Sidney Hillman

Sidney Hillman
Sidney Hillmanwas an American labor leader. Head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, he was a key figure in the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and in marshaling labor's support for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth23 March 1887
CountryUnited States of America
running believe machines
I even believe in helping an employer function more productively. For then, we will have a claim to higher wages, shorter hours, and greater participation in the benefits of running a smooth industrial machine.
want done hours
Labor also wants shorter hours and a say in how work shall be done.
political
Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.
children struggle america
We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for food in the midst of plenty.