Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Fiche header: Potofsky, Jacob Samuel
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Other authors / contributors: | Gold, Neil Newton.
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office.
New York Times Oral History Program.
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ISBN: | 0884551547 9780884551546
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Notes: | Typescript. Transcript of interviews conducted by Neil Gold for the Oral History Research Office of Columbia University in 1963 and 1964. Includes index. Microfiche. [Glen Rock, N.J. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1975]. 9 microfiches. (Columbia University oral history collection. Part II ; no. 151) New York Times Oral History Program.
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Summary: | Union official. Topics include: family background and education in Russia; emigration to United States, Chicago; first job in Hart, Schaffner and Marx; 1910 Chicago clothing worker strike; United Garment Workers; Sidney Hillman; arbitration agreements; formation of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; industrial unionism; union banking; experiments with unemployment insurance; cooperative housing; the Depression; the New Deal.
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