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Alex Rose was an American trade unionist and political activist.

In the mid-1930s, Rose served as secretary of the Trade Union Red Cross for Spain, formed by the ILGWU.[1]

As a milliner's union official in the late 1930s, Rose was a key figure in the American Labor Party (ALP).[2] As the party's executive secretary, he sought to support the new deal while remaining separate from the Democrats.[3]

In 1942, he broke with the Democrats to support Dean Alfange for Governor of New York.[4]

Along with David Dubinsky, Rose led the Liberal Party of New York in the late 1940s.[5]

Dubinsky and Rose supported John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, although Dubinsky had to persuade Rose to overcome his initial doubts about Lyndon Johnson.[6]

Rose died in 1976.[7]

Notes

  1. Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.137.
  2. Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.156.
  3. Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.173.
  4. Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.192.
  5. Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.249.
  6. Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.285.
  7. Robert Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, New York University Press, 2005, p.340.