During the early twentieth century in the United States the foundation of the Jewish labor movement began with university educated radical Jewish immigrants. While in Russia these Jewish students helped foment the radical student movement of the 1860s during the reign of Alexander II. When they left Russia, they brought the gospel of proletarian rights to the United States, which eventually created changes in the workplace such as better working conditions, less working hours, and better wages for workers. I will trace the steps of the American Jewish Labor movement starting with the radicalization of the shtetls in Russia and explain what happened to radicalize the small towns. I will then follow young Jews who left the shtetl beginning in the 1860s to attend Russian Universities, and how they helped radicalize universities during the student movements of that time. Lastly, I will elucidate the role Jewish student immigrants played in the formation of labor unions within the United States during the early nineteenth century.