Max Zaritsky was an American union leader of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union as well as co-founder of both the American Labor Party and Liberal Party of New York State.
11 Facts About Max Zaritsky
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Max Zaritsky was born on April 15,1885, in Petrikov, Russian Empire.
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In 1906, Zaritsky got a job in a hat and cap factory in Boston.
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In 1934, the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers Union merged with the United Hatters of North America union to form the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union, headquartered in New York, and in 1936, Max Zaritsky became its president.
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Max Zaritsky formed it with Zaritsky of UHCMW, Sidney Hillman, head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; David Dubinsky, President of the ILGWU, Thomas McMahon, head of the United Textile Workers; John Sheridan of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union; and Harvey Fremming of the Oil Workers Union.
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Max Zaritsky opposed the CIO's break from the AFL and, with David Dubinsky, initiated a "peace move" between the nascent CIO and its AFL parent.
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In 1936, Zaritsky had joined Sidney Hillman and John L Lewis in forming the Labor Non-Partisan League, which formed the basis of the American Labor Party, making Zaritsky an ALP co-founder.
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In 1944, Max Zaritsky co-founded the ALP split-off of the Liberal Party of New York.
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In 1950, Max Zaritsky retired after 39 years as a labor union official, succeeded by Alex Rose, a co-founder of the ALP and Liberal Party.
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Max Zaritsky died age 74 on May 10,1959, in Boston, Massachusetts, after leaving New York City two years earlier.
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Max Zaritsky is buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery of Queens, New York.