Greenberg passed away this weekend and his funeral was Wednesday. It is impossible to separate the history of the accomplishments of the SpringfieldChicopeeWestfleld Labor Council from the life of Herman Greenberg. for he was its precursor. its patron and its patriarch. An immigrant from Russia who left school after the eighth grade to help support his family. he had keen organizational saavy from his earliest days. In 1936. he helped organize Local 290 of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union and became its president. a post to which he was returned without contest for 10 years. Five years after assuming that first position in organized labor. he assumed the presidency of the regional CIO Council. heading that body until 1961 when the merger of the AFL and CIO created the Greater Springfield Labor Councilnow the SpringfieldChicopeeWestfield Labor Council AFLCIOthe presidency of which he was elected to again and again.
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