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Israel Breslow (1906 in
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– July 28, 1985 in
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) was a garment worker, local union manager, union staffer, and Vice-President of the
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), whose members were employed in the women's clothing industry, was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membe ...
(ILGWU).


Biography

Israel Breslow was born in the Russian Empire, emigrated to Canada, and settled in New York City where he had a long career with the ILGWU. Breslow was a member of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) was a United States labor union known for its support for "social unionism" and progressive political causes. Led by Sidney Hillman for its first thirty years, it helped found the Congress of Indus ...
from 1922 to 1936 while working in Canada. In 1936, after moving to New York City and beginning work as an operator in the garment industry, Breslow joined Dressmakers Local 22. Breslow served on the local's executive board and as business agent, before eventually being elected manager of Local 22, serving in that role from 1958 to 1975. In 1962, Breslow became a Vice-President of the ILGWU. He retired from the ILGWU in 1975, after which he became president of the Jewish Daily Forward Association. Additionally, Breslow was president of the
Workmen's Circle The Workers Circle or Der Arbeter Ring ( yi, דער אַרבעטער־רינג), formerly The Workmen's Circle, is an American Jewish nonprofit organization that promotes social and economic justice, Jewish community and education, including Yiddi ...
from 1958 to 1962, and again from 1966 to 1970. He died in New York City, at the age of 79.


Sources

ILGWU. Communications Department biography files. 5780/177. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
"Israel Breslow, Labor Leader Who Led Jewish Organization." ''The New York Times''. 31 Jul. 1985.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Breslow, Israel Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Canada Canadian emigrants to the United States American trade union leaders International Ladies Garment Workers Union leaders 1906 births 1985 deaths