Jack Sheinkman
 Jack Sheinkman    (unionist) | |
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| Born | 6 December 1926 |
| Died | 29 January 2004 (Age 77) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Member of | Bilderberg/Steering committee, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Quill and Dagger |
Jack Sheinkman was a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee and president of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union.
Biography
Jacob Sheinkman, who was known as Jack, was born in the Bronx on Dec. 6, 1926, the son of immigrants from Kiev in 1923. Family members said Jacob Sheinkman's interest in labor dated from his childhood involvement in the Workmen's Circle, a social democratic organization founded by Jewish immigrants.
He went to Evander Childs High School in the Bronx and then served in the Navy during World War II, rising to lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. He received a bachelor's degree from the Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations in 1948, and four years later earned a degree from Cornell's law school. He also received a certificate in economics from Oxford University.
Sheinkman was member of Cornell University's The Quill and Dagger Society.
During the height of the Cold War battle for control of the trade unions his labor career began, as an organizer for the International Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers. In 1953, he began working for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and from 1958 to 1972 was its general counsel. He was the union's secretary-treasurer from 1972 to 1976.
As the ranks of the nation's clothing unions shrank, Sheinkman led merger efforts to help the unions maintain their strength and finances. The merger of his union with the Textile Workers Union in 1975 formed the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. He was its secretary-treasurer from 1976 to 1987.
Sheinkman was president of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union from 1987 to 1995. He developed a reputation as one of organized labor's leading internationalists, heading labor's efforts to help impoverished workers and embattled trade union leaders in Central America.
From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Sheinkman was chairman of Americans for Democratic Action, a liberal advocacy group. He was a member of Cornell's board of trustees and of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on the President's Advisory Committee on Trade.[1]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1979 | 27 April 1979 | 29 April 1979 | Austria Baden Clubhotel Schloss Weikersdorf | 27th Bilderberg, 95 guests, Austria |
| Bilderberg/1988 | 3 June 1988 | 5 June 1988 | Austria Interalpen-Hotel Telfs-Buchen | The 36th meeting, 114 participants |
| Bilderberg/1989 | 12 May 1989 | 14 May 1989 | Spain Galicia La Toja Island | 37th Bilderberg meeting, 110 guests |
| Bilderberg/1990 | 10 May 1990 | 13 May 1990 | New York US Glen Cove | 38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests |
| Bilderberg/1992 | 21 May 1992 | 24 May 1992 | France Royal Club Evian Evian-les-Bains | The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants. |
| Bilderberg/1994 | 2 June 1994 | 5 June 1994 | Finland Helsinki | The 42nd Bilderberg, in Helsinki. |
| Bilderberg/1996 | 30 May 1996 | 2 June 1996 | Canada Toronto | The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada |
| Bilderberg/1997 | 12 June 1997 | 15 June 1997 | US Lake Lanier Georgia (State) | The 45th Bilderberg meeting |
