executive board. Benjamin Schlesinger later replaced Morris Sigman and David Dubinsky was named Secretary-Treasurer. Following Schlesinger's death in 1932, Dubinsky succeeded in gaining the presidency. Dubinsky later became the longest serving president of the ILGWU (1932-1966). Dubinsky had previously been a supportive advocate in Sigman's efforts to keep the Communist Party influence out of the union's leadership. Legacy Sigman's tenure as president of the ILGWU was a tempestuous one in which the union faced a long and bitter internal struggle with Communist members for control of the organization. A lengthy strike of New York Cloakmakers in 1926 proved to be another costly battle for the union during this period. But Sigman's term was also marked by some significant accomplishments, including a reform effort that made possible substantial union contributions to the restructuring of the garment industry. Sources Biography of Morris Sigman http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ILGWU/presidents/BenjaminSchlesinger.html http://www.jta.org/1928/05/16/archive/sigman-group-victorious-on-question-of-election-by-national-referendum http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ILGWU/presidents/MorrisSigman.html http://womenshistory.about.com/od/worklaborunions/a/ilgwu.htm External links Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Morris Sigman, President. Records, 1923-1928. #5780/006. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library. American trade union leaders International Ladies Garment Workers Union leaders Industrial Workers of the World members 1880 births 1931 deaths Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States