Jewish influences in American life : $b volume III of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a third selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn IndependentFord, Henry
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Jewish influences in American life : $b volume III of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a third selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent
Ford, Henry
Antisemitic literature; Jews -- United States; United States -- Ethnic relations
Amalgamated Ladies’ Garment Cutters’ Union.
Bonnaz, Singer and Hand Embroiderers’ Union.
Buttonhole Makers and Button Sewers Union.
Children’s Cloak and Reefer Workers’ Union.
Cloak and Suit Tailors’ Union.
Cloak and Suit Piece Tailors and Sample Makers’ Union.
Cloak Examiners, Squarers and Bushelers’ Union.
Cloak Makers’ Union.
Cloak Operators’ Union.
Cloak, Skirt and Dress Pressers’ Union.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Cloak Operators’ Union.
Ladies’ Tailors Alteration & Special Order Union.
Ladies’ Waist and Dressmakers’ Union.
Skirt and Cloth Dressmakers’ Union.
Waterproof Garment Workers’ Union.
White Goods Workers’ Union.
Wrapper, Kimono, House Dress and Bath Robe Makers’ Union.
These unions comprise the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.
The reader will have an idea, after reading these lists, that the
employes represented in these unions are women. The majority are men. It
may require something of an effort to remember that, but it is
essential. These organizations control an essential business which
_before the war_ produced over One Billion Dollars’ worth of goods a
year, and since the war has probably received for its products each year
the amount of a big fat Liberty Loan; and these unions have received 30
to 40 per cent of that for wages and propaganda funds.
_Now, let it be said at once that these Jewish unions are not to be
confused with the regular Labor Union Movement, as we know it in the
United States._
They are not Jews who have gone into the American trades unions. They
have started unions of their own which are Jewish in membership, control
and purpose. It is true, of course, that the regular trades union
movement which heads up in the American Federation of Labor is under the
presidency of a Jew, Samuel Gompers, but the membership is mixed, the
large majority being non-Jews, and the purpose is not racial.
These Jewish unions comprise a body by themselves and are to be reckoned
with, not only as labor union groups, but as racial and political groups
whose purposes can be determined by the character and utterances of
their leaders, as well as by the actions authorized and approved by the
unions themselves.
Now, _this Hebrew union movement is a part of the New York Kehillah._
Jewish leaders have sought to counteract THE DEARBORN INDEPENDENT’s
account of Kehillah activities by saying that the Kehillah is such a
little weak thing. Admittedly, however, the Jewish clothing trust and
the Jewish garment workers’ unions are among the biggest and most
powerful aggregations in the country. Not even a Jewish leader would
have the temerity to deny that. Well, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union are
affiliated with the Kehillah.
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