Jack Kroll | |
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Born | London, England, U.K | June 10, 1885
Died | May 26, 1971 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 85)
Occupation | Labor leader |
Jack Kroll (June 10, 1885 – May 26, 1971) was a 20th-century London-born American labor leader. He served as vice president (1928–1966) of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACW) under Sidney Hillman, affiliated throughout with either the AFL or CIO or merged AFL–CIO. He also was head of the CIO-PAC (1946–1955), and was close to U.S. Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.[1]