Alfred Bernstein

Alfred David Bernstein (April 9, 1911 – February 28, 2003) was an American civil rights and union activist.

Background Alfred David Bernstein was born on April 9, 1911, in New York City. He obtained two degrees from Columbia University, including a degree from Columbia University Law School. On January 26, 1948, Bernstein charged that House committee agents had raided the union's offices. During January, William S. Tyson, solicitor for the Labor Department, and Robert N. Denham, general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, both agreed that nothing in the Taft-Hartley Act prohibited GSI from bargaining with a non-complying union. However, Denham added, the Act intended to "eliminate Communist influence from unions by denying to such unions the services of NLRB." )

On October 11, 1951, during testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security (SSIS), Bernstein refused to answer many questions regarding the UPWA, the Communist Party, and people including Abram Flaxer, Louise Bransten, and Grigory Kheifets.

Personal life and death Bernstein was married to civil rights activist Sylvia Walker Bernstein. The couple had three children: journalist Carl Bernstein, Mary Bernstein, and Laura Bernstein.

Alfred Bernstein died age 91 on February 28, 2003, of a stroke at his home in Washington, D.C.