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Labor Hall of Fame Honoree

1993 Honoree

David Dubinsky
1892-1982

David Dubinsky
"Yes, we were dreamers when we advocated legislation for unemployment insurance, for social security, for minimum wages. They laughed at our crazy ideas. Although we have not reached perfection, many of our 'wild dreams' have now become realities of everyday life."

David Dubinsky Signature

An immigrant from Czarist oppression, David Dubinsky found a career in the U.S. as a cutter in the New York garment industry and as a leader in the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union. As President of the union, he pioneered in efforts for social legislation, for labor education, and for human rights worldwide. A founder of the American Labor Party, then the Liberal Party, and as a strong supporter of Franklin Roosevelt and as and adviser and confidant of Presidents, he helped to realize the dream of millions of immigrants who looked to America as the Promised Land.