3 Quotes & Sayings By Sidney Hillman

Sidney Hillman was born in 1889 in New York, but his family soon moved to Philadelphia, where he grew up. He worked in several jobs before becoming a union organizer with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers in 1912. He was elected president of this union in 1917 and led the negotiations that brought the United Garment Workers into the AFL in 1918. Hillman became secretary-treasurer of the AFL in 1924 and president in 1928, serving in both positions until 1942 Read more