Word of Welcome to the General Welfare Pageant
Jack Kroll presents a pageant titled For the General Welfare or Operation Bootstrap detailing the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and employers in Cincinnati. It highlights decades of peaceful relations, collective bargaining gains, and community service, while honoring past builders of the union.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Cincinnati
Globe Tailoring Company
Amalgamated Clothing
Free
America
Amalgamated 40 Years of Progress Highlight Cincinnati Joint Board
Potofsky recalls four decades of growth for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, praising the Cincinnati Joint Board and inaugural leadership, especially Jack Kroll, for pioneering improvements from sweatshops to security and expanding labor's legislative voice alongside Sidney Hillman.
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Henry Seibert
Walter T. Grainger
Jack Kroll
Marco Meccia
Henry Schroder
Emma Ferrari
Joseph Lepate
Joseph Eisen
Henry Eilers
O. H. Schneider
Potofsky
Cincinnati Joint Board
Sidney Hillman
Labor
Rosenblum’s Greetings from Cincinnati Workers
The Cincinnati clothing workers helped build the union through struggle and triumph, moving from poverty to dignity and security. The Cincinnati Joint Board and its loyal leadership are credited with guiding the Amalgamated spirit that has driven the organization since its start.
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Cincinnati Clothing Workers
Cincinnati Joint Board
Teas Amalgamated
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Ourindustry
Amalgamated
Charles Goetz
Angelo Milano
ACWA
Jimmy Hunt
Amelgemeier
Jacob S. Potofsky
Rosenblum
Frank Rosenblum
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