Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Further Readings -- The Jewish Unions in America: Pages of History and Memories -- The First Jewish Immigrants in the United States -- How the Jewish Immigrants of the 1880s Earned a Living -- The First Jewish Workers in the American Trade Unions -- The First "Radicals" among the Jewish Immigrants of the 1880s and the Beginning of the Jewish Labor Movement in America -- The Strange Case of Comrade Wolf -- Hymie "the American" -- The First Jewish Theater Choristers' Union -- The Jewish Actors' Union -- The Yiddish Varieties -- The Jewish Typesetters' Union -- The Founding of the United Hebrew Trades of New York -- How We Organized Strikes -- The Panic of 1893 and the First Splits within the Jewish Labor Movement -- The Schism in the Socialist Labor Party -- The First Years of the Jewish Labor Movement in Philadelphia -- The Beginning of the Jewish Labor Movement in Chicago -- The Unions of the Cap and Millinery Trade -- The Millinery Trade and the Union -- The History of the Tailors in the Men's Clothing Industry -- The Struggle of the Tailors' Union Against the Plague of the "Open Shops" -- The Custom Tailors' Union -- The Story of the Knee-Pants Makers' Union -- The Union of the Children's Jacket Makers -- The Union of the Basted Children's Jacket Pressers -- The Union of the Unbasted Children's Jacket Makers -- The Pants Makers' Union of New York -- The Vest Makers' Union in New York -- The Shirt Makers' Union -- The Great Garment Workers' Strike of 1913 in New York -- How the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Was Founded -- The Women's Garment Unions in America -- The Jamaica Incident and Other Trials -- The Cloak Makers' Unions in Other Cities -- The First Jewish Unions of Waist Makers, Wrapper Makers, Buttonhole Makers, Embroidery Workers, and Other Ladies' Garment Workers.

The Birth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union -- The Strike of 300 Skirt Makers Against the Firm of John Bonwit in 1905 -- The Industrial Workers of the World Also Founds a Cloak Makers' Union -- The Reefer Makers' Strike of 1907 -- The Historic General Strike of the 18,000 Waist Makers in 1909 -- The Great Cloak Makers' Strike of 1910 and the Founding of the Largest Jewish Union -- The First Years after the Strike -- The General Strike of the Cleveland Cloak Makers in 1911 -- The Triangle Fire -- The Protocol of the New York Ladies' Waist and Dress Makers' Union of 1913 -- The General Strike of the Wrapper, Kimono, and Housedress Makers and the White Goods Workers of 1913 -- The Hourwich Affair and the First Civil War in the Cloak Makers' Union -- The Organizing Work of the ILGWU in Other Cities from 1915 to 1919 -- The Breaking of the Protocol and the Strikes of 1916, 1919, and 1921 -- The General Strike of the Dress Makers in 1923 -- The Ladies' Tailors' Union of New York -- The Raincoat Workers' Union -- The Struggle with the Communists in the Joint Action Committee -- The General Strike of 1926 and the Expulsion of the Communists -- The Rebirth of the Cloak Makers' Union -- The Jewish Bakers' Unions -- The 1927 Bakers' Strike against Two Big Firms, Pechter and Messing -- The Jewish Bakers' Unions in Other Cities -- The Furriers' Union -- The Founding of the International Fur Workers' Union -- The Union of Jewish Painters -- The Pocketbook Makers' Union -- The Suitcase Workers' Union -- The Trunk Makers' Union -- The Neckwear Makers' Union -- The Union of Cleaners and Dyers -- The Union of Mattress and Bed Spring Makers -- The Seltzer Workers' Union of New York -- The Union of Clerks of Retail Dress-Goods Stores -- The Union of Grocery Clerks -- The Union of Jewish Waiters -- The Union of Paper Box Makers.

The Union of Jewish Barbers -- The Union of Jewish Shoemakers -- The Union of Jewish Tin Workers -- The Union of Jewelry Workers -- The Union of Butcher Workers -- The Union of Jewish Newspaper Writers in New York -- The Union of Jewish Bookbinders -- The Jewish Laundry Workers (The Steam Laundry Workers' Union) -- The Union of Wet-Wash Laundry Drivers -- The Pressers of Old Shirts in Hand Laundries -- The Union of Jewish Inside Iron Workers -- The Union of Jewish Furniture Drivers -- The Union of Workers with Live and Kosher-Slaughtered Fowl -- The Little Unions -- The Disappeared Unions -- The New Generation of Jewish Workers in America -- The Jewish Carpenters and Wood Workers -- Jewish Plumbers -- Jewish Moving Picture Operators -- Jewish Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers -- Jewish Metal Workers and Machinists -- Jewish Workers in Radio and Aviation -- Jewish Drivers of Cars and Taxis -- Conclusion -- Index.

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