Isidore Nagler (February 25, 1895 – September 21, 1959) was a Galician-born Jewish American labor leader who served as vice president of the

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from 1929 until his death in 1959. He was a co-founder of the

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and the

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Biography

Nagler was born into a Jewish family in Uście,

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(now Ustia,

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). Nagler emigrated to the United States in 1909, and worked in the clothing industry, joining Local 10 of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) in 1911. He soon rose to become business manager of the local, also serving on the New York Cloak Joint Board, and later becoming a vice president of the ILGWU. As leader of the New York cloak makers, he secured a 35-hour working week. Nagler was a co-founder of the American Labor Party in 1936, and came up with its name. In 1937 he ran for Bronx Borough President on the ALP ticket, coming in second place with 39% of the vote. The

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, he ran for Congress in

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, again taking second place with 28.4% of the vote. In 1958, he served as labor adviser to the United States delegation to the

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conference. He was vice president of the New York State

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. Nagler was active in various Jewish organizations, becoming secretary of the Jewish Labor Committee and the Federation for Labor Israel.

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