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'''Sidney Hillman''' (1887-1946), was a major labor union leader of the New Deal era, and a leading liberal. He began his career as one of the organizers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and at 27 became its first president. He held that post to the day of his death and during that time was the unquestioned czar of this union. He was one of the founders of the [[CIO]] in the late 1930s, launching a major rival to the more conservative [[AFL]]. He directed CIO political operations on behalf of liberal Democrats and the [[New Deal Coalition]], making a special effort to reelect his close ally, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1940 and 1944.[[File:Hillman44.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Hillman as head of CIO Political Action Committee July 1944]]

'''Sidney Hillman''' (1887-1946), was a major labor union leader of the New Deal era, and a leading liberal. He began his career as one of the organizers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and at 27 became its first president. He held that post to the day of his death and during that time was the unquestioned czar of this union. He was one of the founders of the [[[[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO) in the late 1930s, launching a major rival to the more conservative [[AFL]]. He directed CIO political operations on behalf of liberal Democrats and the [[New Deal Coalition]], making a special effort to reelect his close ally, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1940 and 1944.[[File:Hillman44.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Hillman as head of CIO Political Action Committee July 1944]]

==Career==

==Career==