Sol Chick Chaikin

Sol Chick Chaikin

Sol Chick Chaikin (9 January 1918–1 April 1991) was an American trade union organizer. He served as president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union from 1975 until 1986.

He was a Vice President of the AFL-CIO, and a member of its Executive Council and of its Trade and International Affairs Committees. He was also deputy member of the Executive Committee of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and was a member of the U.S. delegation to the Belgrade and Madrid sessions of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Sol C. Chaikin. Trade, Investment and Deindustrialization: Myth and Reality. "Foreign Affairs", Spring 1982]

In his later life he was acting head of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Fowler, Glenn (April 3, 1991). Sol C. Chaikin, 73, Ex-Organizer Who Led Garment Workers, Dies. "New York Times"]

The Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at the Florence Heller Graduate School for Social Policy, Brandeis University, is named in his honor.

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External links

* [http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05780-135.html Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Sol C. Chaikin. The First Year. Presentation volume, 1975-1976.] via Cornell University


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