Jesse Simons

After demobilization, Simons became Political Director of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. He later became manager of Personnel and Industrial Relations for the New York Post, a position he held until 1961.

From 1963-1966, Simons directed the American Arbitration Association's Labor Management Institute. Following two lengthy strikes in 1965 by NYC employees, Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. convened a committee to create an independent agency to oversee municipal labor relations. Simons was an adviser to this committee and his contribution ultimately helped to bring about the NYC Collective Bargaining Law (1967). This law led to the formation of the NYC Office of Collective Bargaining, who mediate and arbitrate between the city and the bulk of its employees.

Simons died in New York, at age 88, from heart failure.^[1]

• NYC Office of Collective Bargaining.