Joseph Jablonower papers, 1912-1966, (bulk 1938-1960).

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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New York Teachers Guild

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The Teacher's Union, Local 5, was organized in 1916 as an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AF of L), by Henry R. Linville, Abraham Lefkowitz and a few other pioneering teachers in New York City. Perhaps the most significant contribution of the T.U. during those early years was its fight on behalf of civil liberties, an area in which it would later become a formidable combatant. Its principal target was the repeal of the Lusk laws, statutes which allowed ...

United Federation of Teachers

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The Teachers' Union (TU) of New York City was organized in 1916 and chartered as Local 5 of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Although constrained by the AFT's no-strike pledge, laws against strikes by public employees, the authoritarian and paternalistic policies of the Board of Education, and the resistance of many teachers to trade-union appeals, the Teacher' Union soon won a reputation for militancy. The Teachers' Union not only addressed the bread and butter issues of salaries, pen...

Cogen, Charles, 1903-

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Jablonower, Joseph, 1888-1971

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Jablonower: oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739903 Mr. Jablonower was a charter member of the Teachers Union which formed in New York in 1916. In 1935 he was one of approximately 800 union members who formed the Teachers Guild in response to left-wing activity in the Teachers Union. From the description of Joseph Jablonower papers, 1912-1966, (bulk ...