Luigi Antonini Explained

Luigi Antonini
Birth Date:	11 September 1883
Birth Place:	Province of Avellino, Italy
Death Place:	New York City, United States
Occupation:	Labor leader

Luigi Antonini (September 11, 1883 – December 30, 1968) was an Italian-American trade union leader and anti-fascist organizer. He was the first Vice President of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and organizer of the Italian-American Labor Council (IALC). He was one of the first to organize the Italian-American anti-fascist movement. Antonini joined the Anti-Fascist Alliance of North America in 1923. The group revolved around a newspaper published in New York, Il Nuovo Mondo.^[1]

See also

• Labor history of the United States

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Book: Grossman, Ronald P. . The Italians in America. 1969.
• Salvatore J. LaGumina, "Luigi Antonini." In The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia, ed. S.J. LaGumina, et al. (New York: Garland, 2000), 19–20.

External links

• Luigi Antonini Papers at the Center for Migration Studies of New York.
• Luigi Antonini Project
• Guide to the ILGWU. Local 89. Luigi Antonini Correspondence, 1919-1968

Notes and References

1. Cannistraro. Philip V.. 1985. Luigi Antonini and the Italian Anti-Fascist Movement in the United States, 1940-1943. Journal of American Ethnic History. 5. 1. 21–40. 0278-5927. 27500414.