Jack Gold (labor)

Jack Gold was a 20th-century American union labor leader and political activist who served as manager of the manager of the Coatmakers Trade Board of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) and was a founding board member of the Amalgamated Bank of New York.[1][2][3][4]

For Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) (of which Amalgamated Bank co-founder Sidney Hillman was president), Gold served as the manager of the Coatmakers Trade Board,[5] manager of the New York Joint Board of the ACWA,[6] chairman of the ACWA committee for the United Labor party,[6]

Fellow co-founders of the Amalgamated Bank included Sidney Hillman and Max Lowenthal.[1]

References
  1. The Evolution of Banking: A Story of the Transition from the Feudal Moneylender to the Labor Bank. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. "Clothing Workers Meet: Celebrate May Day the Exercises at Lexington Theatre". New York Times. 2 May 1922. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. "Organize Amalgamated Bank of New York". Jewish Telegraph Agency. 13 February 1926. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. "Amalgamated, First Jewish Labor Bank, Shows Great Progress in Two Years Existence". Jewish Telegraph Agency. 25 January 1926. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. "Trade Union Spokesmen Join War on White Paper". Detroit Jewish News. 14 April 1944. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. "When Out of Town". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 23 March 1944. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

External sources
  • Getty Images: Jack Gold shakes hands with Simon Ackerman (June 1, 1948)
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