Luigi Antonini (September 11, 1883 – December 30, 1968) was an

Italian-American Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan areas, ...

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

leader and

anti-fascist Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers wer ...

organizer. He was the first 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 memb ...

, and organizer of the Italian-American Labor Council (IALC). He was one of the first to organize the Italian-American anti-fascist movement. Antonini joined the Anti-Fascist Alliance of North America in 1923. The group revolved around a newspaper published in New York, ''

Il Nuovo Mondo ''Il Nuovo Mondo'' was an Italian language anti-Fascist daily newspaper which was published in New York City and then, in Chicago between 1926 and 1931. The paper was the first anti-Fascist daily published abroad by the Italians. History and pro ...

''.

References

Notes Bibliography * *Salvatore J. LaGumina, "Luigi Antonini." In ''The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia'', ed. S.J. LaGumina, et al. (New York: Garland, 2000), 19–20.

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Luigi Antonini Papers
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Center for Migration Studies of New York

Luigi Antonini Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Antonini, Luigi 1883 births 1968 deaths People from the Province of Avellino American trade union leaders International Ladies Garment Workers Union leaders Italian emigrants to the United States American trade unionists of Italian descent

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