Mamie, his mother, a sewing-machine operator, was an ardent member of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers but remained haunted by her past.

She became education director for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1962, and later rose to vice-president.

In 1929 the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was the first union to demand a five-day work week and receive it.

Thereafter, Pollak worked as assistant counsel for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.

It was founded by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1923.

After the merger, he was named special assistant to the president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers in New York.

In 1953, he began working for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and from 1958 to 1972 was its general counsel.

In Chicago, Harris became secretary of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers local.

By 1937, Polakowski was working as a union organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.

In 1934 the building was sold to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America labor union which expanded the building in 1937 and 1967.