The Master of Seventh Avenue – David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement

The Master of Seventh AvenueDavid Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement\nAuthor(s): Robert D. Parmet\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814770368, 978-0814770368\nSynopsis\nThe Master of Seventh Avenue is the definitive biography of David Dubinsky [tel], one of the most controversial and influential labor leaders in 20th-century America. A \""character\"" in the truest sense of the word, Dubinsky was both revered and reviled, but never dull, conformist, or bound by convention. A Jewish labor radical, Dubinsky fled czarist Poland in 1910 and began his career as a garment worker and union agitator in New York City. He quickly rose through the ranks of the International Ladies' Garment Workers'Union (ILGWU) and became its president in 1932. Dubinsky led the ILGWU for thirty-four years, where he championed \""social unionism,\"" which offered workers benefits ranging from health care to housing. Moving .