Meisler, George

George Meisler was a well-known and respected leader in the history of organized labor. Under his leadership, the first department store union contract providing for the forty-hour, five-day work week was signed on March 1, 1941. He was a resident of Piscataway, New Jersey, and was president emeritus of the Department Store Employees' Union, Local 21, which is chartered by the Retail Clerks International Association (AFL-CIO).

Meisler was appointed by two governors of the State of New Jersey to serve as one of two labor members of the tripartite New Jersey State Board of Mediation. For his services to the Board, he received congratulations and acclaims from all segments of the labor movement: from management, from neutral parties, from the commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry in the State of New Jersey, and significantly from the governor.

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