Antonini, Luigi, 1883-1968
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Luigi Antonini (1883-1968), an Italian American labor organizer, was born in Vallata Irpino, Avellino, Italy, and came to the United States in 1908. He worked in a cigar factory, a piano factory, and as a dress presser. In 1913, he joined the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, for which he became an organizer for Local 25 in 1916, and, later, for Italian Dressmakers Local 89; from 1934-1967, he was ILGWU vice-president. Antonini was founder of the Italian Chamber of Labor in 1913 and of the Anti-Fascist Alliance in 1922. He also was president of the Italian-American Labor Party (1936-1942), and editor of L'Operaia, the Italian language magazine sponsored by ILGWU Local 25.
From the guide to the Luigi Antonini Papers, 1920-1959, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc])
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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referencedIn | AFL and AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, Jay Lovestone Files | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries | |
referencedIn | Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America records, 1914-1980, 1920-1950 (bulk) | Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives | |
creatorOf | Antonini, Luigi, 1883-1968. Luigi Antonini Papers, 1920-1959. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
creatorOf | Antonini, Luigi, 1883-1968. Papers, 1920-1959. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
Antonini, Luigi, 1883-1968. Papers, 1920-1959. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | ||
creatorOf | Arcos, Federico,. Emma Goldman papers, 1935-1940. | University of Michigan | |
referencedIn | Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca papers | Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives | |
referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
referencedIn | Guide to the Harry Laidler Photographs, 1893-1968 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
referencedIn | Guide to the Harry Laidler Photographs, 1893-1968 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives |
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associatedWith | Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. |
associatedWith | Arcos, Federico, |
associatedWith | Bellanca, Dorothy. |
associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. |
associatedWith | International Ladies' Garment Workers |
associatedWith | International Ladies' Garment Workers |
associatedWith | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Executive Secretary. |
associatedWith | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 22 (New York, N.Y.) |
associatedWith | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Los Angeles Cloak Joint Board (Los Angeles, (Calif.)) |
associatedWith | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. President's Office. |
Person
Birth 1893
Death 1968
Male
Italians,
Americans
English,
Italian,
Spanish; Castilian
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Antonini, Luigi, 1883-1968
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