Thomas Alfred Rickert (April 24, 1876 – July 28, 1941) was an American labor union leader.
As leader of the union, he was regarded as a strong negotiator, and a close associate of Samuel Gompers.
However, two-thirds of the union's membership split away to form the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, alienated by Rickert's conservative approach.
[1][2] He served on the National War Labor Board during World War I, and was a vice-president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1918.
In 1934, he denounced the New Deal, arguing that the government was competing with private enterprise and thereby destroying jobs.