Theodore Zittel Scrapbook and Photographs 1937-1950

Transport Workers' Union of America

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Much of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) history centers around the fiery figure of Michael Quill, President of the TWU from 1935 to 1966. Quill, born in Kilgarven, Ireland in 1905, started with the IRT subway as a ticket taker. It was only with the financial support of the Communist Party that Quill, together with Maurice Forge, Austin Hogan and Harry Sacher, was able to lead a successful organizing drive among New York City transit workers beginning in 1934. With Quill as President, the TWU o...

Nestle, Marion

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Marion Nestle (1936-) is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. Nestle is a leading nutrition scholar and has written three award winning books, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health ; Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety ; and What to Eat . As a child, she attended camp Higley Hill in Vermont. Her father, Ted Zittel, was a labor publicist, most notably successful for the strike again...

Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance

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Zittel, Theodore, 1903-1950

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Theodore "Ted" Zittel, born March 28, 1903, was a reporter and labor union representative and publicist. In 1937, Zittel worked as a representative for the American Telegraphists Association, the Transport Workers Union, and was an active member in the American Newspaper Guild. In 1941, he represented the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance during its seven year strike against the Brass Rail Restaurant in New York City. Zittel also wrote articles for the Daily Worker under the ...