he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 20, 1969, from President Richard Nixon. He died September 17, 1982, in New York City. Dubinsky had a profound impact on the development of workers' rights, both in the garments industry and in general: among his achievements were the first garment industry pact for a 35-hour week, the first employer-contributed fund for worker vacations, affordable housing for workers, and initiatives in workers' health and training. References Notes Bibliography Dubinsky, David with A. H. Raskin, David Dubinsky: A Life With Labor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. Further reading Devinatz, Victor G. "David Dubinsky, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union and the Limits of Social Democratic Trade Unionism." Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal 22.1 (2010): 67-78. Godfried, Nathan. "Revising labor history for the cold war: The ILGWU and the film, with these hands." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 28.3 (2008): 311-333. Parmet, Robert D., The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement. New York: New York University Press, 2005. Tyler, Gus. Look for the Union Label: A History of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union (M. E. Sharpe, 1995) 1892 births 1982 deaths People from Łódź Belarusian Jews Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent Members of the Socialist Party of America American Labor Party politicians Liberal Party of New York politicians American trade union leaders UNITE HERE Trade unionists from New York (state) International Ladies Garment Workers Union leaders Jewish socialists American trade unionists of Russian descent Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Jewish American people in New York (state) politics Jewish American trade unionists