Luigi Antonini

Luigi Rocco Antonini (1883-1968), was notable labor leader and emerged as one of the most outstanding labor leaders of the first half of the 20th Century. Antonini affected New York City, national, international and United States politics. Whether it was assisting in the election of New York City’s first Italian American Mayor Fiorelo La Guardia; or Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his cabinet on policy towards Italy during World War II ; or the post World War II relief and rebuilding …