New York, New York
HIRSCH--Samuel, life-long labor and civil rights activist and U.S. Army veteran, died on December 2, 2009 at the age of 86. Sam was co-founder of the Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition with the late Rev. Robert Kennedy at a time of plant closings and eroding workers' rights. He was...
Read MoreDear Carla, please accept my condolences at your loss. Sam was a force to be reckoned with and I remember vividly meeting him when Max Manes was organizing Seniors for adequate Social Security in the 1970ies.
We will be in touch, Warm regards, Friedhilde Milburn
Friedhilde Milburn
February 08, 2010 | Mamaroneck, NY
Dear Carla, please accept my condolences at your loss. Sam was a force to be reckoned with and I remember vividly meeting him when Max Manes was organizing Seniors for adequate Social Security in the 1970ies.
We will be in touch, Warm regards, Friedhilde Milburn
February 08, 2010
I knew Sam to be a man of unbound energy in addition to a great personality and sense of humor.
His dedication and hard work on behalf of working men and women will long be remembered by those of u s who had the privilege of working with him. He gave his all whether on a picket line or in a Paul O’Dwyer campaign.
Mike Quill once said that the labor movement was in trouble when labor leaders started wearing tuxedos.
I doubt that anyone ever saw Sam in a tuxedo.
Bill Kirrane
February 01, 2010 | Douglaston, NY
