Jew Of the Day✡️ Today's Jew of the Day is David Dubinsky!
David Isaac Dubinsky was a labor leader and politician who founded the Congress of International Organizations (CIO), and took part in the formation of the American Labor Party as well as the Liberal Party of New York.
In 1906, Dubinsky escaped a Siberian prison sentence for labor activities in Russia and escaped to New York City.
When in NYC, he eventually became a garment worker and joined the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). He became the local chapter president a year later, and rose in the ranks to leadership within the decade.
He went on to co-found the CIO and his involvement with the ILGWU and the CIO lead to the AFL-CIO.
Dubinsky formed the American Labor Party, which served as a party to provide a voice to disenfranchised Democrats who wanted to use their collective voice to shape Democratic politics.