) and a founder of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). He was born on March 23, 1887, in Zagare, Lithuania, to Samuel Hillman and Judith Paiken Hillman. …
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Full text Article Hillman, Sidney

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born March 23, 1887, Žagarė, Lith.—died July 10, 1946, Point Lookout, N.Y., U.S.) Lithuanian-born U.S. labour leader. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1907, became a garment worker, and was elected president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1914. Under his leadership the union greatly…
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From The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame
I consulted hundreds of books and hundreds of articles in researching and writing the profiles of the 100 greatest Americans in this book. This bibliography includes books by and about these people. This list is provided as a starting point for readers who want to learn more about these fascinating…
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Full text Article Hillman, Sidney

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1887–1946, American labor leader, b. Lithuania. He emigrated to the United States in 1907. Beginning as a garment worker, he became a union leader after his key participation in a successful clothing workers' strike (1910) in Chicago. In 1914 he began his long tenure as president of the Amalgamated…
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Full text Article Lithuanian Americans

From Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
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Lithuanian Americans are immigrants or descendants of people from Lithuania, a country in northeastern Europe. Lithuania is the most southern of the Baltic states, bordered by the Baltic Sea on the east, by Poland and Kaliningrad (Russian Federation) in the southwest, Belarus in the east, and Latvia…
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Full text Article Labor Movements

From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History
Protective organizations appeared among working people as early as the 1750s, well before the Industrial Revolution in the United States. Craft guilds provided artisans some insulation against the vagaries of an emerging market system through regulation of apprenticeship and admission to the trade. …
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Full text Article International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union and Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History
The apparel industry has long been a central battleground in labor history. Of the many unions that have attempted to organize apparel workers in the United States, the two most influential were the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America…
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