ILGWU. Jay Mazur papers,, 1951-1995bulk 1983-1995.
Collection Number: 5780/203
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU. Jay Mazur papers, 1951-1995, 1951-1995 bulk 1983-1995.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/203
Abstract:
Consists of the records of Jay Mazur, during his term as President of the ILGWU until
its merger with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America to form the
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) in 1995. Included
in Mazur's files are alphabetical subject files which contain correspondence, memoranda,
notes, testimonies, news clippings, and other printed material on persons, organizations,
and topics relating to the work of the ILGWU. Also, these papers include correspondence
files, as well as records documenting Mazur's work on the AFL-CIO Executive Council
and the ILGWU's General Executive Board.
Creator:
Quanitities:
39 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was founded in New York City in 1900
by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the
growing women's garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and
rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and
Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the "new unionism," the ILGWU led two of the
most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Twentieth Century:
the shirtwaist makers' strike of 1909 in New York City and the cloak makers' strike
of 1910 in Chicago. The union also tried to adapt to the fragmented and unstable nature
of the industry. It adopted the "protocol of peace," a system of industrial relations
that attempted to ensure stability and limit strikes and production disruption by
providing for an arbitration system to resolve disputes.
The ILGWU exemplified the European-style social unionism of its founding members.
They pursued bread and butter issues but provided educational opportunities, benefits,
and social programs to union members as well. In 1919, the ILGWU became the first
American union to negotiate an unemployment compensation fund that was contributed
to by its employers. The ILGWU also pioneered in the establishment of an extremely
progressive health care program for its members which included not only regional Union
Health Centers but also a resort for union workers, known as Unity House. The Union
also had an imaginative and pioneering Education Department which not only trained
workers in traditional union techniques, but provided courses in citizenship and the
English language.
David Dubinsky, an immigrant from Belarus who came to the US in 1911, provided strong
leadership that led to unprecedented growth in the union during his presidency from
1932 to 1966. He led the union through successful internal anti-communist struggles,
built on the ascendancy of industrial unionism by encouraging the formation of the
Committee for Industrial Organization, and helped the union become an important political
force in New York City and state politics, and in the national Democratic Party and
Liberal Party as well.
In the period following the Second World War, the union suffered a decline in membership
as manufacturers avoided unionization and took advantage of less expensive labor by
moving shops from the urban centers in the northeast to the south, and later abroad.
The ethnic and racial character of the ILGWU also changed as European immigrants were
supplanted by Asians, Latin Americans, African- Americans, and immigrants from the
Caribbean.
In July 1995 the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
(ACTWU) at a joint convention, forming UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and
Textile Employees). At the time the new union had a membership of about 250,000 in
the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
Jay Mazur was born in New York City on May 21, 1932. A graduate of the ILGWU Training
Institute, Mazur began working for the ILGWU at the age of 18, beginning with organizing
and educational work with Local 22 in New York City. He was Director of Organization
and Education for Local 40, then Director of Organization for Local 23, before becoming
Assistant Manager of the newly merged Locals 23 and 25 in 1964. From 1977 to 1983,
Mazur was Manager of Local 23-25, the Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers' Union.
Elected General Secretary-Treasurer of the ILGWU in 1983, Mazur served in that capacity
until he succeeded Sol C. Chaikin as President of the ILGWU in 1986. He served as
President of the ILGWU until 1995, when it merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and
Textile Workers of America to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile
Employees (UNITE). From 1995 until his retirement in 2001, Mazur was president of
UNITE. In addition to his work for the ILGWU and UNITE, Mazur served on the Executive
Council of the AFL-CIO, as well as the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO.
Consists of the records of Jay Mazur, during his term as President of the ILGWU until
its merger with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America to form the
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) in 1995. Included
in Mazur's files are alphabetical subject files which contain correspondence, memoranda,
notes, testimonies, news clippings, and other printed material on persons, organizations,
and topics relating to the work of the ILGWU. Also, these papers include correspondence
files, as well as records documenting Mazur's work on the AFL-CIO Executive Council
and the ILGWU's General Executive Board.
The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for publication,
are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the current date are
open to researchers only with prior written permission from the Director of the Kheel
Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are closed; the minutes of
the General Executive Board are closed. For more information contact the Kheel Center.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU. Jay Mazur papers. 5780/203. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
5780. ILGWU records
5780/059. ILGWU. Local 23-25 records
5780/059 P. ILGWU. Local 23-25 photographs
5780/059 PUBS. ILGWU. Local 23-25 publications
5780/095. ILGWU. Local 23-25 records
5780/095 G. ILGWU. Local 23-25 graphics
5780/154. President's Office records
6000/010. UNITE. President's Office (Jay Mazur). Files
6000/010 AV. UNITE. President's Office Videotapes
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Mazur, Jay
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. President's Office
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees. President's Office
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Subjects:
Textile industry -- New York (State)
Textile workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State)
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State)
Clothing trade -- Labor unions -- New York (State)
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. ILGWU
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU History
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1994 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
UNITE, Constitution of a Merged Union
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1995 |
Scope and Contents
Includes legal opinion allowing merger of ILGWU and ACTWU; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
asst president Gus Tyler re preamble, December 9, 1994; earlier draft with marked-up
edits reflecting meeting with ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman, December 7, 1994; related
correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU/ACTWU Merger Committee
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur re meeting of Merger Committee, April 12, 1994; related documents
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU (UNITE), merger, General Executive Board, Adam Klein Study, February 7
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda for General Executive Board meeting, February 1993; topics for discussion at
retreat; report on organizing activities, December 23, 1992; notes for February 7-8,
1993, GEB executive session; memo from Adam Klein re next steps of strategic review
of ILGWU, October 30, 1991; Klein proposed work plan through June 1992; notes on Ross
Perot; material from the Triangle Civic Association, Melville, NY
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU (UNITE), merger, General Executive Board, Adam Klein Study, July 20
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Memo from Mazur re retreat to discuss strategic planning outlined in Klein study,
April 10, 1992; personal and confidential memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott
outlining issues for GEB executive session, January 20, 1992, with outline of remarks
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
ILGWU Convention, 1986 and 1989
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1986-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Copy of Convention Daily for 39th Convention, May 30, 1986; letter of retirement from
Henoch Mendelsund, director of ILGWU archives, March 20, 1986; "On the Move" publication
at 1989 convention re staff; outline re AIM, Associate ILGWU Members (former and potential
members), described at founding convention, December 14, 1988
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
ILGWU Convention
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1965 |
Scope and Contents
Booklet, Signature of 450,000, pictorial history of ILGWU, for 65th Anniversary Convention,
May 1965; report of the Health & Welfare Retirement and Supplementary Unemployment-Severance
Funds, January 1, 1965 – December 31, 1965
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
ILGWU General Executive Board
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
ILGWU, General Advisory Council
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1994-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes of GAC meeting of December 7 – 9, 1994, with attached analysis of Dunlop Commission
recommendations, report, "Worker Rights and Trade: Democracy's Next Frontier"; meeting
notice; memo to Mazur from Carl Proper recommending comments re Leslie Fay; talking
points for Mazur re need to rebuild progressive base and revitalized agenda for defeated
Democratic Party, Leslie Fay strike, merger with ACTWU
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
ILGWU General Advisory Council
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – General Advisory Council 1993 Handwritten notes by Mazur, January
22, 1994; printed outline of notes for meeting, January 5, 1994; agenda for February
16, 1994, GAC meeting; agenda, summary of reports re health care from October 26-27,
1993, meeting, with cover letter to ILGWU vice presidents from Mazur, November 29,
1993; outline of remarks by Mazur for March 14 dinner re opportunities with Clinton
administration, difficulty influencing trade policy; notecards for March 15, 1993,
dinner remarks; agenda for GAC meeting of March 14-16, 1993
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
ILGWU General Advisory Council
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1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Outlines of Mazur remarks for November 13, 1990, GAC meeting, in memos from exec asst
James Parrott; agenda of meeting; outline of remarks for September 24, 1991, meeting,
focusing on health care; reports from workshops and committees at GAC meeting of September
25, 1991; minutes of November 11-14, 1990, GAC meeting re major market negotiations,
with cover memo to General Executive Board from Mazur, calling meeting "most successful
and productive this group has ever had"
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
ILGWU General Advisory Council
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1985-1987 |
Scope and Contents
Meeting agendas; memo re creation of General Advisory Council, with racial and gender
composition in 1985 and 1986, January 1985; memo re purpose of establishing GAC in
1984 to expand participation by middle-level officers, January 30, 1987; list of members,
1986; letter to Mazur from Pacific Northwest District Council business agent Frank
D. Monti, reminding him that he would like to be considered for Advisory Council,
with attached resume, May 11, 1987; confidential memo to Mazur from Susan Cowell summarizing
discussions at GAC meeting, June 15, 1987; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
ILGWU General Advisory Council
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1984-1994 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1991-1994 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
List of task forces with descriptions of duties and members; memo to Mazur and others
re demands, September 12, 1990; draft report of benefit fund task force, January 2,
1991; preliminary report, task force on benefits, January 8, 1991; minutes of the
task force on benefits, October 15, 1990; report of task force on contract language,
January 10, 1991; letter to Mazur from American Cloak and Suit Manufacturers Association
re dire conditions in industry, July 23, 1990; chronology for 1991 outerwear negotiations;
minutes of communications task force meeting, December 3, 1990
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
General Executive Board Executive Committee agenda, February 28, 1991; proposed two-tier
liquidated damages for imports; policy guidelines; demands, outerwear negotiations,
February 28; short list and full demands, March 7; talking points; National Association
of Blouse Manufacturers Proposals for Modifications of the Collective Bargaining Agreement;
memo to Mazur re coverage of called-up Reservists and National Guard, February 26;
consumer price index, U.S. and NY area; press releases, "ILGWU Begins Negotiations
with Outerwear Employers in Northeast," March 13, and "ILGWU, Sportswear Employers
Agree on Contracts for 55,000 Workers in Northeast," May 30; newspaper clippings;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott re staff comments at New York Joint Board
meeting, January 8, 1988; memo from Parrott re discussions of 35-hour week, January
15, 1988; fact sheet on trends in collective bargaining settlements; draft fact sheet
for negotiations between ILGWU and the outerwear industry in the northeast, March
4, 1988; chronology of events in the history of ILGWU (1846-1988), March 3, 1988;
standardized form for interim agreements in the event of an impasse, developed by
ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny, May 4; model collective bargaining agreement, from
Zimny, February 25; remarks by Edgar Romney for opening session of negotiations, March
9; benefit fund fact sheet and cost of living background information, March 1; report
of the task force on vacations and holidays, February 1988; Q&A sheet; Local 102 demands
for 1988 trucking division; agreement between New York Coat and Suit Association,
Inc., and Infants' Children's & Girl's Sportswear Association, and New York Coat,
Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied Workers' Union Local 89-22-1 (sometimes called the
Joint Board) and locals in the New Jersey Region, New England Region, Eastern Pennsylvania
Region, South Jersey Joint Board and New York State District workers covered by the
agreement, June 1, 1988; packet of newspaper clippings on contract settlement, with
cover memo to communications task force from Susan Cowell, July 15 and April 27, 1988;
ILGWU press releases
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes of meeting of major market strike task force, May 18, 1988; agreement between
Allied Underwear Association, Inc., and Intimate Apparel Workers' Union, ILGWU and
Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union, Local 10, ILGWU, July 1, 1984 to June
30, 1987; agreement between Intimate Apparel Manufacturers Association and Intimate
Apparel Workers' Union, Local 62-32, ILGWU and Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters'
Union, Local 10, ILGWU, July 1, 1984, to June 30, 1987; memo to Mazur from Northeast,
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Department director Sol Hoffman re benefits issues discussed
at staff meeting, December 11, 1987; letter from Hoffman to executive director of
Atlantic Apparel Contractors' Association asking for early start on negotiations,
citing desperate mutual problems in the industry, December 14, 1987; terms of clothing
settlement, 1987; letter to members of Local 23-25 from manager Edgar Romney, noting
upcoming series of meetings to discuss what members want in next contract, December
1987
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations, Communications Task Force
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1987-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes of meeting January 15, 1988; outline of objectives; letters from Mazur to
appointees, December 30, 1987; memo to Mazur from exec asst David Melman re preparations
for 1991 major market negotiations, listing task forces, including communications,
July 27, 1990
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
see also Agreements – Greater Blouse 1985 Collective agreement, New York Skirt and
Sportswear Association, 1982-1985; with the National Women's Neckwear and Scarf Association,
June 1, 1982-May 31, 1985; demands of Local 91-105, March 18, 1985; agreement between
Fashion Apparel Manufacturers Association and the Philadelphia Dress Joint Board;
agreement with Associated Garment Industries (Underwear Branch) with the Missouri-Mississippi
River Valley District Council and the Texas-Oklahoma District Council, 10/13/82 –
10/15/85; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU Major Market Negotiations, Non-Accessible Allowances
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1984-1985 |
Scope and Contents
Memos to Mazur re New York Dress Joint Board
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU Negotiations, Local 23-25
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
Remarks by Edgar Romney, opening session, collective bargaining with New York Skirt
and Sportswear Association and guests Greater Blouse, Skirt and Undergarment Association,
April 2, 1985; proposals; memos re contract negotiation; translation of Chinatown
press, week of March 4-11, 1985; handwritten notes
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
ILGWU Negotiations, New England Region
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
List of officers, handwritten notes; list of negotiation meeting dates
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
ILGWU Negotiations,Locals
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
See also Koret of North America 1985 Demands and proposals of Locals 23-25, 91-105,
132-98, Dressmakers' Joint Council, NY Skirt and Sportswear Association; memo to Mazur
from Muzaffar Chishti re 1982 contract developments, April 30, 1985; financial records;
newspaper clippings
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
ILGWU, Appointment Agendas
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1992-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Daily reminder books for ILGWU president Jay Mazur
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
ILGWU, Mazur, New York City Managers Meetings
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1987-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Talking points, outline of discussion; handwritten notes by exec asst James Parrott
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
ILGWU, Mazur, Regional Staff Meetings
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1987-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Opening remarks for AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department (IUD) Legislative Conference
March 20, 1991; suggestions by exec asst James Parrott for Pennsylvania staff meeting,
December 5, 1990; suggestions for Atlanta staff meeting, July 22, 1989; outline of
talking points Southeast staff conference, June 6, 1991; handwritten notes by Parrott,
November 11, 1987
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
ILGWU, Mazur Staff
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1995 |
Scope and Contents
Memo re staff changes in president's office, n.d.; resume of Mazur secretary Rema
Sherwood, 1995
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
ILGWU, census comparison
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1986-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Six-month comparisons of ILWGU membership figures by region/district/local, and percent
change
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
ILGWU, staff payroll records
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Computer printout of names, annual salaries, local affiliations, week ending 12/31/91
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
ILGWU, Health and Safety Department
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Occupational Health and Safety Forum (also called Occupational Safety and
Health Forum) Meeting, June 7, 1989, with list of attendees, mission statement, accounting
statement; paper submitted to forum re drug abuse in the workplace by Chrysler Motors'
director of Occupational Safety and Health Services, April 25, 1989; memo from ILGWU
Health & Safety director Betty Plattus asking to distribute information on new OSHA
formaldehyde standards to all regional managers; training contract with NYS Dept.
of Labor and production agreement with Shop Talk Productions for educational videotape
in English, Spanish, and Chinese re fire hazards and musculoskeletal hazards; materials
related to mental health and stress in the workforce: "New Options for Reducing Blue-Collar
Stress," by Arthur B. Shostak, professor of psychology, Drexel University, May 1984;
brochure, participant list, bibliography for conference, "Workers and Their Mental
Health: Strategic Planning for the Next Decade," Columbia University School of Social
Work, April 1986; press releases from U.S. Dept. of Labor re OSHA; memo to Mazur from
Plattus re affiliation with Union Health Center, October 1, 1986
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
ILGWU, Health Services
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1981-1987 |
Scope and Contents
see also ILGWU Benefit Funds 1984-1988 ILGWU Health Services Plan Report to the Board
of Trustees, meeting agenda, asset manager's report (for period ending October 31,
1987); minutes of Board of Trustees meeting for December 11, 1986, asset manager's
report (ending September 30, 1986); agenda for Board of Trustees meeting, December
4, 1984, with director's report; director's report for November 1, 1983; minutes of
Nov. 30, 1982 trustees meetings; auditor's reports/financial statements; resolutions
by Local 188, re health and safety, equal opportunity for women within union, March
26, 1986; memos re availability of pharmacy services; report of presentations at meeting
of Committee for National Health Insurance re statistics on uninsured and underinsured,
February 10, 1986; memo re Vision Maintenance Plan, Feb. 3, 1986; Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Greater New York description of Health Education Department Worksite Programs
re blood pressure screening, CPR training, health workshops, referral services, available
publications; AFL-CIO conference invitation re Negotiating for Improved Health Care,
Mar. 11, 1986; ILGWU Health Service Plan descriptions; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
ILGWU, International Relations Department
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1990-1994 |
Scope and Contents
see also FITITVC; see also ITGLWF Letter from ILGWU International Relations Department
director Michele Briones to counterpart in Italy re Cygne Designs and subsidiary T.wear
S.r.l.; letters in Spanish from Mazur to counterpart in Chile inquiring about identity
of buyer for worker-abusing Domsey Trading Company (Brooklyn, NY), August 8, 1990,
and contribution to labor organization FITITVC, February 7, 1990
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Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Economic Policy Council, meeting, March 27
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re panel meeting, "U.S. Policy toward the Newly Emerging Industrial
Countries"; memo replying to request from Mazur by ILG researcher Herman Starobin,
with attached paper, "Export-Led Economic Development for Third-World Countries,"
October/November 1985
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Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Economic Policy Council
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
"Work and Family in the United States: A Policy Initiative," by the Economic Policy
Council of UNA-USA, December 1985; memos re release of report, with newspaper clippings;
detailed summaries of January 1986 meetings by ILG exec. asst. James Parrott; address
by Mazur, "A Labor Perspective on U.S. Policy toward Newly Industrialized Countries,"
May 19, 1986; related draft
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Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Economic Policy Institute, annual report, papers/articles
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1990-1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also NAFTA Principal liberal economic policy think tank in the U.S., funded originally
by labor unions, later primarily by foundations and corporations. Letter from ACTWU
president Jack Sheinkman to Mazur, urging continued support from UNITE, May 22, 1995;
Annual Report, 1990; Working Papers: "Good Jobs at Good Wages: The Characteristics
of Jobs Created by Lifting Line-of-Business Restrictions in Telecommunications for
Baby Bells," by Jared Bernstein and Lawrence Mishel, November 1993; "Reconsidering
the Benefits and Costs of Trade Protection: The Case of Textiles and Apparel," by
Robert E. Scott and Thea M. Lee, April 1991; Briefing Papers: "Still a Debtor Nation:
Interpreting the New U.S. International Investment Data," by Robert A. Blecker, July
1991; "No More Bank Bailouts: A Proposal for Deposit Insurance Reform," by Jane D'Arista,
June 1991; article, "Who'll Advise the Democrats?" by Paul West (in The International
Economy, The Magazine of International Economic Policy May/June 1991)
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Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Economic Policy Institute
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1990-1992 |
Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Economic Policy Institute, reports, Keeping Jobs in Fashion
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
"Keeping Jobs in Fashion: Alternatives to the Euthanasia of the U.S. Apparel Industry,"
by Richard Rothstein, with press release and letters from EPI president Jeff Faux
to ILGWU research director Herman Starobin responding in detail to his critical comments
about report, October 13-19, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec. Asst. James Parrott
outlining Starobin's objections to the report, November 16, 1989; letter from Mazur
to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland re report, December 12, 1989; remarks by Mazur
to AFL-CIO Executive Council endorsing report, February 1990; newspaper clippings
about report
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Box 11 | Folder 6 |
Economic Policy Institute, reports
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1988-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from exec. Asst. James Parrott describing EPI, January 11, 1989, with
attached list of research papers, newspaper clippings; "The State of Working America,"
by Lawrence Mishel and Jacqueline Simon, 1988; "The Consumer Electronics Industry
and the Future of American Manufacturing: How the U.S. Lost the Lead and Why We Must
Get Back in the Game," by Susan Walsh Sanderson, 1989; "Job Displacement and the Rural
Worker," by Michael Podgursky, 1989; briefing paper: "Scapegoating Rent Control: Masking
the Causes of Homelessness," October 1989
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Box 11 | Folder 7 |
Emanuel Weintraub Associates
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to industry executives, with attached Weintraub Report, re on-time delivery
logistics, September 6
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Box 11 | Folder 8 |
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOPs) Study Group
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1985-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from attorneys representing employee-initiated company purchases,
discussing proposed congressional legislation to eliminate ESOPs, July 7, 1989; attached
position paper; memos from the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department (IUD) announcing
meeting of study group, 1985; newsletters and brochures from the National Center for
Employee Ownership, Inc; Newsday article discussing abuse and manipulation of tax
advantages of ESOPs as a tool for corporate takeovers, leveraged buyouts; Union Labor
Report article discussing ESOPs as positive force for job protection; reprint of scholarly
article, "The Sociology of Worker Ownership and Participation," by Joseph Raphael
Blasi, Harvard University (IRRA 37th Annual Proceedings); cartoons depicting owner
and employee interpretations of ESOPs; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 11 | Folder 9 |
Evolution of Work Committee
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also Dunlop Commission Summary discussion of alternative representation models,
from AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donahue to members of the Evolution of Work
Committee, February 10, 1994; memos to Mazur from ILGWU assistant president Gus Tyler
critiquing alternative forms of representation as weakening industrial democracy,
February 8 and March 3, 1994; memo to Mazur from ILGWU assistant legislative director
Ann Hoffman, expressing grave concern about each of the models, March 7, 1994; text
of committee report, "The New American Workplace: A Labor Perspective"; memo to Mazur
from CAF director Carl Proper summarizing "New American Workplace" report, recommending
endorsement, February 10, 1994; memo summarizing first meeting of the Dunlop Commission,
June 7, 1993; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 11 | Folder 10 |
Evolution of Work Committee
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1985-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Meeting reports; report on Canadian representation system, union trends; challenges
to U.S. organizing (by Joe Danahy?); summary of speeches on labor-management cooperation,
given at Williamsburg conference, with critique to Mazur by Gus Tyler; memo to Mazur
from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell re original intent of committee, i.e., whether to develop
an insurance package and offer associate membership, September 25, 1985; memo to Mazur
from Cowell discussing concerns of committee members re assumptions endorsing non-union
representation models, January 26, 1989; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 11 | Folder 11 |
Media: The Forward
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1987-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Article on Jewish voting patterns, with cover letter to Mazur from editor Bernard
Bellush December 9, 1986; correspondence re Mazur's chairing the Trade Union Committee
of the Forward's 90th anniversary event, 1987; draft and final article by Mazur on
Dinkins mayoral race, September 24, 1993; article by Mazur, "The Courage of Dinkins,"
December 11, 1992; letter to Mazur from Manhattan borough president Ruth Messinger
praising his article, December 31, 1992; article criticizing continued Israeli occupation
of West Bank, with cover letter by author inviting commentary, January 22, 1988; loan
proposal, April 29, 1991, and acknowledgement of repayment, January 23, 1992; list
of comp subscribers (?)
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Box 11 | Folder 12 |
Freedom Summer
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
Booklet describing project by Andrew Goodman Foundation, founded by parents of voting
rights activist killed in 1964
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Box 11 | Folder 13 |
Fund for an Open Society
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1986-1991 |
Scope and Contents
A nonprofit mortgage fund to reduce housing segregation. Letter to Mazur from fund
president nominating new board members, with resumes and copy of filled-in ballot,
August 26, 1988; power of attorney form and disclosure questionnaires submitted by
Mazur as a director of the fund; record of $5,000 contribution, May 25, 1988; securities
offering with cover letters from fund cofounders James Farmer and Morris Milgram,
July 23, 1988; minutes of Executive Committee, April 1, 1987, and Board of Directors,
March 7, 1987; letters from Spring Garden United Neighbors, Inc., Philadelphia, PA,
re "disturbing if not frightening" meeting with fund board members re low- income
housing dispute; letter to Mazur offering him position on board replacing retired
Sol Chaikin, noting past contributions from ILGWU, expectation of continued financial
support, October 14, 1986; proposal that ILGWU invest $1,000,000 in Open mortgage
loans, September 29, 1987; article from Shelterforce magazine re penion-financed housing,
with cover letter to Mazur, July 15, 1991, July 15, 1991
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Box 11 | Folder 14 |
Future of American Workplace Conference
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
Conference agenda, speaker bios, and summaries of presentations; sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Commerce, July 25-26, 1993; eight pages
of handwritten notes by Mazur from conference; newspaper clipping
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Box 11 | Folder 15 |
Garment Industry Development Corp (GIDC), fashions exports, New York
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1989-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Remarks by Mazur at dedication of GIDC training center, October 24, 1989; newsletters,
GIDC News; Bobbin special report on exporting by New York manufacturers; article reprints
from Women's Wear Daily and Crain's New York Business; report, "Keeping New York in
Fashion for 10 Years,1984-1994"; report, "Keeping New York in Fashion: A Strategic
Plan for the Future of the New York Fashion Apparel Industry," March 1992; clipping
from Apparel Industry Magazine, "Keeping New York in Fashion: Blueprint for a Rebound,"
re GIDC, May 1992; resumes of applicants for president, including Bruce Herman, schedule
of interviews; activity reports, July 7, 1993, May 6, 1994, January 5 and November
1, 1995; printed attitude survey funded by GIDC and Women's Wear Daily, "A Study of
Women's Apparel Buyers: Attitudes Toward Buying Trips to New York vs. Regional Markets,"
1994; GIDC press release: "Partnerships Will Keep New York in Fashion: Study Shows
NYC Fashion Industry Can Grow Under New Garment Industry Strategy of Quick Response
Partnerships," March 31, 1992; memo to Mazur from GIDC director Bruce Herman listing
points in response to NYC Deputy Mayor Sullivan's letter re duplication of services,
alternate funding sources, February 22, 1993, with attached February 10 letter from
Sullivan, rejecting request for funding increase
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Box 11 | Folder 16 |
GIDC
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to NYC government officials
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Box 11 | Folder 17 |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also Globalization; see also Trade; see also NAFTA Policy paper (probably by ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin) re GATT, NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement),
MFA (Multifiber Arrangement), and other trade issues, May 8, 1990; testimony by Herman
Starobin ("HS") before committee hearing chaired by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D.-MA) re
Uruguay Round, November 23, 1994
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Box 11 | Folder 18 |
Geto and de Milly, INC.
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1993-1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also Media Projects 1986-1987 Draft of guide by Geto & de Milly to be sent to
media sources, for review by Mazur, listing topics of possible interest for interviews
(fashion industry, trade, worker health and safety, etc.), February 10, 1993; interview
questions for Mazur for Ruth Jacobs Jewish Home Show, June 10, 1993; analysis by Geto
& de Milly of "defection" of Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell from Democratic Party, with
attached article by New York Times
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Box 11 | Folder 19 |
J. Paul Getty Trust
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from trust president and CEO re importance of arts in education, attached
remarks, December 8
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Box 11 | Folder 20 |
Globalization
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1989-1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Globalization; see also NAFTA and Speeches – NAFTA; see also World
Trade Organization; see also Textile & Apparel Trade Legislation; see also Workers'
Rights and Trade; see also Trilateral Commission 2001; see also General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1993 Comments by ILGWU exec asst Carl Proper on "People-Power:
The Global Human Resource Challenge for the '90s," by Frank Doyle, former CEO, General
Electric; article from The Nation by Jeremy Brecher, "Global Village or Global Pillage?"
December 6, 1993
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Box 11 | Folder 21 |
Haiti
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
see also National Coalition for Haitian Refugees 1986; see also National Immigration
Forum 1994; see also National Labor Committee – Haiti 1996 Letter from church-affiliated
Washington Office on Haiti re government-sponsored abduction of Charlot Jacquelin
and Ernest Cadet and other and human rights abuses, October 7, 1986
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Box 11 | Folder 22 |
Health Care
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
Memo from Susan Cowell to ILGWU Health Care Grassroots Task Force tabulating state-by-state
responses to survey of members, with messages from individuals urging reform, noting
"horror stories"; letters from Mazur to union presidents soliciting financial support
for Campaign for Health Security, January 4, 1994; letter to the editor of NY Times
from Mazur critiquing editorial on health insurance legislation proposed by Rep. Jim
Cooper, comparisons with Clinton plan, January 18, 1994
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Box 11 | Folder 23 |
Health Care
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
1993 AFL-CIO Health Care Campaign overview, talking points, and resource guide, description
of importance of talk radio; AFL-CIO talking points, with transcript of speech by
Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and attached
fact sheet, May 28, 1993; white paper on the politics of health care as a campaign
issue, noting Russo bill, problems with "pay or play" insurance; AFL-CIO Campaign
Updates on Clinton health care reform, May 17 and June 3, 1993; U.S News & World Report
article, "Clinton's Master Plan," May 24, 1993; opinion poll report to John Sweeney
from Target, Inc., "National Survey on Expectations and Reactions of Middle Class
and Working Class Voters on President Clinton's Health Care Reform – Union Households
Report," May 4, 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell re survey, noting that
union households were least likely to support the Clinton plan for fear of losing
current good benefits, April 4, 1993; confidential memo to Mazur from Cowell re health
care meetings of AFL-CIO policy group, March 20, 1993; memo to Mazur from Cowell re
AFL-CIO health care statement, February 12, 1993; statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council
on National Health Care Reform, February 16, 1993; flyers in English, Spanish, and
Chinese by the Metro New York Mobilization for National Health Insurance, "Special
Interests Make Us Sick"; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 11 | Folder 24 |
Health Care
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Memo from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell to ILGWU General Executive Board recommending book
by Paul Starr, The Logic of Health Care Reform, with attached excerpt and article
from In These Times, December 22, 1992; related correspondence
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Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Health Care, Russo Bill
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Statement in Support, ILGWU, The Russo Health Care Bill, March 6, 1991; statement
of Congressman Marty Russo on the introduction of the Universal Health Care Act of
1991; news release by Russo, "Russo Introduces Comprehensive National Health Care
Plan; Numerous Organizations Support Measure," released March 6, 1991; highlights
of the Russo bill; Description of the Russo Universal Health Care Plan; list of organizations
in support; flyer by New York City Task Force on National Health for event featuring
Rep. Marty Russo (D-Ill.) speaking about his proposal, HR 1300, with attached list
of cosponsors of the event, October 21, 1991; press release from ASFME, "Nation's
Largest Health Care Workers Union Supports Congressmen Russo's 'SinglePayer' National
Health Care Bill," March 6, 1991; press releases or letters in support from ACTWU,
UAW, American Postal Workers Union, Public Citizen, National Association of Social
Workers; letter from UAW expressing concern about a financing provision of the bill,
February 28, 1991; statement by Chrysler Corporation expressing qualified support
of bill; cover letter from the Health Security Action Council to its Board of Directors,
with attached editorial by Joel Cantor and Steven Shroeder, M.D. (Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation president), on failure of cost controls, New England Journal of Medicine,
October 10, 1991, and copy of brochure by the Committee for National Health Insurance,
"An Innovative Approach to Health Care Cost Containment";
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Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Health Care
|
1989-1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also Committee for National Health Insurance 1984-1991; see also AFL-CIO Health
Care Memos from Mazur to ILGWU directors urging support of campaign; letter to Mazur
from John Sweeney, chairman, AFL-CIO Health Care Committee, with attached summary
of Senate Labor-Finance Working Group Proposal on Health Care Reform, May 23, 1991;
memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland criticizing the Senate Democratic
leadership health care proposal as severely inadequate, June 4, 1991; analyses of
Senate working group proposal; memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn
Dubrow re Policy and Legislation meeting on the Single Payer Health Care Campaign,
March 11, 1991; agenda of meeting of AFL-CIO Health Care Committee, with attached
fact sheet, February 18, 1991; AFL-CIO statement on health care reform, February 19,
1991; summaries of proposed legislation, S. 1669, "Improvements to the Health America
Act of 1991," by Sens. Paul Simon and Brock Abrams, and H.R. 3205, "Health Insurance
and Cost Containment Act of 1991," by Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; report and recommendations
of the AFL-CIO Executive Council Committee on Health Care: The American Single-Payer
National Health Care Plan, February 18, 1991; white paper, "The Permanent Replacement
of Workers Striking over Health Care Benefits in 1990," prepared by the AFL-CIO Department
of Employee Benefits, June 1991; "Additional Views on Health Care Recommendations
of the [1991] Social Security Advisory Council [Commitment to Change: Foundations
for Reform]," submitted by John Sweeney and others; Citizen Action report, "The Seven
Warning Signs: Health Insurance at Risk," with cover press release, June 19, 1991;
Citizen Action Health Care Alert newsletters, May and June 1991; remarks by AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland to the American Medical Association National Leadership Conference,
February 17, 1991; statement on the National Healthcare Insurance Program Act by Jack
Sheinkman, president, ACTWU, March 6, 1991; AFL-CIO press releases calling for reform,
1991; National Planning Association newsletter Looking Ahead, with lead article, "Reforming
the Nation's Critically Ill Health Care System," March 1991; letter to the editor
from Warren Greenberg, professor of health economics, George Washington University,
"National Health Insurance Benefits Everyone," February 11, 1991 (New York Times?);
letter to Mazur from Coalition of Labor Union Women re campaign to pass veto-proof
legislation reversing gag-rule against abortion counseling for low-income women, June
13, 1991; summary of Harris survey of leaders of key stakeholder groups, "Trade-Offs
and Choices: Health Policy Options for the 1990's"; description of proposed New Jersey
Universal Health Care Plan, October 10, 1990; congressional resolution recognizing
historic significance of the ILGWU Union Health Center, September 26, 1989; letter
to Mazur from Douglas Fraser, Committee for National Health Insurance, summarizing
attached article from Health Management Quarterly by Dr. Robert Blendon, Harvard School
of Public Health, March 2, 1989
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Box 12 | Folder 3 |
High School of Fashion Industries
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from principal, requesting his attendance at the school's annual fashion
show, at which he would receive a humanitarian award, February 28, 1990
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Box 12 | Folder 4 |
Hill, Velma
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell expressing concern over conservative positions
of newsletter (attached) of New York Coalition of Center Democrats, endorsing Democratic
district leader candidates Velma Hill and Ed Rothstein, June 1987
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Box 12 | Folder 5 |
Histadrut Board Meeting, June 8
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also National Committee for Labor Israel Proposed resolutions to the National
Committee for Labor Israel – Histadrut Board of Directors and National Council, June
8, 1988; report to the board; policy outline for regional offices re reorganization;
brochure for Amal network, supporting technical education in Israel; Labor in Israel
newsletter, March 1988; Israel 40th anniversary brochure; statement from Histadrut
secretary general condemning cycle of violence, extremism, January 26, 1988; resolution
adopted by Histadrut Executive Council, expressing concern over recent violence, urging
political discussion; statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council condemning both violence
by West Bank/Gaza Palestinians and excessive use of force against Israeli Arab civilians,
urging greater diplomatic efforts by U.S., February 1988; bylaws, May 1988; newsletters
"Backdrop Histadrut," Friends of Amal, spring 1988, Friends of Mishan, winter 1987
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Box 12 | Folder 6 |
Histadrut--International School
|
1985-1986 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Mazur and Chaikin regarding the funding by ILGWU of the Sol C.
Chaikin International School in Kiryut Chaim, Israel; floorplans; newsletter Amal,
Winter 1985/6
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Box 12 | Folder 7 |
Home Ownership
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Report re tax policy, "How to Expand Homeownership for More Americans," reprinted
from Challenge, the magazine of economic affairs, March-April 1992
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Box 12 | Folder 8 |
Homeless Clothing Drive
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Draft statement by Mazur, given to NYC Mayor's Office for Voluntary Action for press
release, noting overwhelming response to ILGWU clothing drive for homeless, February
19, 1987
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Box 12 | Folder 9 |
Homework
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Typed notes re position of Clinton administration retaining ban on homework, status
of illegal operations, January 22, 1993; memo from law firm Shea & Gardner, Washington,
D.C., re monitoring of Department of Labor enforcement of Fair Labor Standards Act
with respect to homework, January – March, 1993; Washington Post clipping on homework,
with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow, July 14, 1993;
letter from Mazur urgently requesting meeting with Labor Secretary Robert Reich re
homework, June 15, 1993; position paper prepared by Shea & Gardner, "Why the Ban on
Industrial Homework in the Women's Apparel Industry Should Remain in Place," April
28, 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vice president Susan Cowell with attached list
of firms certified by Department of Labor after homework ban was lifted, January 16,
1993
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Box 12 | Folder 10 |
Homework
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Employment Standards Administration proposed
rule allowing homework in women's apparel industry, July 7, 1992; handwritten notes
by Mazur
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Box 12 | Folder 11 |
Homework
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Two photos of homework in Brooklyn, NY, with cover memo to Mazur (color originals
in Kheel photo archive), January 1989; photo of homework in Union City, NJ, n.d. (original
in Kheel photo archive); memos to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell and general counsel
Max Zimny re talking points for Mazur meeting with Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole,
February 15 and 16, 1989; letter to Dole from NYS Commissioner of Labor Thomas Hartnett
expressing opposition to lifting ban on homework, January 16, 1989; notice to Mazur
from U.S. Department of Labor advising him of department's intent to hold public hearings
to lift ban on homework, with copy of legal notice in Federal Register, published
December 30, 1988; Mazur press conference statement denouncing Dole's move to hold
hearings to lift homework ban, March 29, 1989; notice of public hearing in New York;
memos to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow updating on activities
re hearing, January - February, 1989; correspondence from Mazur with individuals and
organizations re testifying; mailing list of organizations contacted; agenda for public
hearing, Industrial Homework in the Women's Apparel Industry, March 8-9, 1989, with
attached newspaper clippings; statement by M. Patricia Fernandez Kelly, associate
professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, in Response to Advance Notice
of Hearing Respecting Employment of Homeworkers in the Women's Apparel Industry, March
9, 1989; statement by Mazur at Labor Department hearing to lift ban, March 29, 1989,
with questions for review, March 24; transcript of hearing; statements of homeworkers
about their experiences; testimony by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan at Labor Department
hearing to lift ban, March 29, 1989; statement by Jack Otero, national president of
AFL-CIO's Council for Latin American Advancement, at Labor Department hearing to lift
ban, March 15, 1989; statement by Judith Lichtman, president Women's Legal Defense
Fund, at Labor Department hearing to lift ban; industrial homework chronology; fact
sheets on homework, describing Department of Labor response under the Reagan administration;
press release, "California Democrats Oppose the Legalization of Industrial Homework,"
February 23, 1989; press release announcing ILGWU lawsuit against the Labor Department
to keep ban on homework, January 5, 1989; correspondence re decision by Judge Gesell
to uphold lifting ban by Department of Labor; memo from attorneys Shea & Gardner to
Zimny discussing whether to appeal decision, ILGWU v. Dole, December 14, 1989
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Box 12 | Folder 12 |
Homework
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Yearly account statements by attorneys Shea & Gardner for work on homework issue,
1981-89; letter signed by Mazur and Jack Sheinkman, president, ACTWU, urging Sen.
Edward Kennedy, as chair of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to vote against
amendment to minimum wage bill by Sens. Nickels and Armstrong authorizing homework
in apparel industries, April 4, 1989; letter to the editor of Wall Street Journal
by Mazur, responding to article re homework, January 11,1989; text of Mazur column
for Justice, January 1989; newsletter for ILGWU staff, "Memo for Staff" re homework;
copy of "Homework: A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops and No Protections,"
reprinted from the AFL-CIO Federationist, August 2, 1986; article in National Journal
and other newspaper clippings, handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
ILGWU, International Relations Department
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
see also FITITVC; see also ITGLWF Memo from ILGWU International Relations Department
director Michele Briones re meeting of International Rescue Committee re situation
in Afghanistan post Soviet defeat, refugee problem, perception of Afghans toward U.S.,
Nov. 16, 1988; report, "Technological Innovation in Textile and Apparel Industries:
Its Impact on Employment and Labor Situation and the Response of Zensen," by Tsuyoshi
Takagi, general secretary, Zensen (Japanese labor organization), September 1988; drafts
of resolutions (FITITVC?), "Trade Union & Democracy" and "The International Debt Problem";
copy of the Ditchley Newsletter, Autumn 1988; agenda for meeting to discuss relationship
between FITITVC and ITGLWF, August 16, 1988; memo re seminar in Mexico re worker education,
Aug. 2, 1988; memo re Canadian affiliation; memos and text of cable message supporting
striking textile and garment workers in Mauritius, July 1988; memo re meeting with
British Labour Party delegation, May 20, 1988; press release by the American Institute
for Free Labor development re Nicaraguan labor unions, Feb. 1988; draft of Mazur speech
before South African consulate calling for sanctions against government crackdown
on Congress of South African Trade Unions, March 3, 1988; letter to TWARO (Japanese
labor organization) updating on organizing activities in Pakistan, Malaysia, Feb.
23, 1988; mailgrams to Chilean president Pinochet condemning arrest of labor activist
Manuel Bustos, urging restoration of trade union and human rights, Feb. 17, 1988 and
Jan. 15, 1986, with letter to ITGLWF affiliates calling for solidarity activities;
letter from Egyptian textile union president asking to send delegation, with cover
memo from ILGWU director Briones to Mazur, Feb. 8, 1988; memo from Briones re trip
to Panama Women's Conference, Jan. 13, 1988; invitation to AFL-CIO Conference on International
Labor Solidarity, with agenda, Nov. 7, 1986; schedule for visit of general secretary
of Nigerian Textile & Garment Workers Union, Jan. 16, 1986; translation of statement
to the French press by Force Ouvriere re assistance by U.S. trade unions, Jan. 13,
1986; lists of expenses for department for 1985
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
ILGWU, International Relations Department
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
Activity reports, November 20 and December 10, 1985; memo to Mazur from Michele Briones
re TWARO seminar in Hong Kong, October 17; letter from All Indonesia Workers' Union
re actions taken at second national congress, December 27; newspaper clipping, Women's
Wear Daily, re Mazur, July 27, 1983
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
ILGWU, Investments
|
1984-1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 20 |
ILGWU, Legal Department
|
1986-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Memo re new tax rules, March 2, 1988; lobbyist annual report, Jan. 4, 1988; memo re
union fees paid by nonmembers; memo re indictment against owner of garment manufacturer,
Joseph Lam, for tax fraud and failure to contribute to union benefit fund, June 22,
1987; memo re federal investigation of Teamsters for alleged connections with organized
crime, June 15, 1987; letter from general counsel Max Zimny to assistant U.S. attorney
disavowing comments by attorney in Leonardi case re abuse of union benefit funds,
April 23, 1987; ILGWU press release applauding apprehension and guilty plea by Leonardi,
owner of Cinnabar Lane, for concealment of $3.6 million in payments to apparel contractors,
February 6, 1987; notice of discrimination complaint filed with NYS Division of Human
Rights by union organizer James Patterson, July 25, 1986; transcript of English translation
of tape received from French Canadian Gilles Gauthier re internal dispute brought
to the Appeals Committee of the General Executive Board, April 23, 1986; memo from
ILGWU legal counsel Max Zimny re Chel La Cort case argued before the NLRB re multi-employer
bargaining, December 17, 1994, with attached text of decision; memo to Mazur from
Skadden, Arps firm representing major women's clothing manufacturer, asking for information
about how best to trace counterfeit clothing, December 14, 1994
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
ILGWU, Legislative Department
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also Textile & Apparel Trade; see also Import Task Force; see also NAFTA; see
also Mexico Free Trade Agreement Letters from members of Congress re textile and apparel
trade bill and family leave bill; letter to Sen. Kent Conrad from North Dakota AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Myron Yantzer re trade bill, Sept. 12, 1988; memo from ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow re visits with five members of the New York congressional delegation
re trade bill, with recommendations as to whether to endorse their candidacies, Oct.
1, 1986; agenda for ILGWU legislative conference addressing national health insurance,
trade, minimum wage, industrial homework, with congressional speakers, held March
20-21, 1989; memo and announcement of hearings on income-producing activities of nonprofit
organizations, including unions, June 22, 1987; handwritten note to Mazur re status
of IRS reform bill, possibility of attaching wool tariff bill to it, n.d.
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Box 2 | Folder 22 |
ILGWU, Organization and Field Services
|
1985-1992 |
Scope and Contents
"Geographic Distribution of Apparel Employment," 1950-84; discussion notes re organizing
task force recommendations for greater accountability, Aug. 3, 1988; resumes and letters
of recommendation for organizing positions; detailed letter to Mazur from warehouse
organizing director Ken Dermota re need for better ongoing servicing by business agents
once a shop is organized, to prevent decertification, June 22, 1987; monthly reports
from Ken Dermota, Sept. and Nov., 1987; draft of picket sign and leaflet in Claire
Frocks (division of I. Appel) strike, Thurmond, MD, targeting J.C. Penny stores, May
21, 1987; "Report to the General Executive Board, Task Force on Organizing and New
Directions," March 1987; follow-up memos requiring monthly field reports, April 29,
1987; survey results profiling former ILGWU members (non-retirees) and their interest
in associate membership, health plan, October 14, 1985; statistics on apparel and
knitting mill employment by state, 1973-86; Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Advisor (LCLAA) newsletter (AFL-CIO) re assisting application for legal residence,
n.d.; materials for staff meeting with central states organizers re how to organize
a workplace, August 12, 1987; press release re petition to NLRB for ILGWU representation
by 1,500 workers at 30 Brooklyn factories, January 18, 1990; list of organizing staff
as of July 6, 1992
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Box 2 | Folder 23 |
ILGWU, Organization and Field Services
|
1984-1987 |
Scope and Contents
"AFL-CIO Organizing Survey, 1986-87 NLRB Elections"; "Using Health and Safety in Organizing";
testimony by Dept. of Field Services director Joseph Danahy before the General Industry
Minimum Wage Board, New York City, November 12, 1985; memos re status of organizing
activities at Leaseways Distribution Center, Brea, CA, April 29, 1987; at New Bedford
Apparel, MA, April 7, 1987; at Winnipeg Leather in Manitoba, Canada, March 5, 1987;
at Haymons wedding gown manufacturer in Union City, NJ, February 25, 1987; at Stepping
Stone Mfg. Co., Chester, SC, December 19, 1986; report on an organizing training institute
by a Chicago-area Chinese American participant, January 2, 1986; letter from training
participant praising experience, August 14, 1987; five-page letter of resignation
from organizer Rand Wilson, reviewing status of organizing work among 15 companies
in the printed circuitry industry in Nashua and Lowell, MA, December 11, 1987; letter
from International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers re discontinuation
of organizing activities at Union Underwear in Campbellsville, Kentucky, October 30,
1987; letter from National Labor Relations Board to AGF Sportswear and Liberty House
Trading, New York, re posting notice, October 21, 1987; memo re Calvin Klein Company's
new warehouse in Wayne, NJ, plans for second one in Mahwah, November 6, 1986; memo
proposing salary increases for organizers, June 11, 1986; list of organizers, dates
of hire, and salaries as of June 10, 1987; notes by Mazur for National Organization
Director's Meeting, Unity House, June 24, 1984; memo from Joe Danahy re COHOP merger
with "Dues File," May 30, 1984; memo from Milton Spitz re dues status of several locals,
January 14, 1985
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Box 2 | Folder 24 |
ILGWU, Organization Task Force
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Memos from Mazur re purpose for appointing new task force on organizing, July 9, 1986;
list of subcommittees; minutes of the Subcommittee on Organizing Methods (recorded
by Gus Tyler), July 16, 1986; memo re full task force meeting for January 22, 1987,
with reports of the Changing Structure, Organizing Methods, and New Directions subcommittees,
January 16, 1987; Report to the General Executive Board: Task Force on Organization
and New Directions, March 1987; follow-up memo to report from Mazur, April 14, 1987;
confidential memo from VP Susan Cowell re concerns over memo by organizer Ken Dermota's
criticism of business agents, July 1, 1987;
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Box 2 | Folder 25 |
ILGWU, Metro Organizing Department
|
1985-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Proposal for New York City Metro Organizing Department, May 16, 1987; meeting minutes,
July 9, 1986; revised outlines of department, July 23 and August 10, 1987; agenda
and notes for remarks at Metro Organizing Conference, August 14, 1987
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Box 2 | Folder 26 |
ILGWU, Political Department, Campaign Committee, contributions from affiliates
|
1986-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Lists of contributions by locals to campaign fund supporting candidates for Senate,
House, and state and local public office; lists of campaign committee collections,
1994 compared to 1993
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Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Real Estate
|
1986-1987 |
Scope and Contents
See also ILGWU Unity House Letter of inquiry to Mazur from developer Landmark Associates
re purchasing the Roundabout Theatre building, 44 Union Square, NYC, August 23, 1988;
letter to Mazur from Roundabout Theatre Company thanking him for agreeing to extend
their lease another year, August 17, 1989; letter from anonymous developer offering
rental space at Suite #2349, 175 Fifth Avenue, April 23, 1987; letter to Mazur from
Andover Realty describing potential lease/buyer for property at 218 West 40 St., NY,
July 9, 1986; letter to Mazur from Fund for an Open Society re provision of short-term
office space to prepare for a convocation, January 31, 1986; letter to Mazur from
Assemblymember Deborah Glick, expressing concern re alleged harassment at ILGWU building
at 275 Seventh Ave. of tenants AIDS Resource Center and Councilman Tom Duane by another
tenant, Lanier Worldwide, asking for ILGWU to look into the matter, April 2, 1992;
letter from Huberth & Peters, Inc., noting continuing interest in the purchase of
1710 Broadway in spite of it being not for sale, July 29, 1986
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Box 2 | Folder 28 |
ILGWU, Retiree Services Department, Early Retiree Campaign (Health Care)
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1995 |
Scope and Contents
Survey results and discussion re health care coverage for early retirees, need to
lobby Congress
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Box 2 | Folder 29 |
ILGWU, Retiree Services Department
|
1985-1988 |
Scope and Contents
List of top pension benefits and recipients as of Nov. 1, 1988; letter from actuary
Martin E. Segal Company re potential benefit improvements of staff retiree fund, Sept.
8, 1988; article by associate director Judith Wineman, "Age Issues in the Workplace:
A Labor Perspective," with cover memo from Wineman to Mazur, February 10, 1988; article
by Wineman and Judith True, "Caregiving and Retirement Planning: A New Partnership,"
in Compensation & Benefits Management, summer 1989; correspondence with retiree clubs
for appearances at events; letter from retired employee of Ishpeming, Mich., H.W.
Gossard Co., closed in 1976, complaining of poor stewardship of retirement fund, Aug.
1987; memo re NYS-funded prescription drug plan for retirees, March 5, 1987; letter
from Massachusetts Senior Action Council, affiliate of the National Council of Senior
Citizens, urging support for a mailing solicitation for new members, February 13,
1987; Activities Report of Retiree Services Dept., January 22, 1987; request by Retiree
Services Dept. to Mazur to give the department observer status at General Executive
Board, National Retirement Fund, Health Service Plan, and other committee meetings,
Dec. 22, 1986; memo to Mazur from associate director Judith Wineman re invitation
that Wineman join board of International Society of Preretirement Planners, with OK
from Mazur, Nov. 12, 1986; schedule of contributions from ILGWU retired members, by
local/region, 8/1 – 10/31/86; memo from department to Mazur re endorsing boycott of
TWA by Independent Federation of Flight Attendants, Sept. 8, 1986; letters from Mazur
to retirees re campaign to regulate imports; minutes of General Executive Board Committee
for Retiree Services, June 6, 1985
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU. Unity House
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1978-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Recommendations of Subcommittee on Unity House, re decline in utilization due to decline
in membership and change in composition of membership, March 16, 1978; luncheon menu,
June 4, 1989; ILGWU Real Estate Committee meeting minutes, August 4, 1988, and February
28, 1989; list of developers as potential buyers, n.d.; confidential correspondence
with attorneys Arnold & Porter and consultant ENVIRON re groundwater pollution problem,
1990; article about history of Unity House, "A Workers' Shangri-La," c. 1995; letters
from Mazur to retiree leaders and other members re closing of Unity House, 1988-1990;
draft and printed column in Justice re closing, February 1990; financial statement
for Unity House outstanding mortgage bonds and loans, March 10, 1986; solicitation
for donation to Pocono Hospital by Unity House, April 17, 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU, Unity House, Arnold and Porter/APCO
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1985-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Arnold & Porter re "golf course idea" for disposal of Unity House, May
1991; minutes, ILGWU Real Estate Meeting, March 30, 1988, and February 28, 1989; proposals
from consultants APCO Associates and MPC & Associates (affiliated with APCO), detailing
recommendations for developing various ILGWU properties; invoice from APCO; memo from
ILGWU general secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon to Mazur recommending what to do with
several ILGWU properties, recommending against doing another expensive study, July
31,1986
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU, Unity House, Muss Development Company
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1987-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Arnold & Porter re litigation over Unity House (Pike County Hotels
Corp. v Muss Development Co, and Joshua L. Muss), dispute over litigation fees; proposed
agreements; handwritten notes by Mazur; ILGWU Real Estate Meeting minutes December
22 and September 23, 1987; newspaper clippings as part of marketing materials for
Muss
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU, Unity House, Muss Development Company
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1987-1994 |
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU, Unity House, Davis R. Chant Realtors
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1986-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re sale of Unity House; marketing material re realtor DRC Group
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
ILGWU, Vacation/Holiday Pay Task Force
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1985-1986 |
Scope and Contents
Memos to Mazur/Chaikin: Report and Recommendations of the Task Force on Holiday Pay,
March 21, 1985; memo re Holiday Pay Task Force, November 24, 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
ILGWU, Welfare Funds Control Department (Donald Fischer)
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda of Board of Trustees meeting of the Puerto Rican Health & Welfare Fund, April
30, 1988, with minutes of meeting of April 25, 1987, and Financial Statements at December
21, 1987; description of funds; memos re pursuing accounts receivable, need to increase
auditing staff; subpoena from U.S. District Court to turn over information re Robyn
Scott Fashions and Lim Shun Fashions, with cover memo to Mazur, Feb. 24, 1987; printout
of liquidated damages accounts receivables report, August 4, 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
ILGWU, Local 10
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1986-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Background for Local 10 meeting, with fact cards about membership as of May 12, 1988
(percent cutters vs markers and graders, percent working inside shops vs contractors,
average pay, utilization of health services and other benefits, etc); Report of the
Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union Local 10 to the June 20, 1988, Meeting
of the General Executive Board; Proposals of Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association,
Inc., March 16, 1988 (40-hour work week, new wage structure, etc.); union proposals;
description of status of ILGWU Health Services Plan 1986 vs 1987; Health Services
Plan Fact Sheet; Wage and Price Developments under 1985-88 Industry Agreement, January
7, 1988; outline of remarks for staff meeting (Mazur?) preparing for 1988 contract
negotiations; letter to Israel Mechlowicz, manager, Local 10, from employees of Metzger
Group, asking about the company and union actions, February 16, 1987; urgent letter
from Mazur to Mechlowicz requesting meeting re impending lift on ban against industrial
homework, August 1, 1986; letter from Mechlowicz to members re special meeting to
vote on dues increase, August 29, 1986; copy of President's Column re 1988 outerwear
talks; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
ILGWU, Local 23-25
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also ILGWU – Negotiations – Local 23-25 1985; see also ILGWU Major Market Negotiations
1994; see also Chinatown Letter from Mazur to Edgar Romney, manager of Local 23-25,
with handwritten note thanking local for "great," "outstanding" contribution to 1988
campaign committee, December 28, 1988; letter to Mazur listing ACTWU jobbers giving
work to Chinatown contractors, November 7, 1988; copies of checks, vouchers, and invoices;
letter from Edgar Romney to members re status of negotiations, calling management
proposals "outrageous," April 18, 1988; meeting notices for Major Market Negotiations
Strike Task Force and Metro Organizing Committee, May 6, 1988; letter to Mazur from
Edgar Romney re major conflicts with the A. Philip Randolph Institute about the executive
composition of the newly established Bayard Rustin Fund; correspondence between Edgar
Romney and the president of Carmelton Sportswear, Inc., re intention to outsource
one-third of production to non-union shops in order to keep prices competitive and
retain Sears as a client, September 23 and October 31, 1987; memo re free pre-natal
health education available from the March of Dimes, based on program started by Local
23-25, August 18, 1987; Complaint of Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers Union, Local
23-25, against American Thunder Ltd. For failing to pay into benefit funds, March
23, 1987; letter to Mazur from Romney re non-union jobber Walnut Sportswear, relationship
with ACTWU, and agreement reached, March 11, 1987; subpoena to Local 23-25 for information
about business agents from 1982 through 1986; legal brief against jobber Cinnabar
Lane (Armand Leonardi) charging failure to make payments to Local 23-25 benefit fund,
creation of shell corporations to defraud union, February 5, 1987; press release re
guilty plea by Leonardi, industry-wide investigation into tax and labor violations
of NYC garment manufacturers; letter from Gus Tyler commending member of Local 23-25
for union-building children's event, January 5, 1987; urgent letter from Mazur to
Romney requesting meeting re impending lift on ban against industrial homework, August
1, 1986; letter to Mazur from Romney requesting $250 contribution to candidate for
Civil Court Judge, August 4, 1986; letter to Mazur from member of 23-25 congratulating
him on promotion to presidency of the union, noting that he designed a banner in honor
of the occasion for Chinatown English class; letter to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny
from attorney re questions to be discussed at meeting with Justice Department Antitrust
Division lawyer re various provisions of union-employer agreements with contractors
and jobbers, June 16, 1986; report to Romney from director of the Management Engineering
Department re inspection of floor set-up of L.C. Garment Manufacturing, May 8, 1986;
letter from the deputy inspector general of the U.S. Department of Labor to the editor
of Centre Daily News correcting misquote implying that ILGWU was guilty of bribery,
with cover letter to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny, and cover letter from Zimny
to Edgar Romney noting plan to demand retraction, February 3, 1986; press release
to Chinatown press from Local 23-25 denying accusations by owner of Graceful Sportswear,
asserting that union staff were attacked by owner, February 6, 1986; correspondence
between ILGWU president Sol Chaikin, Edgar Romney, the executive vice president of
Inter Pacific Tours International, and a retired member of Local 22 re member's dissatisfaction
with local's tour of China, January-February 1986; memorandum of agreement between
Local 10, Local 23-25, and the National Association of Blouse Manufacturers, with
cover letter from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny to Edgar Romney, January 28, 1986;
letter to Chaikin from Edgar Romney re hardship caused by sharp cuts in benefit funds,
need to restore some, noting improved financial situation, with attached financial
statement, January 22, 1986; financial statement, comparing 1985 with 1983; special
event permit application, City of New York Parks & Recreation for concert/picnic in
Chinatown, July 27, 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
ILGWU, Local 23-25
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1972-1983 |
Scope and Contents
Collective agreement, June 1, 1979 to May 31, 1982, National Association of Blouse
Manufacturers, Inc., with the Blouse, Skirt, and Sportswear Workers' Union, Local
23-25, ILGWU, and Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union Local 10, ILGWU; collective
agreement, New York Skirt and Sportswear Association, Inc., with ILGWU and Amalgamated
Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union Local 10, ILGWU, and Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers'
Union Local 23-25, ILGWU, 1979-1982; letter to Mazur re problems with laboratory services
at the Chinatown Health Clinic, April 25, 1979; flyers for Garment Center Rally, featuring
vice president Hubert H. Humphrey, ILGWU president Louis Stulberg, and "stars of TV
& Hollywood," Oct. 30, 1968; poster for rally; flyer for Garment Center rally, featuring
Sen. George McGovern and Sen. Edward Kennedy, November 1; copy of photo of 1972 rally
(original in Kheel Center photo archives); flyer for Carter-Mondale, in Chinese and
English; New York Post newspaper clipping about impending decline, "Garment Center,
N.Y." November 18, 1974; report to the G.E.B. (General Executive Board) Meeting, December
15, 1977, by Jay Mazur, manager, Local 23-25; letter to the editor (of unnamed newspaper)
from Mazur criticizing "irresponsible attack" on Local 23-25 by Asian Americans for
Equality (AAFE), March 2, 1983; articles from United Journal, World Journal, and China
Post, July-August 1982
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
ILGWU, Local 23-25, Education program
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Scope and Contents
See also Labor Movement Local 23 Report on Education Program, January 1959 to December
1961; related materials
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
ILGWU, Local 23-25, Garment Center Rally
|
1962-1972 |
Scope and Contents
List of staff for 1968 rally; copies of Justice, November 15, 1972; Local 23-25 News,
January 1964
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
ILGWU, Local 341 (New England)
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from member at Concord Manufacturing, Morrisville, VT, re problems
with district manager and business agent, perception that union is for the company,
August 4, 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
ILGWU, Midwest Region
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from several members of Local 188 in Milwaukee asking Mazur to look into failure
to elect the manager of the district council, with letter from Mazur to Lou Montenegro,
director of the Midwest region, October 27 and November 9, 1988; letter from Mazur
to Montenegro, noting resignation of assistant regional director, September 2, 1988;
company profile of Wicker Park L.P., Chicago (Prattville Apparel/Smoler Bros.), notes
for meeting with Lou Montenegro and Nick Bonanno, July 14, 1988; memo to Mazur from
Montenegro re Henry Lee Mfg. Co., Chicago, litigation, with attached memo from attorneys,
January 15, 1988; copy of check with thank-you letter to Mazur from Montenegro for
financial support of Midwest Region's School for Workers Seminar at the University
of Illinois, January 4, 1988; letter from Montenegro to Junior House Mfg. Co. asking
for meeting, November 17, 1987; letter to ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow
from Montenegro asking for contribution to fundraiser for congressman Lane Evans,
November 5, 1987; letter from Montenegro to ILGWU general auditor asking for reinstatement
of Midwest District Council #2, with attached letter from district manager, September
28, 1987; letter to Mazur from Montenegro re organizing campaign of Hispanic workers
at Advanced Engineering Corp., unfair labor practices filing, strike fund support,
July 10, 1987; petitions for charter by workers at Monterey Knitting Mills in Janesville,
WI, to both ILGWU and ACTWU, with cover letter to Mazur from Montenegro recommending
assigning the same local number as ACTWU assigns, June 25, 1987; memo from Montenegro
re proposed salary increases for staff in Immigration Program, noting the program
supervisor's salary should be at least as much as the man she supervises, May 1987;
letter to Mazur from Montenegro re staff appointment of organizer, with attached resume,
April 10, 1987; letter to Mazur from Montenegro noting reluctance to accept position
as Chicago mayor Harold Washington's labor committee chairman on his re-election campaign
because another contribution would be expected from the union, pressure to eventually
accept because of "explosive" racial situation, request for $5,000, December 11, 1986;
letter from Montenegro asking for additional $2,500 campaign contribution to re-elect
Washington, March 10, 1987; press release, Statement by Lou Montenegro, Chairman of
Labor Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Washington, November 20, 1986; letter to Montenegro,
copied to Mazur, from member of Local 444, employed by Columbus Sportswear, noting
problems with union business agent, November 24, 1986; correspondence between Mazur,
Montenegro, exec. Asst Susan Cowell, and a member of Local 499 who quit Prattville
Apparel (Herrin, IL) after 20 years over a proposed contract clause and filed a grievance
seeking reinstatement, September-October 1986; memo re public liability insurance,
July 25, 1986; newspaper clippings
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Box 3 | Folder 15 |
ILGWU, NY Joint Board/Dress Joint Board
|
1983-1984 |
Scope and Contents
Financial statement, November 15, 1983; audit records of hand-knit jobbers, August
1, 1983; list of Joint Board officers, salaries, ages, dates of hire; correspondence
from organizer Joe Danahy re activities of firms within Joint Board purview, August
31, 1983; resolution dissolving the Joint Board and reconstituting it into Local 1-
35, renamed Local 89-22-1, c. September 1984; memo to Mazur from Arthur Silverstein
re non-assessable allowances, August 15, 1984
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Box 3 | Folder 16 |
ILGWU, Northeast, Western Pennsylvania, and Ohio Department
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Anonymous letter to Mazur from members noting problems with union business agent,
November 14, 1988; memo to Mazur summarizing issues discussed at staff meeting of
department, such as going from a 35 to a 40 hour week, benefits, etc., December 11,
1987; appeal from decision on welfare benefits (involuntary separation, shop closed),
June 30, 1987; newspaper clipping from Scranton Times re working poor, older female
ex-factory worker, with cover letter to Mazur from district director Sol Hoffman,
April 14, 1987; request for purchase of tickets to a Luzerne County Democratic fundraiser,
February 11, 1987; letter to ILGWU secretary treasurer Irwin Solomon from Local 111
president and other officers in Allentown, PA, endorsing the appointment of assistant
manager to manager, noting good rapport with both workers and employers, November
6, 1986, forwarded to Mazur; official complaint forms from members of Shamokin-Sunbury
District Council, Locals 185- 306, working at Model Garment (Frackville, PA) on non-union
contracted work, re insufficient pay for complexity of garments, piece work vs time
pay, with responses from management and time studies, cover letter to Sol Hoffman
from district manager Thomas Mathews, about whom some complaints were made, with point-by-point
response to petition (attached) sent by workers to Mazur, September 5, 1986; photocopies
of photos (originals held in Kheel photo archives) of large American flag hand-sewn
by the president of the Shamokin-Sunbury-Pottsville District Council, with Mazur and
other members, marching on U.S. Capitol in demonstration against imports, August 6,
1986; letter to Mazur from Sol Hoffman re need to consolidate district offices in
view of declining membership, July 23, 1986; memo to Mazur from Solomon suggesting
cost-cutting measures, staff reduction, March 18, 1986; letter to Sol Chaikin as president
of ILGWU from district manager Thomas Mathews responding to anonymous letters (attached)
to Chaikin from members re Alma Dress Company and Christina Dress Company, both in
Shenandoah, which closed down and reopened as non-union shops, January 31, 1986; report
on problem of union shops closing and reopening as non-union shops in the Northeast
department, including Katos Sportswear and Berks Franklin in Kutztown, PA; Lynden
Mfg., Coopersburgh, PA; P.&F., Bath, PA; Pan Sportswear, Weisport, PA; Zukin Fashions,
Allentown, PA; MIB, Benneville, PA; Tiempo Fashions, Lewistown, PA; Sew and Sew, Waymart,
PA; Windsor Casuals, TJRM, and G&J Fabrics in Minersville, PA; Marvin Reichman's Shops,
and many others, n.d.; confidential memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst Susan Cowell
re his remarks to staff at upcoming Philadelphia meeting: "be upbeat," n.d.; handwritten
outline of remarks to staff, by Mazur
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
ILGWU, Pacific Northwest District Council
|
1987-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council manager Katie Quan expressing
concern about plans for combining all Asians into one category in 1990 census, dated
January 5, 1987 (stamped received January 8, 1988); newspaper clipping from Bay News,
February 8, 1988, re harassment of Asians in Brooklyn, with cover note to Mazur from
Quan
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Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Puerto Rico District Council-section 936
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Financial statements; ILGWU statement supporting reform of Section 936, a regulation
adopted 70 years earlier, providing income tax exemption to domestic corporations
operating in U.S. possessions, primarily Puerto Rico, now being abused, June 28, 1993;
statement by ACTWU supporting 936 reform, March 8, 1993; statement by Jack Sheinkman,
president, ACTWU on the Administration's Tax Proposal Regarding Section 936 of the
Internal Revenue Code, to the Committee on Finance of the U.S. Senate, Daniel Patrick
Moynihan, Chairman, May 13, 1993, with cover letter to Moynihan from Sheinkman, May
12; letter to Moynihan from Mazur re 936, June 14, 1993
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Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Puerto Rico District Council
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur re "critical situation" of apparel industry in Puerto Rico, particularly
re firms moving to the Dominican Republic, December 23, 1993; letter notifying of
pending termination of Health & Welfare Fund agreement with Ryder Memorial Hospital,
October 19, 1994; testimony by ILGWU organizing director before the Labor, Veterans
and Human Resources Commission of the Puerto Rico Senate re plant closings, April
25, 1994; statement of Efraim Ortiz re internal union management problem with Jose
Torres, April 5, 1994; decision of complaint against Torres, dismissing sexual harassment
and sex discrimination charges, decided by Irwin Solomon, ILGWU secretary-treasurer,
March 1994; letters re other infighting, January 13, 1994; memo re organizing efforts
at Barranquitas Knitting Mills, August 10, 1993; related report on activities, with
booklet in Spanish, October 21, 1993; organizing report to General Executive Board
Special Organizing Committee, September 15, 1993;
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Puerto Rico District Council
|
1989-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence; demands of Local 600 ILGWU to the Puerto Rican Corset & Brassiere
Association, November 1991; settlement agreement with S. Klein of Puerto Rico, Inc.,
for failure to make payments to health and welfare fund, July 1991; report on trip
to Dominican Republic, April 17, 1990; memo to Mazur re apparel companies under contract
in Puerto Rico and the mainland, June 28, 1990; decision by appeals court in Ines
Torres-Matos v. St. Lawrence Garment Co., Inc., upholding dismissal of lawsuit against
the union, April 25, 1990; text of speech by regional director Jose Torres to fifth
annual banquet of Puerto Rican Congress in New Jersey, April 30, 1990; biography of
regional director Clifford Depin, April 25, 1989; speech by Mazur at Clifford Depin's
retirement party, June 16, 1989
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU, Puerto Rico District Council
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Cliff Depin, regional director of Puerto Rico, re preparations
for negotiations with the Corset & Brassiere Association, October 18, 1988; letters
to Mazur from Depin about the necessity of severing relationship with Dr. Echegaray
for medical services in the Ponce area, October 14 and November 1, 1988; letter to
Depin from administrators of Puerto Rican Health & Welfare Fund re Echegaray issue,
October 27, 1988; letter from Mazur to HUD representative re ILGWU sponsorship of
public housing for union retirees in Puerto Rico funded under the National Housing
Act, August 18, 1988; handwritten note to Mazur from Depin re organizing efforts,
training of organizers, increase in rates from Lilly Kids, July 30, 1987; letter from
Mazur responding to letter of support for Depin from the president of Puerto Rico
District Council, with original letter in Spanish with English translation, and signatures
of several members, August 11, 1988; letter to Mazur from Depin giving background
for expression of support, anonymous accusations, opposition to assistant director
as apparent successor, July 12, 1988; letter from assistant regional director Jose
Torres to Sen. Orrin Hatch re anti-minimum wage response to letter from Torres in
support of raising the minimum wage. May 18, 1988; letter to Mazur from assistant
director Torres re anti-union tactics of Japanese-owned Wacoal General Fashions (Corozal,
Puerto Rico), where low-key organizing efforts were being undertaken, July 5, 1988;
letter to Mazur from Depin re wage dispute with Tejidos de Coamo, with attached letter
to arbitrator and list of workers affected by mass layoff, August 17, 1988; handwritten
letter to Mazur from Jose Torres thanking him for appointment as assistant regional
director, noting adverse publicity received prior to appointment, December 15, 1987;
handwritten letter to Mazur from Depin re closing of St. Lawrence Garment, Pantimatic,
owned by Isaac Zacharias, plan to go before arbitrator, unhappiness of workers over
union's failure to obtain severance pay, with attached company profile, noting major
clients JC Penney, Sears, and Kmart, loss of hundreds of jobs, likelihood that Zacharias
would reopen as non-union shop, December 15, 1987; letter to ILGWU secretary treasurer
Irwin Solomon re staff attrition, July 30, 1987; handwritten note to Mazur from Depin
re supporting documentation for federal minimum wage for Puerto Rico, with attached
newspaper clipping from San Juan Star, August 20, 1987; handwritten notes re Lilly
Kids, formerly Animal Crackers, list of company demands for give-backs, May 1, 1987;
handwritten note to Mazur from Depin listing vacation benefit distribution, December
15, 1986; letter to Irwin Solomon from Depin asking for funds to equip the Alturas
de San Juan housing project, November 13, 1986; report to the General Executive Board,
October 7, 1987; letter to Despin, copied to Mazur, from the editor of Justicia, protesting
the lack of photographs of the Puerto Rican delegation at the 39th convention, July
1, 1986; copy of check from Puerto Rico District Council to ILGWU for Statue of Liberty
fund, March 31, 1986; note to Mazur from Depin re assistance being given to the United
Industrial Workers to organize tuna workers, with attached letter from U.I.W. representative
thanking Depin for help, March 31, 1986; briefing letter to Mazur from Depin re agenda
for dedication ceremony for low-income member (retiree?) housing project, suggested
talking points for speech, March 18, 1986; handwritten notes by Mazur for speech in
Puerto Rico; letter to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny from Depin re reduction of
workers at Bali facility, with attached memo re meeting with company officials, noting
client Kmart is having the same styles made in China, March 10, 1986; letter from
Depin to company attorney re violation of collective bargaining agreement by Exquisite
Form Industries by performing work in Mexico when the Puerto Rico facility was not
fully employed from 1983 to 1985, noting claim of one million dollars, March 13, 1986;
handwritten note to Mazur from Depin discussing Jose Torres as choice for assistant,
with typed transcript, March 13, 1986; handwritten note to Mazur from Depin re success
of event with congressman Charles Rangel, February 24, 1986; correspondence between
Mazur and Depin re Depin's nomination to the Executive Committee of the Inter-American
Textile Garment and Leather Workers Federation (FITITVC), February 1986; letter from
Depin to Mazur and Sol Chaikin re trustee's meeting scheduled for April 1986, noting
likely speaking opportunity at housing dedication event, January 31, 1986; handwritten
draft of speech by Mazur
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU, Western States Region
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from regional director Steve Nutter re organizing victory at Realite
Optical/Younger Mfg, with attached NLRB tally of ballots, December 22, 1988; letter
to Mazur from Nutter re close election victory at Sawyer of Napa, Inc., challenged
ballots, with attached NLRB tally of ballots, December 12, 1988; report to Mazur on
Southwest District Council re financial status, November 17, 1988; letter to Mazur
from Nutter re Far West (water bed manufacturer) strike benefits and food allowance,
notes union won, asks for financial support from International, with attached financial
statement and NLRB certification, November 7, 1988; letter to Mazur asking to add
an organizer to payroll for Pick Your Part campaign, involving 90 workers in a wrecking
yard, going well, October 3, 1988; memo from Nutter re visit by South African labor
delegation, September 22, 1988; letter to Mazur from Nutter re victory at Far West,
possible plans to close down, with attached NLRB tally of ballots and letter to company
from Nutter, September 19, 1988; letter from Nutter to presidential candidate Michael
Dukakis describing anti-union activities by Dukakis supporter, owner of Somma Mattress
Co., July 81, 1988; memo to Mazur from Joe Danahy re successful organizing campaign
at Mutual Industries (Los Angeles, CA), successful conclusion of contract at Young
on Headwear Corp. (Winslow, AZ), June 15, 1988; draft statement by the Coalition for
Human Immigration Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) opposing employer sanctions for hiring
illegal aliens, with cover letter to Mazur from Nutter analyzing how ILG should vote
on issue, May 17, 1988; remarks read at the memorial service of Isidore Stenzor, giving
a history of cloakmakers as founders of the ILGWU, March 29, 1988; memo to Mazur from
Nutter re structure and staffing responsibilities of Western States Region Organizing
Department, January 19, 1988; letter of resignation from member Edgar Zayas, noting
move to Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union local 11, January 5, 1988; letter from
Nutter to Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony thanking him for support on minimum
wage issue, December 24, 1987; discussion paper, "H-2 Visas and the Urban Bracero
Threat," refuting claim of labor shortage, noting thousands of garment workers on
unemployment in California, with newspaper clipping from California Apparel News,
November 6-12, 1987, outlining industry arguments against the minimum wage; letter
to Mazur from Nutter summarizing conversation with Dept. of Labor re H-2 Urban Bracero
program, implications for Los Angeles and national garment industries, September 18,
1987; Final Offer of City of Hope National Medical Center, Research Institute, and
National Office, to Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 30,
AFL-CIO, May 10, 1987, with amendment, August 31, 1987, and Informal Non-Binding Arbitration
Fact Finding Recommendation, July 16, 1987, with cover letter to Nutter from OPEIU
Local 30 general counsel, December 14, 1987; letter to Mazur from Nutter re attached
invitation, signed by Cesar Chavez, to United Farm Workers 25th anniversary event,
May 19, 1997; memos to Mazur from Nutter re staffing appointments, promotions, and
salary increases, May 1987
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU, Canada, Ontario District (Toronto)
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1985-1998 |
Scope and Contents
Financial statement, Ontario Cloakmakers, Dress and Sportswear District Council, for
the year ended December 31, 1988; invoices and expense reports; correspondence re
name change from Toronto Cloakmakers, Dress and Sportswear Union, May 1987; profile
of business manager Herman Stewart in Our Times, March 1987; Globe and Mail newspaper
clipping re contested election for business manager between Stewart and Tom Abrahams,
n.d.; letter from district council to Gerald Roy, Canadian Director, expressing disappointment
at his failure to attend meeting, opposition to appointment of Canadian organizing
director because of lack of funds, December 5, 1986; memorandum of agreement between
the Toronto Cloak Manufacturers' Association and the Toronto District Council, with
cover letter to Mazur from Stewart noting tentative agreement with Phil Carry Sportswear,
September 26, 1986; letter to Mazur from Stewart on status of negotiations, specific
demands, with attached 1984 agreement between Toronto Cloak Manufacturers and union,
July 29, 1986; letter to Mazur from manager William Villano re hours of work at various
plants, January 27, 1986; report on ILGWU Training Institute for organizers, December
22, 1985; memo to Mazur from Theodore Bernstein re retirement benefits for union's
Toronto clericals, December 26, 1985; handwritten notes by Mazur re benefits, census;
financial statements, 1983-85; letter from Mazur to Alexandra Dagg, manager, Ontario
Cloak Dress Sportswear District Council, remarking on her "bizarre and self-serving"
letter re merger with ACTWU, April 3, 1995; related correspondence; letter from Mazur
to Dagg and Celestino Ciampanelli, president, Quebec Joint Council, re conference
call in violation of UNITE constitution, October 26, 1998
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU, Canada, Western Canada Region District Council
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
List of Nygard ILGWU shops in Winnipeg, March 22, 1993; letter from Winnipeg Local
286 co-manager Phyllis Webb to Canadian director Gerald Roy re co-manager Leslie Spillett's
violent opposition to resolution calling for one manager, December 2, 1988; letter
to Roy from Spillett with attached resolutions re dues, establishment of newsletter,
payment for meeting attendance, December 15, 1988; memo re Tan Jay Inkster/McDermot
contract and others, removal of definition of part-time employee, disqualification
from bargaining unit, December 15, 1988; auditor's financial statements re income
and losses for Western Canadian Region District Council, subsidies to Canadian affiliates,
November 9-10, 1987; letter to Mazur from Spillett re arrears owed to ILGWU by district
council, January 12, 1987; financial statements and auditor's report, Western Canadian
Region Consolidated Health & Welfare Fund, for the year ended December 31, 1986; letter
to Mazur from Roy re accusations by Spillett against Winnipeg member Joy Santos, August
17, 1987; letter from Manitoba Labour Board exonerating Santos, November 4, 1987;
formal letter of complaint to the president of the district council against Spillett
for Santos matter by members of Local 288, October 8, 1987; letter of resignation
by Marlene Hill as manager of Vancouver and Edmonton locals 287 and 568, with cover
letter to Mazur from Roy, August 29, 1986, and May 12, 1986, noting co-manager arrangement
has not worked; ten-page letter to Mazur from Roy re organization of Western Canadian
Region, constant confrontation between Spillett (Winnipeg) and Hill (Vancouver), fiscal
instability, status of benefit plans, need for drastic action, August 27, 1986; letter
to Roy from Vancouver/Edmonton manager Marlene Hill recommending ethnically diverse
organizing teams, discussing difficulty recruiting organizers from Asian membership
(language barrier, cultural perception of role of women), August 18, 1986; proposal
for dental, extended health and weekly indemnity benefits, July 2, 1986; draft of
booklet from actuaries to Quebec Fashion Industries Retirement Fund describing restructured
pension plan, August 14, 1986; letter to Mazur from Hill re her appointment to the
Review Board of the Workers Compensation Board, July 25, 1986; letter to Mazur from
Spillett, congratulating him on election as president, June 11, 1986; resolution by
Western Canadian Region District Council authorizing officers to execute documents
accepting loans from ILGWU, May 12, 1986; letter of resignation by Marlene Hill as
co-manager of Western Canadian Region District Council and local manager, noting co-manager
arrangement has not worked, May 12, 1986; loan agreement between ILGWU and Western
Canadian Region District Council, March 26, 1986; memo to Mazur from Theodore Bernstein
noting problems cited in auditor's reports for Western Canadian Region's Retirement
and Health and Welfare Funds, noting lack of professional investment management, significant
amounts not being remitted, high administrative costs, February 13, 1986; increasingly
strident correspondence between Marlene Hill and Nina Gribble, director of organizing,
over a $20 reimbursement for clerical staff member, copied up to Mazur, January 1985;
resolutions by Western Canada District Council to authorize loans from ILGWU, May
20,1986; letter from ILGWU Canadian director Gerald Roy to Canadian Labour Congress
re dispute between Local 286 ILGWU, and Local 459 ACTWU over bargaining rights at
365 Valentine Ave., Winnipeg, May 13, 1986; extensive handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
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1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from PACE director Ann Hoffman re PACE organizing activities at Johnny
Appleseed's (Beverly, MA), The Company Store (La Crosse, WI), Milton Hershey School
(Hershey, PA), Teximpor (North Bergen, NJ), Bestform (Johnstown, PA), Deb Shops (Philadelphia,
PA), Bon Ton-Pomeroys (York, PA), Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse (Burlington, NJ),
Charming Shoppes (Bensalem, PA), Conston Corp. (Philadelphia), Casual Male (Boston,
MA), Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia), March 30, 1990; meeting agenda re organizing
activities, January 19, 1989; press release, "Workers Set to Rally at New York's 'Other
Daily News'" re Chosun Daily News (New York's first Korean-language newspaper) abuses
during organization drive, October 17, 1990; new member fact sheet, signed by Mazur,
Hoffman, other union officials, May 15, 1990; memo to Mazur from Hoffman detailing
Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education (NJ) tentative agreement, February 1, 1990; letter
to Mazur from Hoffman informing him of possible lawsuit by Matawan Regional Teachers
Association against teachers who invited organizing by PACE, June 12, 1989; memo to
Mazur from Hoffman re PACE organizing and research staff, with attached agenda for
training conference, March 22, 1990; draft letter from Mazur to Barry Liebowitz, M.D.,
president, Doctors Council, noting desire to expand union to include white- and pink-collar
workers, proposing meeting to explore affiliating, with cover memo to Mazur from Hoffman,
September 15, 1989; correspondence between Mazur and AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland
re establishing an office of work and family within the federation, June-July 1989;
letter to Hoffman from the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, re invitation
from Histadrut to trip to Israel, March 17, 1989; PACE press release, "Study Calls
for Action to Boost Child Care Workers' Wages Above Poverty Level," March 6, 1989;
letter to Mazur from Hoffman re endorsement by ILGWU of March for Women's Equality/Women's
Lives (April 9, 1989, Washington, D.C.) and amicus brief for Center for Constitutional
Rights in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, with attached statement by ILGWU
supporting women's right to choose abortion, February 27, 1989; PACE organizing plan,
August 1, 1989; confidential memo to Mazur from Hoffman re first draft of master plan
for PACE, c. 1987; reply from Mazur noting no problems, June 26, 1987; correspondence
re personnel matters; flyers; newspaper clipping
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Hunter College Development Office soliciting funds to establish the Paul
DuBrul Fellowship, December 12, 1988, with cover note to Mazur from director of PACE
Ann Hoffman; note from Hoffman re her inclusion in Who's Who of American Women, December
14, 1988; memo from Hoffman to Sal Giardina re organizing Matawan, NJ, support staff
unit, with newspaper clippings, November 3; press release, "Major Campaign Set To
Bolster First-Ever VDT Health Safety Law" re information hotline by PACE to assist
office workers in learning about rights under the new Suffolk (Long Island, NY) law
protecting users of computer monitors (video display terminals), with PACE/ILGWU Health
& Safety Department brochure, "Do You Know What the VDT in Your Office Is Doing To
You?" October 19; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re establishing the hot line, July 30;
urgent memo from Hoffman to Mazur re imminent wildcat strike of Borg Textiles workers
in Rossville, GA, (local 550), asking him to call local president, September 29; memos
to Mazur from Hoffman re several hiring recommendations (organizers, field directors,
interns, and temps); memo to Mazur from Hoffman urging that the union sign on to an
amicus brief in the drug testing case before the Supreme Court, June 10; memo to Mazur
from Hoffman asking approval for purchase of $2,816 worth of paperclips, buttons,
and bumper stickers as giveaway items, with OK notation from Mazur, June 10; memo
to Mazur from Hoffman urging him to sign letter to Suffolk County Executive in support
of VDT legislation, June 17, 1988; memo passing on suggestion by AFL-CIO National
Organizing Committee that ILGWU use actual workers in organizing campaign ads, June
6; draft AFL-CIO National Organizing Committee Proposals for Labor Law Reform Agenda,
with cover memo to Mazur from Hoffman noting that it is an alternative to Donahue
proposal, June 6; memo to Mazur from Hoffman expressing extreme concern about Tom
Donahue's labor law reform proposal as making unions look weak, suggesting alternatives,
May 24; policy paper by Institute for Women's Policy Research, "Unnecessary Losses:
Costs to Americans of the Lack of Family and Medical Leave," with press release, "Lack
of Parental Leave Costs $715 Million Annually," with cover letter to Mazur from Hoffman,
April 7; agenda on conference by the AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees
on organizing professional, technical, and salaried women, with memo from Hoffman,
April 5; memo to Mazur that PACE has opened an office in Barre, Vermont, to facilitate
organizing at National Life, February 17; PACE Report to the General Executive Board,
February 1988; memo from Hoffman to ILGWU regional directors discussing relationship
of PACE to ILGWU, October 23, 1987; handwritten note to Mazur from Hoffman that union
obtained ratified agreement covering K Mart Dallas distribution center, February 24,
1988; memo to Mazur from Hoffman that contracts were obtained for three elusive companies,
January 7; letter of invitation to Hoffman from People to People International, inviting
her to join a delegation to China, with cover memo to Mazur noting that she declined,
January 22; booklet re ILGWU benefits; newspaper clippings
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Memos to Mazur from Hoffman re several hiring recommendations; memo to Mazur from
Hoffman re losing another organizer for financial reasons, to ACTWU, November 25;
memos re clerical organizing efforts targeting insurance industry by Connecticut State
AFL-CIO, with OPEIU, SEIU, and AFSCME participating, suggesting PACE/ILGWU also participate,
with OK notation by Mazur, November 17; memo re potential organizing interest by clericals
at Cornell ILR extension center in New York, with notation by Mazur to proceed, November
16; memo to Mazur from Hoffman suggesting adding scholarships for members' child care
and adult dependent care expenses, possible foundation support, November 5; letters
from Hoffman to NJ Gov. Kean and to chair of Task Force on Equitable Compensation
urging support of pay equity legislation, October 29; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re
future advertising plans for ILGWU, need for market research before embarking on ad
campaigns, noting last one sent wrong message, October 15; PACE Report to General
Executive Board, noting reactivation in June 1987 after being dormant since its creation
in 1984, discusses organizing activity, October 1987; voucher for $1000 plus correspondence
re contribution to National Institute for Women of Color as agent for Institute for
Women's Policy research for study of wages of child care workers, September 21; galley
proof of Executive Council Report on Working Women, with editing suggestions from
Hoffman, September 9; letter to Mazur from Hoffman asking for approval of her joining
the board of New Jersey Citizen Action, with OK by Mazur, September 1; letter asking
permission to attend Graves, W.VA., union organizer retreat, August 27; memo to Mazur
from Hoffman re newly created Institute for American Values, and organization with
"an admittedly horrible but useful name," designed to take away the issue of the family
from the Right in a productive way, with attached prospectus for developing a national
family agenda supporting child care, pro-family workplace, pay equity, stronger child
support enforcement, with newspaper clippings, August 20; memo from Hoffman to ILGWU
Midwest Region director Lou Montenegro re possible meeting with Spiegel re catalog
sales and telemarketing, organizing Hispanic workers and Midwest region generally,
August 7; memo to Mazur from Hoffman suggesting greater use of members of Graphic
Artists Guild for graphic needs, with attached letter from AFL-CIO Department for
Professional Employees, which notes efforts to persuade Guild to affiliate, August
7; memo to Mazur from Hoffman listing her "outside" board memberships, asking for
approval to continue, with OK from Mazur, July 20; memo to Mazur from Hoffman re proposed
supplemental agreement for 1988 negotiations giving union the right to represent office
workers based on a card majority, November 5; letter to NY Gov. Mario Cuomo from Hoffman,
with separate explanatory note to Mazur, opposing state's proposed pay-equity plan
for state workers, July 8, and letter to Hoffman from Public Employees Federation
president Rand Condell thanking her, August 4; PACE Advisory Committee meeting agenda,
July 27, with cover FYI memo to Mazur; memo from Mazur to ILGWU officials and regional
directors re reactivation of PACE to become a major player in the organization of
white collar workers, appointment of Ann Hoffman as director, June 26 and 24; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU general secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon noting that PACE will
be treated as separate department, July 20; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO Department
of Professional Employees informing him that affiliation has been accepted, May 13;
outline of strategy for organizing white collar workers, n.d., possibly presented
as speech by Mazur at meeting; meeting agenda, n.d.
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Box 4 | Folder 9 |
ILGWU, Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE)
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Memo re union representation election results at New Horizons for the Retarded, Inc.,
in Ellenville, NY, February 11, 1986; related materials
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
ILGWU, Benefit Funds
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1984-1988 |
Scope and Contents
see also Benefit Funds – Financial Responsibilities 1994; see also ILGWU Health Services
1981-1987 Retirement Fund plan amendments, Dec. 4, 1988; transcript of ABC Evening
News broadcast of Dec. 29, 1986, re union pension plan fraud; letter from dental plan
provider, Feb. 27. 1987; memos re well baby coverage, memo from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell
re importance of liberal maternity/paternity leave policies, Dec. 2, 1986; policy
manual covering medical, life insurance, retirement, and other benefits, April 1986;
letter to NYS legislative staff supporting mail-order pharmacy services, May 23, 1986;
agenda for Workers' Benefits Committee, June 13, 1984; list of retirees with medical
coverage, April 16, 1997; schedule of sick benefit increases, June 14, 1988; Forbes
article with cover note to Mazur, Dec. 12, 1988; balance of accounts in Upper South
Department Health & Welfare Fund, 1986
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Box 4 | Folder 11 |
ILGWU, Benefit Retirement Fund
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Draft report, "Union Retirees: Enriching Their Lives, Enhancing Their Contribution,"
by National Institute for Work and Learning, May 1998; Director's Report to the Retirement
Committee of the ILGWU Retirement Fund, December 6, 1988; letter re investment policy
for staff retirement fund, September 17, 1987; letters from Retired Officers of the
ILGWU re health insurance premiums, February 19 and October 15, 1986, with reply from
Mazur; notification of settlement of claim re Petro-Lewis Securities Litigation, copy
of check, October 20
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Box 4 | Folder 12 |
ILGWU, Death Benefit Fund, Investment Performance Review
|
1995 |
Scope and Contents
Towers Perrin performance report on first quarter 1995
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Box 4 | Folder 13 |
ILGWU, Staff Benefit Fund, Investment Performance Review
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1995 |
Scope and Contents
Towers Perrin performance report on first quarter 1995
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Box 4 | Folder 14 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund-Arnold and Porter
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1977-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Financial statements; letter to Mazur from Arnold & Porter re demand for change in
contribution assessment by employer group in current collective bargaining negotiations,
May 27, 1994; letter to Mazur re fund contribution negotiations with Rain or Shine
and Jainard, July 25, 1990
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Box 4 | Folder 15 |
UNITE Retiree Health Benefits
|
1994 |
Box 4 | Folder 16 |
ILGWU, Benefits, National Retirement Fund
|
1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees, ILGWU National Retirement Fund, December
11, 1990; agenda of December 11, 1990, meeting; Investment Report, ILGWU – National
Retirement Fund through September 30, 1990, by Pacific Investment Management Company;
ILGWU National Retirement Fund Actuarial Valuation and Review as of January 1, 1990,
by Martin E. Segal Company; printout, ILGWU Staff Retirement Fund Retirees Birthdate
Sequence, May 30, 1990; minutes of joint meeting, Executive Committee and Finance
Committee, August 29, 1990; minutes of Finance Committee meetings, January 24, March
21, and June 19, 1990; minutes of Executive Committee meeting, May 15, 1990; minutes
of Executive Committee meeting and of Board of Trustees meetings, December 13, 1989;
minutes of the Finance Committees of the Death Benefit Fund and Staff Retirement Fund,
August 29, 1990; minutes of General Fund Pooled Investment Committee meeting, August
30, 1990; meeting agendas; correspondence from Buck Consultants re Death Benefit Fund,
Staff Retirement Fund, and General Fund performance, third quarter, November 12, 1990;
correspondence from Towers Perrin recommending replacing Wertheim Asset Management
Services as the fund's fixed asset manager, April 1989; report by Towers Perrin, "Analysis
of Fixed Income Managers Sanford C. Bernstein & Company and Pacific Investment Management
Company"; letter to Mazur from Wertheim Asset Management Services expressing regret
at decision to replace them, May 23, 1989; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 4 | Folder 17 |
ILGWU, Benefits, National Retirement Fund
|
1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Investment Report and Accounting Report, ILGWU – National Retirement Fund through
September 30, 1989, by Pacific Investment Management Company; ILGWU National Retirement
Fund Actuarial Valuation and Review as of January 1, 1989, by Martin E. Segal Company;
ILGWU National Retirement Fund Report of Withdrawal Liability as of December 31, 1989,
by Martin E. Segal Company; summary of fund management companies with annual rates
of return, prepared by Buck Consultants, March 26, 1986; total of all funds, asset
breakdown as of June 30, 1989, with rates of return for all funds; printout, ILGWU
Staff Retirement Fund Retirees Benefit Sequence, May 29, 1990; meeting agendas; minutes
of joint meeting of Executive/Finance Committees, April 11, 1989; minutes of Finance
Committee, May 16 and October 6, 1989; minutes of Executive Committee, December 12,
1988; minutes of Board of Trustees, December 6 and 12, 1988; proposed amendments;
memo to Mazur from director of the National Retirement Fund requesting approval of
a temporary, part-time return to work by a recently retired clerk in the Nassau-Suffolk
District office, August 9, 1989; Southern District court opinion and order re Anita
Foundations and pension plan withdrawal liability of 12 defunct apparel companies,
April 1989; correspondence with attorneys re conflict of interest of a trustee representing
a withdrawn firm, August-December 1989; memo re reallocation of funds from equities
to fixed-income to rebalance portfolio, April 25, 1990; routine correspondence
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund
|
1977-1980 |
Scope and Contents
Financial statements
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Box 5 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund, Western Asset Management Company
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Memos to Mazur re bankruptcy of Bank of New England, impact on bond holdings for the
National Retirement Fund, February 1 and April 15, 1991
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Box 5 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund, Executive Committee
|
1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Annual Meeting proposed agendas for Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, December
12, 1988; Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees, ILGWU National Retirement
Funds, December 12, 1988; Pension Plan Rules and Regulations as Amended through December
16, 1987; Finance Committee minutes; Report of Withdrawal Liability as of December
31, 1987; Actuarial Valuation and Review as of January 1, 1988; accountants statements;
revised and additional plan amendments, December 7, 1988; agenda of December 1991
meeting; status of withdrawal liability as of December 31, 1990; memo re withdrawal
liability, September 30, 1991; spreadsheet of statement of assets available for benefits,
December 31, 1990; handwritten notes
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Box 5 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund
|
1982-1985 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Executive Committee and Finance Committee meetings, summary plan descriptions
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Box 5 | Folder 5 |
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund, reports
|
1984-1985 |
Scope and Contents
Reports on withdrawal liability; valuation and review; report of the director to the
Board of Trustees; description of Amivest Capital Management; Executive Committee
meeting agenda, November 12, 1985
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Series II. Subject files
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Box 5 | Folder 6 |
A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
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1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Budget summary and details, 1990, with cover memo to officers from administrative
director re financial crisis, noting that APRI finances were never based on a proper
budgeting formula; letter to Mazur from APRI president Norman Hill asking fro assistance
in obtaining contributions; letter to Mazur inviting ILGWU to send a prominent black
female representative to APRI 20th national conference for tribute dinner to black
trade union women, with reply from Mazur identifying vice president Mattie Jackson,
April 13, 1989; letter from APRI urging boycott of Harvey Industries in Athens, TX,
over striking Local 376 of the Furniture Workers Division of the International Union
of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, February 22, 1989;
letter to Mazur from Hill asking him to write to Chemical Bank of New York asking
that it cease making loans to South African Minorco, with attached fact sheet, February
6, 1989
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Box 5 | Folder 7 |
A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
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1983-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur informing him of his election to the National Board of the A. Philip
Randolph Institute, Feb. 3, 1987; Annual Report 1986; conference program, "Turning
Back the Tide: Blacks and Labor in the 1984 Elections," annual conference of APRI,
May 11-13, 1984; report of the eighteenth national conference, May 7-10, 1987; speech
by Mazur, May 8, 1987; memo reporting second part of conference, with list of ILGWU
delegates; reminder to Mazur from APRI president re list of contributions by ILGWU
locals, May 25, 1984; draft of APRI pamphlet re the changing condition of workers,
black workers, and the black-labor alliance, soliciting comments by Mazur, August
19, 1987; proposal for Africa Watch, to monitor human rights abuses by black African
governments, February 29, 1988; article by ILGWU assist. Pres. Gus Tyler about A.
Philip Randolph, n.d.
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Box 5 | Folder 8 |
A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) Conference
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Text of speech by Mazur, April 13, 1987; conference announcement for "Work in '87:
Win in '88," eighteenth national conference at San Francisco Hilton, A. Philip Randolph
Institute
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Box 5 | Folder 9 |
AT&T
|
1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from AT&T re new administrative software developed in cooperation
with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and installed and
maintained by the Communication Workers of America (CWA), May 20, 1987; letter to
New York Telephone Company about a billing error, March 23, 1988
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Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Abeles Schwartz Associates
|
1983-1984 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYC Garment District; see also New York City – 42nd St. Redevelopment Project
1984 Letters from planning and development consultants re NYC's industrial retention
program; activity reports for October and November 1983 re Chinatown Garment Industry;
ideas for discussion with Carol Ballamy re GIDC, Chinatown
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Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Abrams, Robert
|
1991-1992 |
Scope and Contents
ILGWU campaign literature for Robert Abrams for U.S. Senator, in English, Spanish,
and Chinese, with list of polling places and cover letter to Mazur, April 9, 1992;
handwritten letter to Mazur from union member thanking him for guidance in voting,
with attached letter sent to members from Mazur endorsing Abrams and local candidates,
September 17, 1992; letters from Mazur to presidents of several other unions asking
them to sign a letter endorsing Abrams, with faxed reply from Communication Workers
of America president Morton Bahr suggesting a change, July 1, 1991; letter signed
by presidents of several unions endorsing Abrams; proposed field organization for
senor citizen vote, June 23, 1992; letters from Abrams to Mazur thanking him for his
support, June 1991-September 1992; two drafts of Abrams speech to be delivered before
the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE), written by Gus Tyler, with cover
note from Tyler to Mazur, February 4 and 5, 1991; letter from Robert Abrams asking
for early support, June 24, 1991; report of statewide poll for Senate race conducted
by COPE, July 8-14, 1991; copy of State of New York 1989 Election Law; memo to Mazur
from political consultant Ethan Geto summarizing strategy discussed at meeting, need
to form ad hoc labor committee for Abrams, encourage public endorsement by Carol Bellamy
to discourage run by Geraldine Ferraro and Elizabeth Holtzman, February 1, 1991; list
of labor leaders supporting Abrams, with handwritten additions by Mazur; letter from
Abrams to Mazur thanking him for support in re-election as Attorney General, December
11, 1990
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Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Africa
|
1986-1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also South Africa; see also Nigeria; see also Zimbabwe Letter to Mazur from executive
director of A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund with draft outline and proposed budget
for establishment of Africa Watch to monitor the human rights situation in targeted
African countries, February 29, 1988; letter confirming scheduled meeting between
Mazur and Jean Michael Bokambo Yangouma, general secretary of the Congolese Labor
Confederation, first vice president of the Superior Council of the Republic, and favorite
to win election as prime minister or president, January 9, 1992; Ditchley Foundation
conference outline and subsequent report, "Africa: Problems and Prospects. What Is
Required in Terms of Political Management, Development Policies and Relief Aid?" January
26-28, 1990; draft code of conduct for investment in South Africa in a post-apartheid
non-sanction environment, with cover letter to ILGWU Director of International Affairs
Michele Briones from the deputy executive director of the AFL-CIO African-American
Labor Center, July 17, 1992; handwritten notes re men's/boy's and women's/girl's clothing
manufacturers in South Africa, and number employed, n.d.; note from Mazur to deputy
executive director of the African-American Labor Center assenting to extension of
stay of Fisseha Tekie in Ethiopia, June 3, 1992; memo from African-American Labor
Center noting that Sayed Mohamed Rashid, president of the General Trade Union for
Textiles, had been elected president of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, May 7,
1992; letter to Michele Briones from national general secretary of free trade unions
of Burkina Faso (Organisation Nationale des Syndicats Libres), thanking her and ILGWU
for support of African trade unionists (English translation and French original),
November 30, 1994; memo to Mazur from Briones re Norman Lewis's trip to Africa, October
27, 1986
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Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Agreements, Greater Blouse
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
see also ILGWU – Major Market Negotiations 1985 Supplemental agreement between New
York Skirt and Sportswear Association, Inc., Greater Blouse, Skirt and Undergarment
Association, Inc., and the Blouse Skirt and Sportswear Workers Union, Local 23-25,
ILGWU, Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union, Local 10, ILGWU, and the ILGWU;
press release re groundbreaking agreement between NY undergarment industry and Local
62-32, providing for unpaid parental leave, 1987
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Box 5 | Folder 14 |
AIDS
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter and flyer for emergency conference, "AIDS and Drugs in Manhattan," October
29
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Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Air Filters, INC.
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence over jurisdictional organizing dispute at Air Filters Inc., Lawn and
Garden Division (formerly Superior Dust Bag Company), Brooklyn, NY, between the ILGWU
and the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union
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Box 5 | Folder 16 |
Albright, Madeline, Center for National Policy
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Invitation to Mazur from Albright to join the Center for National Policy Board, September
23, 1991, with note from Evelyn Dubrow endorsing the group, October 1991; invitation
to Mazur from Albright to attend Newsmaker luncheon, November 21, 1991
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Box 5 | Folder 17 |
Amalgamated Bank of New York
|
1989-1993 |
Scope and Contents
"America's Labor Bank." Letter to Mazur from ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman as chairman
of the board re federal charges of embezzlement against former assistant vice president
of bank, December 4, 1990; routine correspondence
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Box 5 | Folder 18 |
ACTWU
|
1989-1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Sheinkman, Jack 1992 Letter from Mazur to Sheinkman re proposed
merger of the two unions, January 13, 1995; agreement between ACTWU and C. F. Hathaway
Company with respect to the Waterville facility, January 10, 1985; agreement between
ACTWU and Hygiene Industries of California, June 30, 1987; agreement between ACTWU
and Clothing Manufacturers Association, October 19, 1989, with cover letter to Mazur,
March 21, 1990; stipulation of settlement between ACTWU and Clothing Manufacturers
Association, October 1, 1990, with cover letter to Mazur, October 22, 1990; settlement
agreement between ILGWU and the Jobbers Association of the Dress Industry, March 9,
1988, with cover letter from Mazur to ACTWU, February 9, 1990; list of ACTWU contractors
and ILGWU manufacturers, with cover note to Mazur from Sheinkman asking for discussion,
June 28, 1989; letter from Mazur to Sheinkman re decertified former ILGWU firm City
Girl, Lodi, NJ, doing work exclusively for ACTWU jobber Andiamo, asking to rectify,
January 5, 1989; letter from Mazur to Sheinkman with draft agenda for 6th Joint Conference
with Zensen (Japanese trade organization) and suggestion by Mazur for a roundtable
discussion on the future of the global textile and apparel industry, August 2, 1989;
letter from Mazur and Sheinkman on joint ILGWU/ACTWU stationery to the president of
the Associated Actors & Artists of America, asking for support of the Textile, Apparel
and Footwear Trade Act, August 16, 1990; memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrot
outlining suggestions for speech at ACTWU June 4-8, 1990, convention, including note
that 1980s was decade of "Cowboy Capitalism," February 14, 1990; related correspondence;
memo to Mazur from Parrott to discuss with Sheinkman that unions should exchange information
of respective labor-management committees, January 24, 1990; letters from Mazur to
Sheinkman re production for Alfred Dunner through ILGWU shops, asking for assistance
in resolving work done for Dunner through non-union shops, February 14, 1990 – April
1, 1991; press release, "Statement on the National Healthcare Insurance Program Act
by Jack Sheinkman, president, ACTWU," March 6, 1991; Statement of ACTWU president
Jack Sheinkman to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on Extension of Fast-Track
Authority, April 18, 1991; letter from Mazur to Sheinkman suggesting meeting to discuss
GATT and trade bill, May 30, 1991; suggesting meeting to discuss FITITVCC matters,
June 18, 1991; re representation on ITGLWF, January 29, 1991; joint letter from Sheinkman
and Mazur to John Kelley, president of SEIU, inviting participation on a Labor Advisory
Committee to establish a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, September 10, 1991;
correspondence between Mazur and ACTWU secretary-treasurer Arthur Loevy re dispute
between ILGWU and Rainfair, Racine, WI, with letter from ACTWU employer Fox Point
Sportswear refusing to accept work from Rainfair while dispute continues, October
1991; list of ACTWU General Executive Board members, March 1, 1993; letter to Mazur
from Sheinkman reminding him to make ILGWU's annual $1,000 contribution to Economic
Policy Council, March 31, 1992; letter from NYC Central Labor Council to labor leaders
re meeting on impact of NAFTA and what labor can do about it, March 12, 1993; "partnership
vision" between ACTWU and Levi Strauss & Co., October 1993; newspaper clippings re
trade bill, etc.
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Box 5 | Folder 19 |
ACTWU
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1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Memo from ILGWU president Mazur to ACTWU president Sheinkman re Riverview/South Jersey
contract work from Dunner, subcontracted to non-union shops, November 3, 1988; letter
to Mazur and Sheinkman from John B. Hanley, senior economist at Wharton Economics,
urging "Buy American" public relations campaign against Japanese car imports, May
25, 1987; memo from Sheinkman re Dukakis presidential campaign meeting, September
1988; letter from Sheinkman to Mazur re expenses pursuing joint appeal of OSHA formaldehyde
standard, requesting reimbursement for half, May 13, 1988; memo to ILGWU exec asst
Parrott with summary of expenses incurred by ACTWU at Zensen (Japanese trade organization)
meeting, with attached memo from Parrott to Mazur, January 7, 1988; clipping of articled
from Journal of Commerce, August 22, 1988, re Bush intention of following Reagan trade
policies, with transmittal slip from Sheinkman to Mazur
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Box 5 | Folder 20 |
ACTWU
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sheinkman from ILGWU general secretary treasurer Irwin Solomon re success
of recent pooling of both unions' general funds for investments, proposing pooling
of health and welfare funds, with attached financial documents, July 27, 1987; letter
asking for support for strikers, boycott of Juvenile Shoe, Aurora and Carthage, MO,
November 20, 1987; letter from recruitment firm soliciting applications for organizers
for ACTWU in California, Southeast, and Southwest, with cover note to Mazur from ILGWU
official, June 24, 1988; letters from Sheinkman to president of ITGLWF re appointments
of replacements to Presidium and Executive Committee, questioning dues levy policy,
1987-88; press release announcing joint request by ACTWU and ILGWU for review of OSHA
formaldehyde regulations, December 2, 1987, with attached press clippings and ILGWU
brochure; In These Times article on organizing success of ACTWU in Southeast, May
4-10, 1988; correspondence between National Endowment for the Humanities, Public Television
Playhouse, producers, and Sheinkman re need to raise funds for production of film
about women in the early textile industry, "Lowell Fever," August 1986-April 1987;
letter of recommendation from Sheinkman to Cornell ILR admissions office, February
10, 1987; letter from Sheinkman to John T. Joyce, president of the International Union
of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, declining invitation to join the Central America
Peace and Democracy Watch, explaining that Central Americans have the monitoring of
Arias Plan well in hand, noting affiliation of Watch with Contra supporters, November
17, 1987; letters to Mazur from Sheinkman re attached label on importer of men's tailored
clothing, James Edmonds, claiming inspection by ILGWU Local 102 employees, July 30
and August 3, 1987; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman re knitting vs. dying and finishing
operations at TPD plant in New Jersey, question of union jurisdiction, February 2,
1988; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman re overseas work for Ellen Tracy, potential to
bring tailored jacket production back to the U.S. in Twinmore or other ACTWU shops,
January 12, 1987; letter to Sheinkman from Australian apparel producer Dunlop Clothing,
Footwear & Textiles re Australian government deregulation policy, with attached press
release from the Ministry of Industry, Technology and Commerce, December 15, 1986;
newspaper clipping from Labor Unity, "ACTWU Supports ILGWU Strike," December 1986;
newspaper clipping from Women's Wear Daily re Curon dispute, March 10, 1987; memo
re strategy on textile bill, December 1, 1986; correspondence and related material
re Labor Committee of Martin Luther King Federal Holiday Commission, November 1986-May
1988; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman noting that dispute with Tahari, Ltd., has been
resolved, need for planned strike obviated, thanking him for support, September 24,
1986; letter from Sheinkman to Edward Cleary, president, New York State AFL-CIO, supporting
Mazur's position that labor endorsement of congressional candidates be based heavily
on their vote on Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, August 20, 1986; memo
to ACTWU vice presidents from president Murray H. Finley and Sheinkman, urging final
lobbying effort to override Reagan veto of Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act,
with two attached statements in case of victory or defeat, July 25, 1986; brochure,
"ACTWU Social Services: At Work and in the Community"; financial statement showing
dues payments of ILGWU and ACTWU to the Inter-American Federation of Textile & Garment
Workers, March 1, 1984- Sept. 30, 1985, with cover letter to Mazur from Sheinkman
urging that the ILGWU pay the same amount as the ACTWU, June 18, 1986; letter from
Sheinkman to NYC labor leaders in support of likely Democratic candidate for the 15th
Congressional District, George Hirsch, challenging incumbent Republican Bill Green,
June 2, 1986; letter from Sheinkman to new president of ITGLWF (?) re need for broader
representation for North America on Presidium, March 28, 1988; letter to Mazur from
ILGWU director of the New York State District re competitive organizing efforts by
ACTWU at Sanyo Fashion House, Oneonta, NY, with cover note from Mazur to Sheinkman,
requesting that he contact Mazur immediately, April 20, 1987; letter from Mazur to
Sheinkman asking for support for Labor Resources Service being organized by Frontlash,
n.d.; sample of Political Action Committee deduction authorization form, with cover
note from Sheinkman to Mazur, September 17, 1986
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Box 5 | Folder 21 |
ACTWU, Cirel Fashions
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1983 |
Scope and Contents
Legal memos and other materials re Cirel Fashions, Inc. (141 W. 36th St., New York,
NY), which had a collective bargaining agreement with ACTWU Local 169, in Union City,
NJ, and an agreement with ILGWU Local 105 in Hazantown, arbitration issue; copies
of financial audits, handwritten notes
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Box 5 | Folder 22 |
ACTWU
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1982-1983 |
Scope and Contents
Copies of ledgers detailing audits of apparel contractors in Chinatown (NY); note
re evidence needed to support case before impartial chairman, method of concealment,
method of billing; statements by several Chinatown contractors releasing J.N. Apparel
from obligation to pay union percentage to Local 23-25
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Box 5 | Folder 23 |
Amalgamated Life Insurance (ALICO)
|
1987-1991 |
Scope and Contents
See also ALICO; see also United Housing Foundation 1995 Original draft of article
re universal health insurance submitted to New York Times, printed copy, and cover
letter to Mazur from author Harvey Sigelbaum (president, Amalgamated Life Insurance)
noting Times edited article without opportunity for review, September 22, 1988; personal
and confidential letter to Mazur from Sigelbaum comparing rates of life insurance
plans offered by AFL-CIO and Amalgamated Life Insurance, March 15, 1988; memo to Mazur
from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell commenting on plan, April 1, 1988
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Box 5 | Folder 24 |
American Arbitration Association
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1989-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Annual reports, minutes, and financial statements; summary of arbitration awards,
August 15, 1992; letter to Mazur acknowledging renewal of membership, March 15, 1991;
curriculum vitae of arbitrator Jesse Simons, July 1989; letter from Mazur to AAA president
expressing disappointment that ILGWU was dropped from Board of Directors and Executive
Committee, March 30, 1988; letter to Mazur from AAA president informing him of his
nomination to Board of Directors, March 9, 1988; packet of press clippings, with cover
letter to Mazur; minutes of Executive Committee, October 6, 1992
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Box 5 | Folder 25 |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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1989-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Report, "Liberty at Work: Expanding the Rights of Employees in America," 1989, with
distribution list; letter to Mazur re formation of National Task Force on Civil Liberties
in the Workplace, March 13, 1991
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Box 5 | Folder 26 |
American Committees on Italian Migration
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1984 |
Scope and Contents
Invitation to Mazur to attend seminar on immigration, re pending legislation (Simpson-Mazzoli
bill) and the position of labor and management on penalties for employers of illegal
aliens, February 24, 1984; notice of San Remo Holiday Ball, honoring Jay Mazur as
recipient of 1988 Humanitarian Award
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Box 5 | Folder 27 |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
|
1986-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re Child Care Action Campaign, Textile and Apparel Trade Act, list
of major speakers at 20th convention
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Box 5 | Folder 28 |
American Federation of Teachers
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1986-1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Shanker, Albert, Memorial Service 1997 Letter to New Hampshire
Sen. John Durkin from AFT political director Rachelle Horowitz expressing disgust
at his pledge not to accept PAC money, pointing out that he won his seat mainly through
the support of the pooled resources of working people, June 11, 1990; program for
a Labor Salute to Amnesty International, February 24, 1987, with attached statement
by Sen. Paul Sarbanes in Congressional Record of March 6, 1987, and cover letter from
AFT International Affairs Department director Joanne McFarland, March 24, 1987; correspondence
and statement, "Education for Democracy," by the Education for Democracy Project,
asserting that democratic values should be taught in schools, March 1987; letter to
Mazur from AFT president Albert Shanker asking for ILGWU to contribute to a public
relations campaign to dispel misperceptions about AFL-CIO's National Endowment for
Democracy and its assistance to trade unionists struggling to create democratic systems
in other countries, July 22, 1986; letter to Mazur from Shanker re literacy project,
January 27, 1987; letter from Mazur to Shanker thanking him for support by AFT in
trying to pass the Textile and Apparel Trade Act, October 7, 1988
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Box 5 | Folder 29 |
American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC)
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
See also Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act Letter from AFTAC to Treasury Secretary
James Baker III re failure to involve U.S. industry and labor in the advisory process
in international textile and apparel trade negotiations, particularly recent agreements
with Hong Kong and Turkey, July 2, 1986; copy of check and correspondence re payment
of assessment toward AFTAC legal expenses against importer Yuri Fashions, July 1986;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 5 | Folder 30 |
American Friends of Haifa University
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from American Friends of Haifa University re partnership with Bank
Leumi Trust Company of New York and its special new VISA credit card that donates
a percentage of every purchase to the organization, August 17, 1987
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Box 5 | Folder 31 |
American Israel Corporation (AMPAL)
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
AMPAL Securities Corporation, a subsidiary of AMPAL – American Israel Corporation,
"Israel labor economy's investment arm around the world." Letter to controller of
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department from AMPAL, July 9, 1987; list of ILGWU 12% notes
by local
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Box 5 | Folder 32 |
American ORT
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1989-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letters notifying Mazur of his renomination and reelection to Board of Directors and
Executive Committee; notices re national conference; directory of officers; copies
of checks from ILGWU to ORT; luncheon agenda of American Labor ORT honoring ILGWU
vice president Evelyn Dubrow, with text of remarks by Mazur, September 23, 1992; related
correspondence; text of remarks by Mazur at Community Achievement Award event honoring
ILGWU secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon, June 17, 1993
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Box 5 | Folder 33 |
American ORT
|
1985-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re events with executives of ORT; fact sheet on organization; letters
to Mazur informing him of renomination and reelection to AOF Board of Directors and
Executive Committee, January 6, 1986, December 4, 1987, and January 29, 1988; minutes
of annual luncheon of American Labor ORT, April 7, 1988; memo re lease crisis at Bramson
ORT Technical Institute in New York; constitution and bylaws of World ORT Union, with
proposed changes, April 29, 1986; memo to Mazur from ILGWU manager Sam Fine re proposal
for Ed Schneider Memorial Fund, questioning whether attached brochure was the honor
they had in mind (Edward Schneider Seminar Room at the ORT School of Engineering,
Hebrew University, Jerusalem); report on the upgrading of ORT's educational program,
1985
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Box 5 | Folder 34 |
American ORT, Israel Trip
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to attendance by Mazur and ILGWU delegation at World ORT Union
Congress in Jerusalem; briefing letters from the director general re recent trip to
Latin America, plans for congress in Jerusalem
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Box 5 | Folder 35 |
American Income Life Insurance
|
1986-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Bernard Rapoport, CEO of American Income Life Insurance (AIL),
inviting him to join its Labor Advisory Board, with attached annual report, February
26, 1987; routine correspondence between American Income Life and Sol Chaikin as president
of ILGWU, 1986; registration form for Mazur and wife for AIL- sponsored Alaskan cruise,
June 27-July 4, 1987; remarks of American Life CEO Rapoport as Executive of the Year
at the 20th anniversary luncheon of Joint Action in Community Service, Inc., asserting
that a strong labor movement is essential to the free market system, April 28, 1987;
remarks by Rapoport to International Union of Chemical Workers, October 17, 1990,
re benefits of unionization; letter to Mazur from Rapoport agreeing to contribute
$5,000 to the Histadrut-Kupat Holim Emergency Fund, March 6, 1991; letter from Mazur
thanking Rapoport for his public support of legislation to ban permanent replacement
of striking workers, February 27, 1991; correspondence between Mazur and Rapoport
re conducting weekend seminars for the Labor Advisory Board on labor issues, April-May,
1988; letters to Mazur from AIL executive asking him to facilitate selling product
to ILGWU membership, August-November, 1987
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Box 5 | Folder 36 |
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re executive director Tom Dine, resigning over controversial remarks
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Box 5 | Folder 37 |
American Jewish Congress
|
1983-1985 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Chaikin criticizing AJC draft economic development plan for New York City,
noting lack of mention of apparel manufacturing sector, March 27, 1984; expanded critical
comments; press release, "AJCongress Says No Aid to Contras," March 125, 1986; list
of pending social service legislation endorsed by AJC, December 23, 1985; notice of
Democratic Heritage Award to president of American Federation of Musicians, August
15, 1983
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Box 5 | Folder 38 |
American Swiss Foundation
|
1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter listing U.S. Senators who participated in Young Leaders Conference in last
three years, soliciting nominations, n.d.
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Box 5 | Folder 39 |
American Value Initiative
|
1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from UAW president Owen Bieber discussing results of consumer attitude
research conducted by Peter Hart Associates for UAW-Big Three auto company committee,
the Detroit Working Group of the American Value Initiative, showing strong rejection
of "Buy American" messages based simply on patriotism; suggests forming coalition
to improve both image of American-made goods and actual quality, asks for strict confidentiality
until group is organized, December 4, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU VP Susan Cowell
re briefing with Big Three auto makers on Hart research, focus of ad campaign that
would reinforce public perception that quality is a problem and workers are to blame,
February 3, 1991
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Box 5 | Folder 40 |
American Veterans Committee
|
1984 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur inviting him to attend the 40th Anniversary National Convention at
Unity House, May 1, 1984
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Box 5 | Folder 41 |
Apparel Industry Partnership
|
1997 |
Scope and Contents
see also International Labor Rights Education and Research Fund 1994-1999 Report of
the Apparel Industry Partnership, with cover letter from Mazur to the Washington Post,
May 21, 1997
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Box 5 | Folder 42 |
Appel, Art
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
See also Hotels, Convention Letter from Mazur to Robert Georgine, president, Union
Labor Life Insurance Company, re dismissal of Diplomat Hotel convention manager Art
Appel, July 1, 1991
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Box 5 | Folder 43 |
Arnold and Porter
|
1989-1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also ILGWU – Unity House; see also ILGWU – National Retirement Fund – Arnold &
Porter; Legal consultants for ILGWU; memo re effect of changes in taxation of lobbying
activities, August 11, 1993; routine correspondence
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Box 5 | Folder 44 |
Asia
|
1994-1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also China; see also under AFL-CIO: Asian-American Free Labor Institute (AAFLI)
and Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) Letters to Mazur from Kenneth R.
Hutchison, executive director, AAFLI, thanking him for sending labor representatives
to founding convention of Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union, summarizing
successful attendance despite harassment, January 6, 1995; re communication from Histadrut
re need to improve treatment of foreign workers in Israel, November 15, 1995; cover
letter with attached packet of articles from Boston Globe on how American multinational
corporations conduct business in developing countries, July 25, 1994; summer 1994
issue of newsletter APALA News with headline, "Politicians Step up Attack on Immigrant
Rights"; letter from Steven W. Mosher, director, Asian Studies, Claremont Institute
for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, to Ambassador Winston Lord,
asst. secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, asking for assistance in expediting
visa for Lu Jinghua, Chinese refugee, working in New York for ILGWU, July 13, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Asian American Caucus
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Asian American Caucus asking for contribution to voter video
project, March 15, 1989
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Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mazur and others from Arnold Delin, executive director, Atlantic Apparel
Contractors Association, September 12, 1994, re closure of Pennsylvania firms Maurice
Fashions, Inc.; re consolidation of Mared Manufacturing Co. and Blue Ridge Sportswear,
Inc.; re closure of Mary Fashion Mfg. Co., Inc.; re closure of Avenue West Sportswear,
Inc.; re withdrawal of membership of Plains T-Shirt Co., Inc.
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Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Notices from union-shop Atlantic Apparel Contractors Association that the following
firms were no longer in business: Anmar, Atlantic Dress Manufacturing (Williamstown,
NJ), Beverly Blouse Co., Connie Blouse Co. (Roseto, PA), Debbie Lee's, Kathy Fashions
(Nuremberg, PA), Kelly Sportswear (Mt. Pocono, PA), Mikero Fashions (Bangor, PA? October
21; reinstated October 29), Northampton Fashions, Pennsylvania Garment Co., Iron Head
(Coplay, PA); Samco Manufacturing Co (Wind Gap, PA), Sandra Jo Sportswear; Josette
Manufacturing Co. (Bethlehem, PA), Mar-Kris Sportswear, All Seasons Sportswear; New
Star Sportswear (Edwardsville, PA), ILEX (Myerstown, PA); Lopiano Corporation t/a
Quality Manufacturing; H.B.I. Incorporated (Burlington, NJ), Seipstown Manufacturing
(Allentown, PA); Nazareth Manufacturing (Nazareth, PA), Gaye Sportswear; Ashland Sportswear,
Elisa Styles, In Transit Warehouse Corp., Jans Sportswear Co., Scotty's Fashions Cutting,
inc. (Ideal) (Pen Argyl, PA); that Susan Fashions was dissolving and Alyssa Fashions
(Philadelphia) would be takings its place; that Winmar Fashions, Jim Thorpe Casuals,
B&R Sportswear (Laureldale, PA), Sparrow Cutting, and Quality Sewing (Brownstown,
PA) had resigned from the association; that new firm, Ellajo Corp. (Nuremberg, PA),
was joining the association; letter from executive director Arnold Delin asking Mazur
to call a meeting of industry leaders to discuss "what is our future, if any?" in
light of defeat of override of Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, position
of administration allowing homework, etc., August 22; letter from Delin to Subcommittee
on Labor Standards, Committee on Education and Labor, opposing Labor Department relaxation
of ban on homework, September 30; letter from Delin re engineering issue, December
22, 1986
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Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Atlantic Council of the United States
|
1988-1992 |
Scope and Contents
United States' member committee on the Atlantic Treaty Association, formed in 1954
to promote solidarity among the nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO). Letter to Mazur from the president and chairman of the Atlantic Council outlining
its history and purpose, inviting him to attend the 1991 General Assembly of the Council,
March 14, 1991; agenda of Board of Directors meeting, September 8, 1988; letter to
Mazur urging attendance at December 6, 1990, board meeting, discussion of projects,
October 1, 1990; notice of National Conference, with agenda, April 23, 1990; letter
from Mazur to president of council, tendering resignation for inability to participate
fully and also because of disagreement with council's support for fast-track trade
negotiation authority, April 19, 1991; occasional papers
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Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Bakery, Confectionary and Tobacco Workers International Union
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Bakery Workers president to Council on Economic Priorities, protesting
its "outstanding performance" rating for Sara Lee in its publication, "Shopping for
a Better World," March 21, 1990, with cover letter to Mazur, May 2; memo to Mazur
from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott with attached Bakery Workers report re leadership
development, youth involvement, and technological change in the workplace, "Meeting
Tomorrow's Challenges Today," Toronto, Canada, September 19
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Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Bankruptcy Code
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Long memo by Marcus Montgomery Wolfson, P.C., re recent amendments to bankruptcy code,
October 24, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Baron Abramson Company
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Mailgram from Mazur requesting that work by union firm Baron Abramson be removed from
nonunion Willow Glen Sportswear (Amsterdam, NY)
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Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Benefit Funds, financial reponsibilities
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
see also ILGWU Benefit Funds Speeches, "Trustee's Financial Responsibilities in the
New Economic Order," by Dr. Thomas J. Mackell, Jr., senior vice president, Trust Company
of the West, Long Island Industrial Research Association, March 15, 1994; "The State
of the Unions and Their Benefit Porgrams," by Mackell, before the Educational Conference
of Health, Welfare and Pension Plans, April 12, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Berinsky, Bert
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Fax to Mazur re death of ILGWU photographer, with attached (New York Times?) obituary,
October 3, 1991
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Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Black Economic Project
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Memo proposing study by prominent economist, preferably black, to define effect of
recent national policies on black community, 1986; memo to Mazur from assistant president
Gus Tyler that half the funding for the $25,000 project will come from the A. Philip
Randolph Institute, the NAACP, the National Urban League, and the National Council
of Negro Women, with the ILGWU responsible for shouldering the other half, September
2, 1987; memo to Mazur and other sponsors from Columbia University researcher John
Jeffries re scope of research and tentative timetable, January 27, 1987; four-paged,
single-spaced letter from Gus Tyler in response to Jeffries' request for outline of
issues, asking Jeffries to contact him when he receives the letter, copied to Mazur
and other sponsors, April 6, 1987; memo to Mazur from Tyler re unhappiness about long
delay in progress on the project, request to Jeffries for action, to produce an introductory
chapter, outline, and timetable, March 23, 1988
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Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Bradley, Senator Bill
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to Bradley re Textile, Apparel and Footwear bill, discussing trade,
GATT, MFA, December 28, 1988
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Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Brooklyn Army Terminal Day Care Center
|
1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
"A Day Care Center in the Brooklyn Army Terminal: Current and Potential Demand," prepared
by the ILGWU with the cooperation of the Public Development Corporation, December
6, 1990; memo to Mazur from Susan Cowell re Brooklyn Army Terminal Day Care Center,
noting that the newly renovated building is well suited and would serve many ILGWU
members in an area with a severe shortage of child care, February 6, 1991; similar
memo to Mazur from Cowell, December 16, 1990; letter from Mazur to NYC mayor Dinkins
asking for support from the Public Development Corporation and cooperation by other
city agencies to facilitate child care project, October 29, 1990; letter from NYC
mayor Dinkins noting that agencies will meet with ILGWU, November 29, 1990;
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Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Bronx Economic Development Task Force Report
|
1989-1992 |
Scope and Contents
"Walker Street Site: Use Report Prepared for the Civic Centre Committee City of New
York Community Board #1 by Anschuetz, Christidis & Lauster," 1983, with cover letter
to Mazur from the architects offering similar services in the Bronx, May 20, 1992;
memo from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott commenting on Bronx Economic Development Task
Force Draft Recommendations, December 11, 1989; fact sheet on apparel manufacturing
employment in the Bronx
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Box 6 | Folder 14 |
CCNY Interns
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur re interns for ILGWU from City College of the City University of New
York (CCNY) under the Sol C. Chaikin Fund for Labor Studies at CCNY, September 14,
1994
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Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Calvin Klein
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Clipping from NY Newsday re sale of jeans division, 2/11/94; list of bills issued
as result of audit, December 9, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Campaign for New Priorities
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur inviting him to join organization dedicated to reordering federal
budget away from defense assistance to Europe and Japan and reinvestment of money
on domestic programs, signed by mayor of Boston and president of the U.S. Conference
of Mayors, the president of the National Education Association, and Donna Shalala,
March 16, 1992; list of endorsing organizations
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Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Capriotti, Dan
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Materials re ILGWU job applicant: letters of recommendation from Rep. Frank Pallone,
Jr. (3rd CD, NJ), New Jersey Environmental Federation, resume
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Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Carey, Hugh L.
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Biography of the 51st governor of New York State; letter to former NY Governor Carey
expressing shock at association with Frank Lorenzo, March 15, 1994
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Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Caribbean Offshoring Subsidies
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
see also Trade ILGWU press release condemning U.S. government subsidies of American
firms relocating to Caribbean nations, exporting U.S. jobs, September 30, 1992; column
by Mazur, "The Trade AID Fiasco," condemning giving $1 billion in taxpayer money to
firms to move production out of U.S., October 21, 1992
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Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Catholic Community Services
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from executive director of Catholic Community Services Central Office,
Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, re meeting with Joe Danahy director, ILGWU Department of
Organization & Field Services, January 7, 1987
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Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Census Enumeration
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Memo from ILGWU exec asst Parrott to Mazur re comparison of census figures for 1980
vs 1988 showing increase in number of Americans living below the poverty level, January
18, 1990; memo to Mazur expressing concern about plans for combining all Asians into
one category in 1990 census, dated January 5, 1987 (stamped received January 8, 1988);
Daily News article re Commerce Dept. report on number of Asian-owned businesses in
Manhattan in 1987, likely overcount of American Indian (Native American)-owned businesses,
with cover note to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott observing likely significant
undercount of Asian-owned businesses, need to challenge methodology, August 2, 1991;
newspaper clippings from New York Times re growth of Asian population nationally,
February 24, 1991, re diversity of Asian population hindering influence, June 25,
1989
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Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Center for Labor and Industrial Relations (New York Institute of Technology)
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1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Article by Jay Mazur, "Labor Relations: Will We Survive the 1990's?" in spring 1990
Bulletin of the Center for Labor and Industrial Relations, School of Management, New
York Institute of Technology, based on speech delivered at conference of same name;
conference agenda, held February 15-20, 1990
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Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Center for Labor Management Policy Studies (CUNY)
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1989-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Proposal for Funding the Gompers Union Leadership Award Program of the Center for
Labor-Management Policy Studies at the City University (of New York) Graduate School,
describing history of the award, memo asking for contribution by AFL-CIO in funding
the Samuel Gompers Award, threatened with elimination through budget cut by the City
University of New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY), July 26, 1991;
letter from Mazur to UFT president Sandra Feldman urging contribution to Center for
Labor-Management Policy Studies, January 29, 1991; related correspondence; annual
reports and meeting agendas; book proposals by deputy director Stephen Sleigh, American
Workers in the World Economy, February 25, 1992, and On Deadline: Labor Relations
in Newspaper Publishing, April 1991; letter to Mazur from center director Victor Gotbaum
asking for reference for award nominee, March 20, 1991; detailed announcement of center's
conference, "Skill Based Automation – Work Technology and Competitiveness in American
and European Organizations," May 23, 1991; announcement of center's conference on
South African Labor-Management Relations, with cover letters to Mazur from Gotbaum
asking him to chair a panel and reply from Mazur, with notation, "cancelled," December
19, 1989, and March 23, 1990; copy of article from Harvard Educational Review, "So
We Can Use Our Own Names, and Write the Laws by Which We Live: Educating the New U.S.
Labor Force," by Collins, Balmuth, and Jean, CUNY, November 1989; report for the Center
for Labor-Management Policy Studies, "Reaching for Their Rights: Asian Workers in
New York City," by May Ying Chen, assistant education director, ILGWU Local 23-25,
October 17, 1989; agenda, Advisory Board meeting, October 19, 1989; letters to Mazur
from Gotbaum updating him center activities, August 31-Sept.13, 1989
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Box 6 | Folder 24 |
Center for Migration Studies
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1979-1989 |
Scope and Contents
See also Trilateral Commission 1993 Speech by Mazur before the CMS Silver Anniversary
Gala upon his receipt of the CMS Immigration Achievement Award, October 28, 1989;
fax of program; printed program; letter informing Mazur of his award, July 18, 1989;
CMS publications list; invoices for program ads; copy of International Migration Review
1979, Center for Migration Studies
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Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Center for Public Integrity
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1990-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Nonprofit watchdog organization researching ethics in government. Senate testimony
by center executive director Charles Lewis, December 15, 1992, re conflict of interest
among presidential appointees, how human-rights-abusing nations hire former U.S. government
officials to serve as lobbyists for them in Washington; Senate testimony by Lewis,
March 28, 1991, re how excess campaign funds are spent by members of Congress; Senate
testimony by Lewis, September 27, 1990, re revolving-door phenomenon at the Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative; letter noting project, "The Selling of NAFTA," examining
the manipulation of the decision-making process in Washington, December 9, 1992; letter
from Mazur with copy of contribution check, January 15, 1993; report, "For Their Eyes
Only: How Presidential Appointees Treat Public Documents as Personal Property," with
attached article by Associated Press about the report, and cover letter to Mazur,
June 18, 1992; letter to Mazur updating activities, noting that the center has become
a source of background information for news organizations, December 30, 1993; newspaper
clippings
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Box 6 | Folder 26 |
Central America
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1985-1990 |
Scope and Contents
see also Kamberis, Harry Newspaper clippings compiled into "Press Commentaries on
Central American Peace Accord," #1 and #2, with cover letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO
director of international affairs noting initiation of clipping service; copy of Foreign
Affairs article, "The Choice in Central America," Fall 1987; Statement by the AFL-CIO
Executive Council on Central America and Panama, February 1990; letter to Mazur from
Sen. Edward Kennedy re Salvadoran refugees, legislation blocking deportation, February
12, 1988; flyer for rally and march on Washington for justice and peace in Central
America and Southern Africa, April 25, 1987; newsletter by Central American Peace
and Democracy Watch, with summary report of delegation to Nicaragua and El Salvador,
"Observations on the Implementation of the Central American Peace Process," Gov. Charles
S. Robb, January 4, 1988; newsletter, American Institute for Free Labor Development
Briefs re El Salvador, April 15, 1986; letter from the New York Area Labor Committee
in Support of Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador, with list of Steering Committee,
August 19, 1985
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Box 6 | Folder 27 |
Central Labor Union
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from the president of the Freeport, Illinois,
Central Labor Union, expressing opposition to merger with other AFL-CIO central labor
unions, October 14, 1987
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Box 6 | Folder 28 |
Chaikin and Chaikin
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1983-1988 |
Scope and Contents
List of annual retainer fees, 1988-89; analysis of legal fees for 1988 and 1989; invoices;
minutes of meeting of stockholders and board of directors of Local 91 Realty Corporation,
August 19, 1986 and July 21, 1987; letters re Dino Manufacturing Company, April 28,
1986; Mutual Development Houses, December 6, 1986; proposal to act as collection attorney
for ILGWU National Retirement Fund, Health Services Plan and Health and Welfare Funds,
October 24, 1983; legal memorandum to Eric B. Chaikin from Gary C. Cooke re rejection
of collective bargaining agreements under bankruptcy code, with copy of relevant section
of the code, n.d.
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Box 6 | Folder 29 |
Chaikin, Rosalind
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Holiday greeting card to Mazur and wife noting invitation to presidential inaugural,
decision not to go, December 27, 1992
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Box 6 | Folder 30 |
Child Care
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1987-1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also Chinatown Day Care Center Letter from Rep. Mario Biaggi (D.-N.Y.) asking
for support for his On-Site Child Care Privatization Act (H.R. 541), providing a tax
credit to businesses undertaking child care operations for their employees, with copy
of bill and Congressional Record transcript of introduction, February 13, 1987; press
release by ILGWU Local 23-25 (Blouse, Skirt and Sportswear Workers Union), "Union
Concerned about Children in Shops, Pushes for Child Care," June 12, 1990 (with handwritten
note: for Doris Wooten)
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Box 6 | Folder 31 |
Child Care Action Campaign
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letters from Gerald W. McEntee, international president, AFSCME, to other union leaders
and congressmen inviting them to a fundraising event in Washington, D.C., August 9,
1993; notice and proposed agenda for May 10, 1993 board meeting, attached policy statement
and action plan, "Child Care and Education: The Critical Connection"; minutes of board
meeting, November 18, 1993; background materials from recent Executive Committee meetings,
1994
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Box 6 | Folder 32 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Agendas, minutes, and related documents for Executive Committee meetings, including
memos from executive director re status of programs, staffing, budget, financial statements
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Box 6 | Folder 33 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Executive Committee and board meetings; memo re Child Care Tax Credit Outreach
Campaign; letter to Mazur from new president Stolley asking him to co-chair the Development
Committee, with descriptions of all committees, December 17, 1991
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Box 6 | Folder 34 |
Child Care Action Campaign, Spring Board Meeting, April
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda and related materials of April 26 meeting; memo re cancellation of buffet supper
due to citywide strike of apartment building personnel, April 22, 1991
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Box 6 | Folder 35 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Draft mission statements, January 18, 1990; newsletter, ChildCare ActioNews, re Family
Support Act, May – June 1990; report of CCAC State Financing Alternatives Project,
July 24, 1990; packet of materials for board meetings, including 1991 budget and program
plans, with attached minutes of December 11, 1990, Executive Committee meeting
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Box 6 | Folder 36 |
Child Care Action Campaign
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Family Matters Survey results, including summary analysis, questionnaire, and extensive
handwritten comments by participants, with attached memo, May 17, 1989; trends report
sent to Secy. of Labor Elizabeth Dole, March 1989; draft of letter from president
of CCAC to NY Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan thanking him for support, requesting meeting,
January 1989, with cover letter to Mazur asking him to attend; final letter to Moynihan,
February 1989; newsletter, ChildCare ActioNews, featuring cover article by Mazur,
"I'm Stickin' to the Union," January-February 1989; newsletter, AFL-CIO Reviews the
Issues, "Child Care for Working Families," excerpted from testimony before Senate
Finance Committee by AFSCME president Gerald W. McEntee; newspaper clippings
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Box 6 | Folder 37 |
Child Care Action Campaign, Annual Board Meeting, September
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Directory of board members; memo re annual benefit, to honor media supporters, and
annual board meeting, May 19, 1989; awards program with list of auction items, benefactors,
board members, and media honorees, September 17, 1989; list of fundraiser honoree
list since 1985; memo to Mazur re points to raise at development committee and board
meetings, September 14, 1989; list of ILGWU contributions to CCAC from September 1988;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 6 | Folder 38 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC), Board Meeting, Spring
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda and related materials; newspaper clippings
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Box 6 | Folder 39 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC), Finance and Development Committee
|
1989-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Finance & Development Committee minutes, January 30, 1989; proposal and budget for
National Advisory Panel; list of major contributors in 1988; operating budget, 1989;
letter to Mazur from chair of finance and development committee re personal background
as working person, not socialite fundraiser, March 27, 1989; letter from Mazur and
Gerald W. McEntee, president AFSCME, to president of United Brotherhood of Carpenters,
asking for contribution, June 26, 1989, with attached list of other labor leader recipients,
noting responses; memo from CCAC president re 1989 spring board meeting and supper
at her home for informal discussion the evening before, with list of committee assignments,
March 10, 1989; agenda, August 24, 1990; union solicitation letters, November 2, 1990;
memo from Mazur and co-chair to CCAC board members re development efforts, September
4, 1990; agenda of April 23, 1991, meeting; financial statements and independent auditor's
report, December 31, 1990 and 1989; Management Report, December 31, 1990; minutes
of April 22, 1991, meeting, with attached list of 1989 and 1990 union contributions;
agenda of January 22, 1992, meeting with attached list of 1990 and 1991 corporate
and foundations contributions, financial statement ending December 31, 1991, and draft
FY92 operating budget; memo from Mazur and co-chair to Executive Committee reporting
on development committee meeting of January 22, 1992; memo from Mazur and co-chair
to board re fiscal year 1991 fundraising, November 4, 1992; proposal by Mal Warwick
& Associates for direct mail membership campaign, with cover letter to Development
Committee, January 16, 1992; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 6 | Folder 40 |
Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC)
|
1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda for annual meeting, Nov. 7, 1988; minutes of board meeting, March 16, 1988;
proposed program plan and budget for 1989; financial report for the month ending September
30, 1988; letter to Mazur from president Elinor Guggenheimer thanking him for contribution,
May 21, 1987
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Box 6 | Folder 41 |
Child Labor
|
1998 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, founder of the Robert Kennedy Memorial Center
for Human Rights, re Global March Against Child Labor, May 12, 1998; memo to Mazur
from UNITE international relations director Michele Briones re march, May 19
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Box 6 | Folder 42 |
Child Labor
|
1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 43 |
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
|
1986-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur acknowledging ILGWU as supporting advocate member of the Child Welfare
League of America, January 9, 1986; summary and evaluations of first biennial assembly,
with letter discussing resolutions adopted, April 1, 1987; letter from Rep. Mario
Biaggi (D.-N.Y.) asking for support for his On-Site Child Care Privatization Act (H.R.
541), providing a tax credit to businesses undertaking child care operations for their
employees, with copy of bill and Congressional Record transcript of introduction,
February 13, 1987; booklet for 1989 National Conference, "Children '89: The First
100 Days: A Children's Initiative for President Bush and the 101st Congress"
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Box 7 | Folder 1 |
China
|
1994-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Invitation to Mazur to be part of a business management delegation to visit the People's
Republic of China, sponsored by the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People
International, April 4, 1995; memo from ILGWU international relations director Michele
Briones suggesting that U.S. firms doing business in China, such as Liz Claiborne,
exert pressure on government to release dissident Harry Wu, August 21, 1995; letter
from AFL-CIO international affairs director Charles D. Grey to trade unionists urging
boycott of United Nations World Women's Conference, to be held in Beijing, to protest
China's abuses against women workers, October 31, 1994; letter to Mazur from the U.S.-Asia
Law Institute asking if he would be interested in joining a delegation to help draft
new labor law for China, with cover memo to Mazur from vp Susan Cowell, noting decline
of invitation under current status of nonrecognition of labor unioins, December 8,
1994; China Labour Bulletin by Han Dong-fang stating position against the ACFTU, December
1994; China Labor Notes (AFL-CIO newsletter), February/March issue; memo from the
assistant U.S. Trade Representative to Advisory Committee members re public comments
on China accession to the GATT and WTO (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, World
Trade Organization), June 23, 1994, with attached Federal Register notice and request
for comments; statement on the labor movement in China, by Jay Mazur, Voice of America,
September 5, 1994; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 2 |
China
|
1992-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re observations on trip
to PRC and Hong Kong, noting loss of central control by government, September 9, 1993;
draft of letter by ILGWU vp and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow to members of the
Senate Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations (list attached) urging
establishment of a Radio Free Asia, March 23, 1993; letters from Dubrow to members
of Senate and House urging support for United States-China Act of 1992, establishing
stricter requirements for renewal of Most Favored Nation status, July 1992; statement
by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on U.S. China Policy, urging revocation of Most Favored
Nation status and other trade sanctions and asserting that capitalism is not the sole
precondition of democracy, February 1993; similar statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council,
August 1992; report of RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation) mission to China,
December 27, 1990, related correspondence re AFL-CIO position, attached clippings
from Hong Kong newspapers re Chinese repression of trade unions; letter to Mazur from
the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars inviting him to speak
at rally during visit by Li Peng to U.N., January 24, 1992; invitation from Democratic
Socialists for rally at U.N. protesting repression in China, January 24, 1992, with
attached memo to Mazur re his speech at rally and Chinese-language flyer from the
Church of New York; AFL-CIO Subcommittee on China agenda, January 23, 1992; letter
from former president Jimmy Carter welcoming Chinese dissidents Li Lin and Li Zhi
to U.S., January 8, 1992; Statement of Li Lin and Li Zhi, Former Chinese Political
Prisoners before congressional committee, n.d., with attached biographies; resolution
submitted by ILGWU at AFL-CIO convention, October 1993; "Incident in Beijing Airport,"
by Lu Jinghua, June 28, 1993; National Affairs articles and newspaper clippings re
worker rights, official unions, prison labor, child labor, "toycott," Hong Kong, December
1992-January 1992; AFL-CIO Asian-American Free Labor Institute Chinese Labor Notes
newsletters, January 1992-August 1993; ILGWU press release, "Chinese-Born Medical
Student and North Carolina MS Candidate Receive First-Ever 'Dubrow Post-Graduate Scholarships'
for Public Service: Awards Aid Two Garment Workers' Daughters Who Plan Careers Helping
Those in Need," September 8, 1993; correspondence between ILGWU international relations
director Michele Briones, staff, and creator of video "Project for Tiananmen Square,"
including script, June-July 1992; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 3 |
China
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to President Bush expressing concern for imprisoned dissident Wang
Juntao, August 28, with cover letter to director of Committee to End the Chinese Gulag;
letter to Mazur from the director of the U.S. Department of State Office of Chinese
and Mongolian Affairs assuring him that the Bush administration shares his concern
for Wang Juntao, with attached statement by assistant secretary/deputy spokesman Richard
Boucher expressing said concern, September 18, 1991; letter from United Steelworkers
of America to members of House and Senate, opposing Most Favored Nation status, noting
mistreatment of U.S. workers by new Chinese owners of Phoenix Steel in Claymont, Delaware,
with cover letter to Mazur, July 8 and August 14; first annual report of the U.S –
Japan Structural Impediments Initiative, May 22, with cover letter from the Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative to the Policy Advisory Committee; material related
to Solidarity Day
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Box 7 | Folder 4 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1997 |
Scope and Contents
See also China – Workers Autonomous Federation of China Article by Han Dongfang, "The
Plight of China's Workers," in Freedom Review, vol 27, nos 5/6; U.S Apparel Industry
Partnership code of conduct, Nike Company code of conduct, in English and Chinese;
related e-mail correspondence; article from the Far Eastern Economic Review, June
16, 1997; transcript of Jim Lehrer NewsHour interview with Han Dongfang at Hong Kong
commemoration of Tiananmen Square massacre, noting that dissidents in Hong Kong must
prepare to go back to jail for offending government, June 4, 1997; interview with
Han by Multinational Monitor, June; other downloaded articles
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Box 7 | Folder 5 |
China, Han Dong Fang, Jingyun Chen
|
1996-1998 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re Han Dongfang's wife, Jungyun Chen, and efforts to reunite her with
him
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Box 7 | Folder 6 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1994-1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also China – Workers Autonomous Federation of China
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Box 7 | Folder 7 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Copies of checks from ILGWU to pay for medical treatment for Han Dongfang and telephone
and travel expenses of supporters; letters to Chinese government officials protesting
treatment of Han Dongfang; related correspondence; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 8 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also China – Workers Autonomous Federation of China China Labor Notes newsletters
re "China's Lech Walesa," July 1990, continuing protest, October 1992; "Urgent Appeal
from Han Dongfang: Chinese Government Forces its Lawful Citizen out of China," August
14, 1993, with attached faxed appeal from Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
to help Han Dongfang return to China, August 16, 1993, memo to Mazur re Han Dongfang,
November 16, 1993; handwritten note "Rush" by Mazur, with attached newspaper clippings,
South China Morning Post, August 15 and 16, 1993; personal thank-you cards handwritten
from Han Dongfang to Mazur and Michele Briones, June 25, 1993; press release from
Asia Watch, "Han Dongfang Freed from Prison," April 30, 1991; AFL-CIO News press release,
"AFL-CIO Denounces China's Expulsion of Labor Activist and Calls on U.S. Government
to Oppose Beijing Olympic Bid," August 18, 1993; New York Times clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 9 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
See also China – Joy Lewis 1990-1994 Transcript of article from World Journal, December
8, 1992; copies of checks from ILGWU to pay for medical treatment and furniture rentals
for Han Dongfang; drafts of leaflet supporting Han Dongfang; letters to Mazur and
other ILGWU officials from Joy Lewis updating re Han Dongfang; copy of Tom Kahn Labor
and Human Rights Award certificate from Social Democrats, USA, to Han Dongfang, May
5, 1992; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 10 |
China, Han Dong Fang
|
1989-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Press releases from Asia Watch we Han Dongfang's release from prison, April 30, 1991;
World Journal description of Han's medical condition, June 9, 1991; letter to Mazur
from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland need to link renewal of Most Favored Nation status
with treatment of Han and other dissidents, May 10, 1991; mermo to Mazur from ILGWU
international relations director Michele Briones re harsh (possibly death) sentences
for WAF workers, as compared to light sentences for students, need for unions to build
public opinion to save Han Dongfang's life, December 18, 1990; letter from Briones
to Trini Leung, Hong Kong Trade Education Centre re situation in China, December 12,
1990; related memo for files; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 11 |
China, Lu Jinghua
|
1993-1994 |
Box 7 | Folder 12 |
China, Lu Jinghua
|
1993-1994 |
Box 7 | Folder 13 |
China, Toycott
|
1991-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and flyers related to boycott of toys made in China; sponsored by AFL-CIO
and Frontlash, Youth and Labor Working Together
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Box 7 | Folder 14 |
China, U.N. Conference on Women
|
1993-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Materials related to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, held in
Beijing; report of official U.S Preparatory Meeting for the U.N. Fourth World Conference
(convened by the U.S. Department of State and others), April 22, 1994; related materials:
conference program; "A Working Women's Guide to Her Job Rights," U.S. Department of
Labor Women's Bureau, August 1992; Women's Bureau fact sheets, Facts on Working Women,
1993; printed U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (1989, reprinted 1993); letter from Mazur to U.N. secretary general Boutros
Boutros-Ghali expressing dismay over the resistance against the NGO Forum on Women
in obtaining facilities in Beijing for their participation in the U.N. conference;
reply from U.N. chief of staff Jean-Claude Ame noting quiet diplomatic efforts to
resolve the issue, May 22-31, 1995; correspondence with the International Textile,
Garment & Leather Worker's Federation and the International Confederation of Free
Trade Unions (ICFTU) re boycott of the conference, May 1995; newspaper clippings
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Box 7 | Folder 15 |
China, Committee on China (AFL-CIO)
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda, minutes, and related materials for meeting of January 23, 1992, re forced
labor; biographical description and statement of brothers Li Lin and Li Zhi; letter
from President Carter welcoming the Li borthers to the U.S., January 8, 1992; AFL-CIO
Committee on China "Report on China since Tiananmen Square," delivered to the Executive
Council on February 20, 1990; handwritten notes
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Box 7 | Folder 16 |
China Committee
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
See also Committee on China – Report 1990 Urgent memo to Mazur and vp Susan Cowell
from ILGWU International Relations Director Michele Briones re AFL-CIO Committee Report
on China noting that she disagreed with draft, recommending inclusion of an alternative
writeup of presentation by representative from Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation;
first and second draft reports of October 18, 1990, meeting and report to the AFL-CIO
Executive Council; final draft (?) of Subcommittee on China Report to the Executive
Council of the AFL-CIO, February 1991; draft statements by the AFL-CIO Executive Council
on China, February 1991; Statement on United States-China Trade Relations Submitted
by Jay Mazur, President, ILGWU, June 19, 1991, before the Subcommittee on Trade, Committee
on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives; statement by Mark A. Anderson, assistant
director, Department of Economic Research, AFL-CIO, before the House subcommittee
on trade, on Most Favored Nation Status for the People's Republic of China, June 12,
1991, with attached AFL-CIO special report, "Forced Labor in China," October 1990;
statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on "Toycott": Opposing China's Export of
Prison-Made Goods, May 8, 1991; letter from Mazur to Chinese government official,
expressing dismay at fire at Zing Ye Raincoat Factory in Guangdong province, in which
80 workers were burned to death because of the management's practice of locking all
the exits, comparing it to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire that killed workers under
similar circumstances but led to government-mandated industrial safety reforms, urging
Chinese government do the same, July 29, 1991; letter from Mazur to Sir David Wilson,
governor of Hong Kong, opposing proposed new law, the Trade Description Bill, which
would allow partially knitted items from Hong Kong to be linked and finished elsewhere
and still retain the "Made in Hong Kong" label, warning that since these would most
likely be finished by prison labor in China, the ILGWU would oppose imports of these
products to the U.S., July 11, 1991; letter to Mazur from secretary-treasurer of Food
and Allied Service Trades re Democracy for China Fund, July 3, 1991, with attached
fact sheets; article, "Prospects and Dilemmas of Chinese Workers," by Ivan D. London,
Miriam London, and Ta-ling Lee, in Workers under Communism, July 19, 1991; letter
from the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, inviting Jinghua
Lu of the Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation to appear as guest, June 20, 1991;
copies of newsletter, China Labor Notes, an update on events In the PRC by the Asian-American
Free Labor Institute/AFL-CIO; clipping from Newsweek
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Box 7 | Folder 17 |
China, Committee to End the Chinese Gulag
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Cover letter to Mazur from director of the Gulag Committee, welcoming him as a member,
noting effectiveness of raising issue of prisoners when traveling to China, noting
enclosed materials: report by the Gulag Committee, "Workers and Peasants Imprisoned
by the Chinese Government," profiling individual prisoners, July 8, 1991; report,
"Rough Justice in Beijing: Punishing the 'Black Hands' of Tiananmen Square," by Asia
Watch, a committee of Human Rights Watch, January 27, 1991; New York Times clipping,
"The Prisoner," profiling Wei Jingsheng, March 15, 1991; list of members of the Gulag
Committee as of July 18, 1991
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Box 7 | Folder 18 |
China, Lewis, Joy
|
1990-1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also Chnia – Han Dongfang 1992 Resume of Joy Chen Yu Lewis of Asia Watch (Human
Rights Watch); notes by Lewis from a meeting with AFFLI (AFL-CIO Asian-American Free
Labor Institute?) representative Mark Hankin re projects documenting repression of
Chinese workers, September 4, 1991; related correspondence
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Box 7 | Folder 19 |
China, Correspondence
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to N.Y. Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, from Rep. Gerald
Solomon noting that House of Representatives approved his resolution denying Most
Favored Nation status to China, with attached newspaper clipping, October 22, 1990;
letter and materials from Hong Kong Trade Union Education Centre, July 21, 1990; letter
from Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS), formed in reponse
to the Tiananmen Square killings, July 18; draft of letter by AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland to PRC ambassador to the U.N. on first anniversary of Tienanmen Square, calling
for release of Han Dongfang and all other imprisoned unionists, with cover letter
from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones, May 23; memos to Mazur
from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell and others re Workers Autonomous Federation of China, with
background sheet, May 12, 16 and 17; correspondence re commemoration activities for
first anniversary of Tiananmen Square
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Box 8 | Folder 1 |
China Committee
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to premier of China urging fair trials for detained trade unionists,
December 14, 1990; letter from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to Chinese ambassador
to U.S., decrying "slaughter" at Tienanmen Square, urging release of pro-democracy
prisoners, June 4, 1990; faxed memo to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director
Michele Briones noting attached AAFLI report is not to be presented to the AFL-CIO
Committee on China but rather ILG's report should be, with copy of report prepared
for the AFL-CIO Subcommittee on China by the Asian-American Free Labor Institute,
"Foreign Investment in the People's Republic of China – the U.S. Connection," and
list of leading U.S. companies investing in China, February 1990, with AAFLI resolution
to be presented to AFL-CIO Committee on China, February 7; AFL-CIO Committee on China
"Report on China since Tiananmen Square," to the AFL-CIO Executive Council, February
1990; memo from Mazur to Bill Deery of the Deery Group noting authorship of Committee
on China report; statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council re China, condemning Bush
policy, February 1990; statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council, "A New China Policy,"
May 1990; "Statement on United States-China Relations," submitted by Jay Mazur, president,
ILGWU, June 25, 1990, before the Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways and Means,
U.S. House of Representatives, with attached article from the Nation, "Who Died in
Beijing, and Why?" by Robin Munro, June 11, 1990; agenda for October 18, 1990, meeting
of AFL-CIO Committee on China; list of attendees, including Li Jinghua and Zhao Hongliang,
refugees from Tiananmen Square and Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation, and Winston
Lord, U.S. ambassador to China; biographical sketches/resumes of Li, Zhao, and Lord;
"Repression in China Since June 4, 1989," an Asia Watch Report, September 28, 1990;
cover memo from Asian-American Free Labor Institute (AFL-CIO) announcing launch of
China Labor Notes newsletter, with several issues; letter from AFL-CIO president Kirkland
to all affiliate union presidents noting plans to commemorate first anniversary of
Tiananmen Square, with prospectus for Democracy for China Fund and cover memo, April
12, 1990; memo to Mazur from Michele Briones re contribution to China Fund, with attached
memo from AFL-CIO re error in accounting, list of contributions by unions, July 1990;
agenda of activities for Washington, D.C., rally commemorating first anniversary of
Tiananmen Square, and sponsors, with list of Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Associations
in major U.S. cities; faxed memo to Mazur from Briones re AFL-CIO meeting on China,
planned demonstrations, with attached postcard to be sent to the government in Beijing
protesting detention of pre-democracy workers, April 11, 1990; faxed memo to Brones
from Hong Kong Clothing Industry Workers General Union with button designs, February
14, 1990; press release, "Democracy Tour to be Announced on Eve of Visit to Czechoslovakia
by Chinese Democracy Leaders," March 1, 1990, faxed to Mazur from the Deery Group;
faxed memo to Mazur from the Asian-American Free Labor Institute with list of U.S.
companies attempting to import temporary workers from China, March 27, 1990; Current
History article, "Deteriorating Human Rights in China," by James V. Feinerman, associate
professor of law, Georgetown University, September 1990, with note by Mazur to send
copy to China Committee; Political Science Quarterly article, "Contradictions in Communist
Reform: China before 4 June 1989," by Benedict Stavis, 1990; article from Libertarian
Labor Review, summer 1991; newsletter of the Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies,
Across the Table, featuring article, "Hong Kong Labor Leader Speaks at ILGWU on Labor
Activism in China," Fall 1989 New York Times clipping re China one year after Tiananmen
Square, April 15, 1990; other newspaper clippings
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Box 8 | Folder 2 |
China, Committee on China (AFL-CIO) Report
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also China – Committee on China 1991 First draft of report of the China Committee
to the AFL-CIO Executive Council; related correspondence; minutes of meeting, April
11
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Box 8 | Folder 3 |
China
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to the American Ditchley Foundation, pointing out deficiency in
Ditchley essay (attached) in failing to mention the role of workers, not only students,
in the demonstrations at Tiananmen Square, with reply, September-October; memo to
Mazur from vp Susan Cowell, "ILGWU Response to China Situation," recommending pressure
for economic and trade sanctions, with attached interview by Cowell of Chinese organizer
and letter from philanthropist giving grants to Chinese students, July 15, 1989; memos
to Cowell from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re visit of
Hong Kong trade unionist Lee Cheuk Yan and other China matters, July 6 and 19, 1989;
ILGWU and CUNY Center for Labor- Management Studies flyer invitation to talk by Lee
Cheuk Yan, general secretary, Clothing Industry Workers General Union, Hong Kong,
"The Condition of Workers in China Today: An Eyewitness Account," August 31, 1989;
biography of Lee Cheuk Yan; memo to Mazur and Cowell re liberalized immigration policy
for Chinese (PRC) nationals wishing to extend stay in U.S., July 7, 1989; copy of
cartoon and letter sent by Rep. George Miller to congressional colleagues soliciting
co-signers of letter to the president of the United States-China Business Council
urging pressure by U.S. business community on Chinese government for reform, June
26, 1989; copy of bill in House of Representatives revoking most-favored-nation status
for PRC, June 13, 1989; letter from Asia Watch to ILGWU vp Susan Cowell urging sending
telegrams to Chinese premier on behalf of arrested workers at Tiananmen Square, July
9, 1989, with attached report," New Information on Arrests in China," June 24, 1989;
letter from Asia Watch suggesting actions on behalf of imprisoned Chinese workers,
with profiles of several, August 10, 1989; Asia Watch briefing paper, "Chinese Labor
Issues in Light of June 4," July 26, 1989; ILGWU press release, "10,000 Chinatown
Workers Join 'Day of Mourning' to Protest Violence by Chinese Government," June 9,
1989; translations of news accounts fromChinese-language newspapers, July 6, 1989;
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) telegram to president of
People's Republic of China general secretary calling for end to martial law, refraining
from use of force against pro-democracy demonstrators, May 24, 1989; telegram on June
19, 1989, from ICFTU president expressing horror at death sentences against leaders
of the democracy movement; press release by ICFTU condemning military attack and "appalling
brutality" against peaceful demonstrators; statement by international trade union
leaders on the opening day of the International Labor Organisation annual conference,
expressing "horror and disgust over the barbarous massacre" since June 4 of thousands
of students and workers taking part in peaceful pro-democracy protests, June 17, 1989;
letter from ICFTU general secretary noting that he had written to World Bank president
Barber Conable urging suspension of financial assistance to China, June 22, 1989,
with attached copy of letter and ICFTU Report on Violations of Trade Union Rights
in China (May-June 1989); report of fact-finding mission to China by TWARO April 28-May
7, 1989, with cover letter to Mazur from CWA president Morton Bahr, July 14, 1989;
article/speech by Harold C. Hinton, "The Chinese Student Uprising: What Is Next?"
May 31, 1989, American Heritage Foundation; letter to Mazur from China Institute in
America, inviting him to art exhibit, August 10, 1989; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 8 | Folder 4 |
China Committee (AFL-CIO)
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Notice of organizational meeting, March 7, 1989; letter from Communications Workers
of America (CWA) president Morton Bahr to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland noting that
he'd asked Mazur to co-chair the AFL-CIO China Committee with him, and that he'd accepted,
September 13, 1989; memos from Michele Briones to Mazur and Susan Cowell re AFL-CIO
Committee on China meeting of July 11, 1989; talking points for meeting, July 6, 1989;
memo from Mort Bahr re meeting, noting invitation to Tiananmen survivor Liang Heng,
June 8, 1989; AFC-CIO News press release, ICFTU Report on Violations of Trade Union
Rights in China (May-June 1989); ALF-CIO News press release, "Kirkland Calls for Actions
Against China," June 26, 1989; AFL-CIO News press release, "Remarks of Jim Baker,
U.S. Workers' Delegate to the ILO Conference," June 26, 1989; AFL-CIO Statement on
China by president Lane Kirkland, with cover letter to Mazur and other labor leaders
from CWA president Morton Bahr, June 16, 1989; memos between Mazur and Bahr with drafts
of statement on Tiananmen Square, "Tragedy in China," October 1989; memos to Mazur
from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re labor's response to
China's human rights abuses, with minutes of August 31 AFL-CIO Committee on China
meeting and summary of Lee Cheuk Yan's (Clothing Workers Union of Hong Kong general
secretary) visit to the United States; notices of August 31 and November 2 China Committee
meeting; AFL-CIO Committee on China Report to the AFL-CIO Executive Council, August
8, 1989; AFL-CIO Committee on China Suggested Speakers, 19 April 1989, with attached
newspaper clippings, 1988; newspaper clippings compiled by the AFL-CIO Department
of International Affairs re Tiananmen Square and related developments, including report
by ICFTU, with cover letter to Mazur, June 30, 1989; "Testimonial to History: Tiananmen
Square 1989, April 15 – June 4," photo documentation with captions in English and
Chinese, compiled by Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic and Democratic Movements
of China; "Echoes from Tiananmen," Issue No. 1, June 15, 1989, compilation of press
reports and original articles, published by Friends of Chinese Minzhu, Hong Kong Trade
Union Education Centre, Hong Kong; program for Council on Foreign Relations luncheon,
June 13, 1989, featuring Winston Lord, U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of
China 1985-May 1989, "China and America: Great Walls and Open Doors," with attached
handwritten notes by Mazur; Statement on China by Postal, Telegraph and Telephone
International, June 8, 1989; Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International Report
of IFFTU mission to China, October 16-26, 1988, with newspaper clippings from South
China Morning Post, Hong Kong Standard, Asiaweek, Far Eastern Economic Review, Financial
Times, 1987-88
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Box 8 | Folder 5 |
China, Committee on China (AFL-CIO), Lee Cheuk Yan
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Travel itinerary of U.S. visit of Hong Kong trade unionist Lee Cheuk Yan, August 21,
1989; copies of reimbursement checks; minutes of meeting of Committee on China with
Lee Cheuk Yan, August 31, 1989
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Box 8 | Folder 6 |
China, Tianamen Square
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
See also China Committee (above) Los Angeles Times Special Report, "The Shattered
Dream," re Tiananmen Square repression, June 25, 1989; special report, U.S News &
World Report, June 5, 1989; New York Times Magazine, "Human Rights in China," April
16, 1989;" New York Times profile of regime leaders, June 25, 1989; other newspaper
clippings
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Box 8 | Folder 7 |
China, Workers' Autonomous Federation of China
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also China – Han Dongfang "China's Independent Labour Movement," dossier prepared
by Hong Kong Trade Union Education Centre and Asia Monitor Resource Center, both in
Hong Kong, June 15, 1989; faxed letter to ILGWU international relations director Michele
Briones from Hong Kong Trade Union Education Centre expressing concern over establishment
of overseas Workers Autonomous Federation of China without consultation with WAF members
in exile, December 13, 1990; background description of WAF as it originated in China
during and after Tiananmen Square, exiled members, with cover letter from Mazur, May
17, 1990; confidential memo to Mazur from Susan Cowell re overseas WAF preparatory
committee, May 16, 1990; memo to Mazur from Briones re stalemate in forming a WAF
in exile, July 26, 1990; faxes from Asia Watch with letters from Trini Leung re preparatory
committee of WAFOC; IUF News Bulletin, "The Workers' Struggle in China," re Trini
Leung, 1989; related correspondence
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Box 8 | Folder 8 |
China, Workers' Autonomous Federation of China
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1989-1991 |
Scope and Contents
See also China – Workers Autonomous Federation of Chin; see also China – Han Dongfang
Project description and drafts of booklet of translated excerpts of program broadcasts
by WAF in Tiananmen Square between May 24 and June 3, 1989; book proposal, "The Black
Hands of Beijing," by Robin Munro and George Black, re human rights abuses, Tiananmen
Square, and dissidents Han Dongfang, Wang Juntao, and Chen Ziming; financial records;
paper, "Den Xiaoping's Reform and the Chinese Workers' Participation in the Protest
Movement of 1989," by Shaoguang Wang, assistant professor of politics, Yale University
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Box 8 | Folder 9 |
China, Taiwan
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from attorney Jerome M. Garchik re trade with the Republic of China
(Taiwan) and alleged murder of Henry Liu, June 9, with attached letter from Garchik
to Rep. Robert Matsui; report for Hofstra University Labor Law Journal, "Power in
the Eighties: an analysis of the management of pension funds for the attainment of
union and public interest goals," by Jerome H. Siegal; report by Asian Center (an
independent affiliate of Clergy and Laity Concerned), "'Made in Taiwan': A Human Rights
Investigation," by Becky Cantwell, Don Luce, Leonard Weinglass; human rights report
from Asia Resource Center and Formosan Association for Human Rights, "Martial Law
in Taiwan"; testimony before the House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs re
implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act, including opening statement by Rep. Stephen
Solarz, chairman, and statement by David Dean, chairman, American Institute in Taiwan
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Box 8 | Folder 10 |
China, Trade (exports)
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
Fact sheet, "Agricultural Exports in the World Market," focused on China, based on
U.S. Department of Agriculture publications
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Box 8 | Folder 11 |
China, labor (Brandeis)
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
Material related to the Brandeis University Program of Labor in China: list of Board
of Advisors; notice of board meeting, October 30, 1985; workshop agenda; draft report
of trip to China, "A Social Revolution: Labor and Welfare Reform in China," by Leonard
J. Hausman; memo from Hausman re trip, June 17, 1985; import growth rate from People's
Republic of China from 1983 to 1987; book excerpt, "Trade-Linked Labor Standards,"
by Ray Marshall, c. 1990
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Box 8 | Folder 12 |
Chinatown
|
1988-1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also ILGWU Local 23-25 "Growth and Development of the Chinatown Garment Industry,"
by Jay Mazur, n.d.; Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) Chinatown Garment
Industry Bulletin re new capital equipment loan program for contractors, in English
and Chinese, January 1986, with attached brochures, one in English, one in Chinese,
"Help for the Chinatown Garment Industry"; letter to Mazur from the Chinese American
Medical Society re managed care, December 20, 1993; memo to Mazur from manager of
Local 23-25 Edgar Romney re meeting with Paul Yee, president of CCBA (business association?),
outlining talking points, including history of union's involvement with Chinatown,
January 17, 1991; letter to Mazur from Romney re decision by Local 23-25 to resign
from planning committee for 1989 Chinatown Labor Fair, citing hostility of organizers,
June 29, 1989; press release from New York Chinatown History Project re exhibition
on Chinese American women in the NYC garment industry, September 8, 1989; "From the
Chinatown Press," compilation of English translations of newspaper articles re Graceful
Sportswear, Local 23-25, February 1986; New Yorker Reporter at Large article: "Chinatown,"
June 10, 1991; Women's Wear Daily (1993), Newsday profiles (1990) on Chinatown; booklets,
in Korean, describing Union Health Center and history of ILGWU, with cover letter
from Mazur to Francisco Chang, Department of Organizing and Field Services, Garment
Workers Justice Center, NY, May 18, 1994
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Box 8 | Folder 13 |
Chinatown Day Care Center
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Child Care (Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown) 1998;
see also Speeches – Chinatown Day Care Center 1989; see also Speeches – Chung Pak
Day Care Center Opening 1993 Copy of check for $250 contribution to fundraising dinner
for Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown, with cover letter from president
of Cornish Knitgoods Manufacturing Corp., Brooklyn, February 12, 1988; list of contributors
and amounts, March 12, 1986; list of locals and contributions to 1984 and 1986 dinners;
copy of $2500 check from Liz Claiborne Foundation; copy of check from Biderman Industries
for $1240; letter to Mazur from Gov. Cuomo's office declining fundraising dinner invitation
to Mrs. Cuomo, January 31, 1986; Wall St. Journal newspaper clipping mentioning local
23-25's prenatal education classes, June 24, 1988; brochure
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Box 8 | Folder 14 |
Chinatown Day Care Center, Chung Pak
|
1990-1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Child Care (Garment Industry Day Care Center, Chinatown) 1998;
see also Speeches – Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening 1993 Proposal for a Day Care
Center in the Chung Pak Project, under construction as a mixed-use facility, also
housing a health center and subsidized senior housing, n.d.; remarks by Mazur at press
conference kicking off fundraising campaign for day care center, September 26, 1991;
outline of background re center; memo from architects re center, March 29, 1991; floorplan;
outline for fundraising event, February 25, 1992; fundraising letter from Mazur; January
29, 1992; fundraising flyer in English and Chinese; memo to Mazur from architects
re Citibank delay in closing on the mortgage, November 15, 1993; letter to Housing
Secretary Henry Cisneros inviting him to opening of center, with cover letter to Mazur,
June 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec vp and manager of Local 23-25 Edgar Romney
with attachments re Citibank request that ILGWU guarantee $1.8 million in case of
construction cost overruns, March 30, 1990
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Box 8 | Folder 15 |
Chinatown Health Clinic
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Union Health Center 1998 and 1999; see also Chinatown 1988-1994
Letter to Mazur thanking him for fundraising effort, May 19, 1989
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Box 8 | Folder 16 |
Chinatown (Brooklyn), Metropolitan Fashion Center of Greater New York
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1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also Coalition against Anti-Asian Violence 1988 Project proposals: "New Chinese
Apparel Marketplace 1989: A New Beginning for the Chinese Apparel Industry," in English
and Chinese; "Metropolitan Fashion Center of Greater New York: A Project for the Apparel
Industry for the 1990s: A Brief Description – Background and Economic Benefits," June
1989; newsletter of the Garment Industry Development Corporation, GIDC News, with
cover story, "GIDC Sets Up Training Program for New Brooklyn Consortium," Winter 1990;
flyer for skills training classes by Metropolitan Fashion Center, touting center as
worker-friendly; press releases, December 13 and 14, 1990: from GIDC announcing skills
training project with Metropolitan Fashion Center; from ILGWU Local 23-25, "Metropolitan
Fashion Center to Open, ILGWU Helps Chinatown Garment Industry Expand," in English
and Chinese; from Office of the Mayor, in English and Chinese; from Greater Blouse,
Skirt & Undergarment Ass'n., Inc., in English and Chinese; from the Continental Garment
Manufacturers Ass'n of Greater New York, Inc., in English and Chinese; from Juki America,
Inc., "Juki Contributes High Technology to the Metropolitan Fashion Center"; letter
from Metropolitan Fashion Center reporting on progress of planning, in English and
Chinese, n.d.
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Box 8 | Folder 17 |
Citizen Action
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1987-1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Dubrow, Evelyn 1989 Letter to Mazur from Citizen Action vice president
and political director inviting him to dinner honoring ILGWU legislative director
Evelyn Dubrow with Lifetime Achievement Award, March 15,1993; invitations and related
materials for dinner honoring William Winpisinger, held January 27, 1988; list of
quotes by leading public figures about Citizen Action; newsletter, Citizen Action
News, year-end 1987; 1986 Election Report, with state-by-state analysis; newspaper
clippings
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Box 8 | Folder 18 |
City of Hope-Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Boycott
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1986-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Local 30, Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
describing two-year-old impasse with medical center, fundraising boycott, January
17, 1989; letter from City of Hope CEO giving management's account of situation, October
11, 1988; letter from Mazur to City of Hope CEO, urging resolution of dispute, October
7, 1988; letter to Mazur from City of Hope thanking him for contribution, June 16,
1987; letters to AFL-CIO officials from City of Hope CEO warning that OPEIU's attempt
to "interfere" with fundraising efforts by presenting resolution to AFL-CIO to sanction
a national boycott would destroy the center's relationship with organized labor, jeopardize
jobs, February 2 and 11, 1987
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Box 8 | Folder 19 |
Civil Rights
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Article from the National Journal, March 2, 1991, discussing conflict between blacks
(Leadership Conference on Civil Rights), Hispanics (National Council of La Raza),
and the AFL-CIO over employer sanctions in hiring illegal immigrants and how the issue
was emblematic of divisions in a civil rights movement including minorities beyond
African Americans
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Box 8 | Folder 20 |
Civil Rights Act of 1990
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
Article from Women's Wear Daily discussing bill to put discrimination based on sex,
religion, or national origin on the same footin race-based discrimination, quiet opposition
by retailers, July 31, 1990
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Box 8 | Folder 21 |
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from congressmen, Mazur, religious, pro-choice, and pro-life advocates
and others favoring or opposing the Danforth amendment, allowing institutions objecting
to abortion to receive federal funds
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Box 8 | Folder 22 |
Cliffhanger Apparel
|
1981-1984 |
Scope and Contents
Complaint filed against Cliffhanger Apparel Company, 265 W. 37th St., New York, for
nonpayment of contributions to welfare fund of Local 23-25; notification of award
by impartial chairmen, June 14, 1983; audit reports; arbitration award, October 22,
1982; related correspondence
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Box 8 | Folder 23 |
Clinton/Gore Campaign
|
1992-1995 |
Box 8 | Folder 24 |
Clothe America
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Ad in Women's Wear Daily listing contributors to Clothe America, which raised $3 million
in clothing donations for the homeless, March 20, 1990; letter to Mazur from Clothe
American chairman Ken Sitomer , CEO of Russ Togs, Inc., thanking him for referral
of contributor, April 6, 1990
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Box 8 | Folder 25 |
Clothing Bank/J.M. Kaplan Fund
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mazur and ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman from Suzanne Davis, co-chairman
of the Clothing Bank/New Clothes for the Homeless, soliciting contributions for program
in which manufacturers and retailers donated $4 million in two years in surplus new
clothes for distribution to NYC homeless shelters, part of Mayor's Voluntary Action
Center; letter from NYC Mayor Ed Koch, thanking Mazur for support, August 18, 1988;
letter to Leslie Fay president John Pomerantz, soliciting contribution, noting referral
by Mazur, May 19, 1988; list of inventory from manufacturers, December 1987
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Box 8 | Folder 26 |
Clothing Manufacturers Association
|
1995 |
Scope and Contents
National agreement between CMA and Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union,
as of May 1, 1995, with cover memo from UNITE general counsel's office
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Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Coalition Against Anti-Asian Violence
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping from Bay News, February 8, 1988, re harassment of Asians in Brooklyn,
with cover note to Mazur from Pacific Northwest District Council manager Katie Quan
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Box 9 | Folder 2 |
Coalition for Democratic Values
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from Sen. Howard Metzenbaum seeking contribution
to organization promoting liberal, progressive national agenda and counter drift toward
right within the Demoratic Party, February 4, 1991
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Box 9 | Folder 3 |
Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
|
1986-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Meeting notice of New York City Chapter for December 13, 1993, noting caucus of ILGWU
members, memo to Mazur re ILGWU hosting of CLUW National Executive Board meeting of
December 16, 1993; letter to Mazur re new CLUW publication re workplace safety, April
24, 1991; draft of letter urging ILGWU members to join CLUW, March 28, 1991; letter
to Mazur from president of Cleveland Chapter of CLUW thanking him for his support
of the reproductive choice resolution that was submitted to the AFL-CIO Executive
Council, July 26, 1990; correspondence between Mazur and CLUW national president re
participation in the American Family Celebration, April-August, 1988; conference call
for CLUW convention, held November 17, 1988; memo from Mazur to ILGWU regional directors
and NYC managers urging that they join CLUW, noting recent decline in ILGWU representation,
danger of losing seat on national board, November 17, 1987; memo to Mazur re second
annual Working Women's Awareness Week, March 18, 1987; memo from Mazur urging that
locals support the NYC chapter of CLUW's International Women's Day event with donation
of $50, February 25, 1987, with attached letter from CLUW chapter president describing
the event, theme of dependent care; letter to Mazur thanking him for contribution
to CLUW Center for Education & Research, January 29, 1987; invoice for reimbursement
for travel to CLUW conference, November 24, 1986; invitation to Sol Chaikin to Working
Women's Awareness Week, February 10, 1986, with notation by Mazur
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Box 9 | Folder 4 |
Code of Conduct (Overseas outsourcing)
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur calling Sportswear Code of Conduct "totally unenforceable," October
10, 1994; Code of Conduct for Overseas Vendors, with handwritten note; "Signed by
Dress Association with ILGWU"; "ILGWU Commitment to Apparel Industry Competitiveness,"
and description of ILGWU's federal agenda, April 22, 1993; Levi Strauss & Co. Business
Partner Terms of Engagement and Guidelines for Country Selection, 1992; Liz Claiborne,
Inc., and Its Subsidiaries Standards of Engagement; 1994 Outerwear Negotiations Demands,
including code of conduct for overseas vendors, marked "ILG Proposal"; contract agreement
re outsourcing, labeled "ACTWU," September 30, 1993; code of conduct by Phillips-Van
Heusen: A Shared Commitment: Requirements for Suppliers, Contractors, Business Partners,"
with cover note to Mazur, August 19, 1992
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Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Coelho, Tony
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1989-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to Majority Whip, Rep. Tony Coelho, expressing regret at his decision
to resign from Congress, citing malicious innuendo and diatribe, June 20, 1989; letter
to Mazur from Coelho, thanking him for support
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Box 9 | Folder 6 |
Commentary (magazine), January
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Copy of magazine
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Box 9 | Folder 7 |
Commission on Migration
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
see also Migration Letter to Mazur from the Commission for the Study of International
Migration and Cooperative Economic Development confirming his scheduled testimony
re Caribbean migration issues at hearing on July 14, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin outlining points for testimony before the commission,
June 26, 1989
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Box 9 | Folder 8 |
Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Testimony by Congressman James Scheuer before the Commission for the Study of International
Migration and Cooperative Economic Development, July 14, 1989
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Box 9 | Folder 9 |
Committee for National Health Insurance
|
1984-1991 |
Scope and Contents
see also Health Care 1989-1991; see also Health Care – National Coalition on Health
Care; see also Health Care – National Leadership Coalition on Health Care Letter from
director of Committee for National Health Insurance to Rep. John Conyers praising
report by General Accounting Office on Canadian health insurance system, June 24,
1991; memo to committee Board of Directors re Gallup Poll of California residents
showing support for national health insurance, May 7, 1990; letters re views of presidential
candidates, May-July, 1988; letter re proposed legislation for Medicare catastrophic
health insurance, April 9, 1987; statements of UAW and AFL-CIO officials re Medicare
catastrophic health insurance before the House Ways and Means Committee, March 10,
1987; minutes of Board of Directors meetings of Committee for National Health Insurance
and Health Security Action Council, October 28, 1986 & 87; letter re pain disability
claimants under Social Security, improving Medicaid in NY, May 20, 1987; press release
from Brooklyn D.A. Elizabeth Holtzman re program for workplace safety, January 27,
1987; letter to ILGWU president Sol Chaikin from Coalition for a National Health System
re nonbonding referendum in Massachusetts overwhelmingly supporting national health
care, February 13, 1987; press release announcing national conference planned for
May 1987; brochure, "America's Babies – Love 'em or Lose 'em," comparing U.S. infant
mortality rates with other countries, with cover letter, January 30, 1987; brochure,
"Health Care in the United States: An Action Agenda for the 100th Congress," Health
Security Action Council and Save Our Security Coalition, with cover letter to newly
elected congressmen, January 8, 1987, and letter to Mazur, January 9, 1987; correspondence
between committee chair Douglas Fraser and Mazur re appointment to Board of Directors,
and press release announcing appointment, October-November 1986; Statement on USHealth
Act of 1986 by Douglas A. Fraser, chairman, Health Security Action Council, before
the House Select Committee on Aging, September 12, 1986, with cover letter; agenda
and material for Board of Directors meeting, October 28, 1986; letter from chairman
re effect of tax reform on health and other social benefits, June 11, 1985; requests
to Mazur for contributions; report to Mazur on meetings of November 5, 1986, and September
13, 1985; minutes of Board of Directors meetings of Committee for National Health
Insurance and Health Security Action Council, February 8, 1984; letters re newspaper
articles
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Box 9 | Folder 10 |
Communication Workers of America (CWA)
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1989-1992 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Bahr, Morty Letter from Mazur to Morton Bahr, president, CWA,
thanking him for support of the Textile and Apparel Trade Act, October 7, 1988; letter
from Mazur to Bahr re AFL-CIO China Committee meeting, suggesting discussion of future
direction, September 5, 1989; letter from Mazur to Bahr re address to ILGWU breakfast
by Lu Jing-hua, successful press conference, less successful preparatory meeting of
Workers Autonomous Federation, June 18, 1990; letter from Mazur to Bahr with attached
redrafted AFL-CIO statement, "Tragedy in China," calling for change in U.S. policy
toward China after Tiananmen Square, October 27, 1989; memo to Mazur from exec asst
David Melman re meeting with ACTWU in support of CWA and IBEW strike against NYNEX,
outlining issues, with attached copy of flyer urging withholding payment of telephone
bill until resolution of strike, September 11, 1989; letter to Mazur from CWA secretary-treasurer
James B. Booe, thanking him for support in strike against NYNEX and contribution to
union Defense Fund, November 3, 1989; letter to Mazur from CWA Local 1180 re emergency
meeting of Electoral Coalition to promote progressive tax structure, oppose cuts in
NYC services, May 23, 1991; letter from Mazur to CWA District One vice president inviting
participation in Triangle Fire commemorative rally, February 25, 1992; resume of CWA
director of international affairs Louis E. Moore, with cover note to Mazur, November
25, 1992
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Box 9 | Folder 11 |
Confecciones Trancontinentals, SA/Liz Claiborne
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1988-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Fax to Mazur from the general secretary of the International Textile, Garment & Leather
Workers' Federation re Play Knits, New York, invested in Guatemalan firm Confecciones
Transcontinentales to produce for Liz Claiborne label, with attached article, "A Run-Away
Shop Runs Away From Guatemala Leaving 500+ Jobless" and interview with leaders of
union in formation, requesting Mazur contact Liz Claiborne, January 20, 1989; copy
of fax forwarded to Liz Claiborne from Mazur, January 23, 1989
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Box 9 | Folder 12 |
Consortium for Worker Education, INC.
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Financial statement for the year ending December 31, 1993; minutes of annual meeting
of Board of Directors of April 16, 1993; agenda and related materials; memo to Mazur
reporting on consortium meeting of March 8; memo to Mazur from ILGWU education director
Kitty Krupat recommending policy and procedure changes to promote accountability,
October 14; outline of meeting with chairman of finance & audit committee, October
19; personal and confidential memo from Mazur to executive director, expressing concern
about learning for the first time about actions taken, declining chairmanship of finance
committee, with attached outline of suggestions for strengthening procedures, October
20; agreement between consortium and United Federation of Teachers, July 1, 1993 through
June 30, 1995; letter to Mazur noting copies of checks and supporting documentation
for pension payments, August 11, 1994
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Box 9 | Folder 13 |
Consortium for Worker Education, INC.
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1988-1992 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYS – School and Business Alliance Task Force Memo to Mazur as chair of CWE
re need for alternative to current funding by Urban Development Corporation (UDC),
entailing "submitting a complicated proposal then waiting nearly six months for approval
and another six months for a contract and another six months for a check," November
6, 1992; "Building Union/Business Partnerships for New York's Economic Development:
A Proposal of The Consortium for Worker Education," December 29, 1992; testimony by
Mazur before the NYS Assembly Commission on Skills Development and Vocational Education,
January 27, 1992, with attached notice of public hearing; unanimous written consent
of the directors re by-law amendments; memo from Mazur and chairman Barry Feinstein
re efforts to qualify to receive direct adult education formula aid, March 15, 1991,
with attached list of major funding sources for CWE; list of grants received, 1987-1990;
list of services from the City University of New York (CUNY), NYC Board of Education,
NYS Department of Education, list of participating unions; New York Private Industry
Council Dislocated Worker Participants Demographic Report, August 30, 1990; agenda
of May 3, 1990, Board of Directors meeting; agenda of September 30, 1990, board meeting;
Report to the Consortium Board; consortium brochure and fact sheet (in English and
Spanish) re Worker Opportunity Reemployment Center, a free service to dislocated workers;
letter from Mazur to incoming First Lady Barbara Bush re consortium's programs, including
English as a Second Language (ESL), basic literacy, and vocational training, January
18, 1989; Harvard Education Review article, "So We Can Use Our Own Names, and Write
the Laws by Which We Live: Educating the New U.S. Labor Force," by Sheila D. Collins,
Miriam Balmouth, and Priscilla Jean, November 1989; consortium by-laws; correspondence
re incorporation of consortium, October-November 1988; Teamsters Local 237 memo describing
consortium programs, possible funding cut by NYS Education Department, with cover
note to Mazur, May 22, 1988
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Box 9 | Folder 14 |
Consortium for Worker Education, INC., December 14
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Hand-delivered letter to Mazur from consortium attorneys Strook & Strook & Lavan with
"for your eyes only" script for meeting the next day, certificate of incorporation
and by-laws for consortium, December 13, 1988; agenda and list of attendees of December
14 meeting, with fact sheet on consortium; letter from Mazur, to Mazur, outlining
rationale for incorporation, noting need to reduce fiduciary responsibility borne
solely by Local 237, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, November 22, 1988; "Arguments
in Support of the Consortium for Worker Literacy"
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Box 9 | Folder 15 |
Constitution Magazine
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Spring 1989 issue of the quarterly journal of the Foundation for the U.S. Constitution
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Box 9 | Folder 16 |
Consumer Assembly of New York
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Affiliated with the Consumer Federation of America. Letter from the president of the
New York Consumer Assembly to the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U.S.
Department of Labor, opposing change in federal law to allow industrial homework,
December 2, 1986; letter to board of directors re meeting, March 30, 1987; text of
speech (by Mazur?) endorsing Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, noting effect
of imports on consumers, June 10, 1986
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Box 9 | Folder 17 |
Coordinating Council of Cooperatives (United Housing Federation)
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur praising the 25-year-old coordinating council of the United Housing
Federation, sponsor of affordable cooperative housing for low and moderate income
people, November 30, 1990
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Box 9 | Folder 18 |
Coors Beer
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland re settlement of longstanding labor dispute
with the Adolph Coors Company and end of boycott, thanking Mazur for unflaggingsupport,
August 20, 1987, with attached joint and separate statements and transcript of news
conference
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Box 9 | Folder 19 |
Cornell University- School of Industrial and Labor Relations
|
1986-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes of board meeting of Institute for Women and Work, December 12, 1986; invitation
to Mazur to attend conference sponsored by Cornell Institute for Collective Bargaining,
"The Next American Revolution: Crisis in Employment," February 12, 1987; invitation
to demonstration of software prototype designed for collective bargaining cost calculations,
July 9, 1986; invitation to workshop, "Strategic Planning for Union Locals in a Changing
Environment," April 7, 1987; letter requesting documents relating to commemoration
of bicentennial of U.S. constitution, May 13, 1987; letter requesting copies of ILGWU
position on raising the minimum wage, July 22, 1987; letter from Ed Cleary, president,
NYS AFL-CIO, to Lane Kirkland, president, AFL-CIO, re plans by the State University
Construction Fund to use nonunion labor to build Catherwood Library at the Cornell
School of Industrial and Labor Relations, calling it an outrage, warning of it becoming
a national issue, urging Kirkland to contract Gov. Cuomo to personally intervene,
May 6, 1994
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Box 9 | Folder 20 |
Cornell-Kheel Records Management Project
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1989-1998 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between ILGWU officials and Kheel Center director Richard Strassberg,
proposing archiving ILGWU files;list of records retention and disposal schedule, July
13, 1989; list of files, June 30, 1998
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Box 9 | Folder 21 |
Corporate Takeovers
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
AFL-CIO News article, December 11, 1988, "The Stark Bottom Line of Corporate Takeovers"
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Box 9 | Folder 22 |
Costa Rica
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin to U.S. Trade Representative's
Chief Textile Negotiator re ongoing denial of worker rights in countries with which
we are involved in bilateral trade negotiations, this time Costa Rica, October 28,
1993; mentions El Salvador also
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Box 9 | Folder 23 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
see also NYS Department of Economic Development see also NYC Office of Business Development
Labor-management committee to promote industry cooperation, modernization, image;
first called Fashion Industries Economic Development Council. Letter from Mazur to
U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich in support of CAF application for an Employment
and Training Administration JTPA "Learning Consortia Project" grant to strengthen
job retention at the plant floor level, May 11, 1994; employer survey of ILGWU firms
re age and ethnicity of principals and workforce, relationship of contractors with
jobbers, etc.; cover letter sent to elected officials that accompanied brochure re
CAF, list of recipients, May 24, 1993; memo to Mazur from CAF director Carl Proper,
summarizing "overly optimistic" NYC job creation report for apparel industry, written
by exec asst James Parrott for Mayor Dinkins's "Job Creation Program," September 8,
1993; memo to Mazur from Proper re uses for Cupid Modular Manufacturing video, including
PBS special on labor's role in modernizing the apparel industry, March 11, 1993; memo
to Mazur from Carl proper re discussion points for upcoming meeting with FIT (Fashion
Institute of Technology) President Allan Hirshfield re developing cooperative partnerships,
incubator, March 5, 1993; letter from Mazur to Hirshfield suggesting collaboration
between ILGWU retirees and FIT in mending clothing for homeless and psychiatric patients,
February 12, 1993; letter to Mazur from Hirshfield supporting Mazur proposal to establish
a technology extension service (NY-FAME), with attached proposal for a Center of Apparel
Science and Technology between FIT and Cornell University, February 24, 1993; memo
to Mazur from Proper re New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) receipt of a federal
economic development grant for apparel manufacturing apparel industry, February 9,
1993; letter to Mazur from Hirshfield re FIT's plans t go forward with incubator for
FIT students, graduates, and other to start their own businesses, with attached description,
January 21, 1993; speech by Mazur at NY Labor Commissioner's Awards Luncheon, September
23, 1993
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Box 9 | Folder 24 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
CAF Steering Committee agenda, November 17, 1992, with attached excerpts from Clinton/Gore
campaign release re manufacturing for the 21st century; Bylaws of the Council for
American Fashion, a Labor-Management Industry Development Fund; description of the
CAF Fund; memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott re industry co-chair Eli Elias'
concerns about CAF Fund bylaws; CAF newsletter, Fashion Forward, April 1992; report,
"Keeping New York in Fashion: A Strategic Plan for the Future of the New York Fashion
Apparel Industry," prepared for the Garment Industry Development Corporation by Kurt
Salmon Associates, March 1992; letter from Mazur to New Jersey governor Florio re
new $200 million New Jersey Economy Recovery Fund and how best this might be utilized
for the apparel industry, related correspondence, 1999-92; letter to Mazur from CAF's
funding agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, re tour of NY garment
center, July 21, 1992; letter from NYC Mayor Dinkins in support of application of
Textile/Clothing Manufacturing Corporation (TC)2 for funding as Manufacturing Technology
Center, April 28; list of appointees to Enterprise Zone Commission; clipping from
Journal of Commerce re Guatemalan knitting for Liz Claiborne, April 1992
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Box 9 | Folder 25 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Annual Report of CAF, 1991; agenda, CAF Steering Committee, March 28, 1991, with Mazur
introductory comments; finance report for Oct.1, 1989 – March 31, 1990; "Preliminary
Assessment of the Council for American Fashion: A Labor/Management Partnership for
the Apparel Industry," by Norman Eiger, Professor of Labor Studies, Institute of Management
and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, March 1, 1991; letter to Mazur from ad agency
Launey, Hachmann & Harris, New York, offering to organize public relations campaign
for CAF, May 14, 1991; list of suggested contractor shops for site visits, April 19,
1991; memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott re establishment of CAF Labor- Management
Fund to promote cooperative approaches to improving the women's apparel industry and
the position of its workers, c. 1991; list of money owed to CAF by manufacturers'
associations; request for Mazur signature on grant application for continuing funding
to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; newspaper clippings from ILGWU
Justice, January 1991
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Box 9 | Folder 26 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott re possible members of CAF steering committee,
December 14, 1989; reports of marketing and technology committees, November 20, 1989;
agenda for steering committee, October 26, 1989; agenda for first meeting of public
relations committee, consideration of possible names, with opening remarks by Mazur
re purpose of council, describing state of the industry, October 24, 1989; report
of first meeting of public relations committee; list of committees and members as
of September 22, 1989; memo to Mazur from Proper informing him that he is co-chair
of CAF Executive Committee, with industry representative Eli Elias, October 2, 1989;
minutes of technology committee, October 4, 1989
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Box 9 | Folder 27 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)-Labor Management Committee, April
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Originally called the Women's and Children's Apparel Labor-Management Committee. Outline
for meeting establishing committee, April 18, 1989; agenda, tentative budget, membership
list; draft proposal, March 31, 1989; related memos including analysis of ILGWU membership
in northeast
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Box 9 | Folder 28 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF)--Grant Application to Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service (FMCS)
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Women's and Children's Apparel Labor Management Committee Proposal Submitted to the
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service May 1989; letters from Mazur describing
initiative
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Box 9 | Folder 29 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF), June
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda, detailed outline of second meeting
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Box 9 | Folder 30 |
Council for American Fashion (CAF), September
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda, outline, list of committees and members, description of role of committees,
outline of role of CAF with relation to other, local, labor-management committees;
employer questionnaire
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Box 9 | Folder 31 |
Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. Council
|
1985-1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also Economic Policy Institute Letter from Sammy Davis, Jr., to executive director
of Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. Council noting pleasure in working on campaign, September
29, 1986; press release re Economic Policy Institute study on importance of manufacturing
jobs to the U.S. economy, May 20, 1993; press release, "Textile and Apparel Job-Loss
Commercials Demonstrate Staying Power with Consumers," September 9, 1992; list of
questions for consumer research, June 14, 1991; reports on "Made in U.S.A." promotions
by retailers Castner, Knotts Dry Goods (Nashville, TN) and Younkers (Des Moines, IA),
August 9 and 11, 1990; press releases from American Textile Manufacturers Institute,
"Textile and Apparel 17.3 Percent of U.S. Trade Deficit," August 16, 1988; "Textile
and Apparel Imports Now 15 Percent of U.S. Trade Deficit," September 11, 1987; steering
committee minutes, May 11, 1988, December 2, 1987, October 28, 1987; results of attitude
survey re predisposition of men and women toward buying U.S.-made goods, July 17,
1987; clipping from Washington Post re phony "made in U.S.A." label scam by Taiwanese
manufacturer of U.S. flags, February 17, 1989; other newspaper clippings; update summary
report: The State of Working America 1994-95, October 1994; report by Management Horizons
re retailing industry by year 2000, with cover letter to Crafted with Pride steering
committee, July 27, 1990; Update, "Summary report: The State of Working America,"
October 1994
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Box 9 | Folder 32 |
Daily News strike
|
1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to all ILGWU members in the New York City area, urging boycott of
Daily News in support of striking union workers, noting that if management succeeds
in breaking the union at a newspaper read by working class people in the nation's
greatest union town, it will send a signal to managements everywhere to follow their
lead, November 7, 1990, with attached messages in Spanish and Chinese, with cover
letter to president of Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York; draft of
letter from Mazur to Crain's New York Business replying to opinion piece on Daily
News strike, January 4, 1991, and final printed copy, January 21, 1991; draft of Open
Letter to Charles Brumback, Chief Executive Officer, and Stanton Cooke, Chairman,
the Tribune Company, urging them not to close the paper that is a vital part of New
York culture, from the Committee to Save the Daily News, with list of members including
Mayer Dinkins; letter to Mazur from NYC mayor David Dinkins, thanking him for efforts
resulting in settlement with Daily News, April 11, 1991; press release, News from
the Daily News Strike Front, "'Save the News – Settle or Sell' to be Theme of Ad Drive
by Union," January 24, 1991; copy of ad; memo from Mazur re ILGWU ads in support of
strikers, January 7, 1991; list of unions supporting ILGWU ad; memo to Mazur outlining
talking points for press conference re strike, with handwritten notes by Mazur, January
23, 1991; press releases by Tribune Company re decision to close or sell the Daily
News, January 16, 1991; agenda of ILGWU NYC managers' meeting, November 19, 1990,
outlining campaign of support for Daily News workers, targeting newsstands, leafleting;
memo from Mazur to ILGWU NYC managers re distribution of strike paper produced by
striking Daily News workers, November 21, 1990; copy of strike paper, Real News; request
to AFL-CIO Executive Council members for approval of $25,000 strike fund for Daily
News striking workers, November 5, 1990, with attached copies of checks from affiliated
unions; notice to Mazur of meeting of the Committee to Boycott for Justice at the
Daily News, September 14, 1990, list of members, and related correspondence; report,
Subcommittee on Strategic Approaches February 1991 Meeting, noting progress in strike,
widespread support; letter to Mazur from the Workers Defense League re educational
campaign against strikebreaking, designed to carry message of solidarity to unorganized,
potential replacement workers, coordinating it with lobbying for anti-replacement
legislation, September 7, 1990; letter from Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater
New York to unionists, seeking support for efforts to settle with Daily News, possible
strike, August 6, 1990, with cover letter from New York City Central Labor Council
calling for meeting to discuss situation, August 9, 1990, attached bumper sticker,
reader's boycott pledge, article from Chicago Lawyer re union-busting firm hired by
Daily News, September 1985; press release from the Kamber Group, "Statement by George
McDonald, president of the Allied Printing Trades Council," July 26, 1990; NYS Department
of Labor press release announcing establishment of Board of Inquiry to investigate
ongoing labor dispute at Daily News, noting certification by State Board of Mediation
of failure to reach a voluntary settlement, July 26, 1990; open letter to Daily News
carriers, asking that they stop delivering the paper; list of Daily News advertisers
"good guys" and "bad guys," November 19, 1990; mailgram from Mazur to Empire Blue
Cross Blue Shield urging it cease advertising in Daily News, November 15, 1990; flyers
for December 10, 1990, rally; list of union speakers and pledged contributions at
November 14, 1990, rally; handbills and stickers calling for boycott; description
of handbill legalities; newspaper clippings
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Box 9 | Folder 33 |
Media: Daily News Record
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Draft of letter to the editor from Mazur re inaccuracies of newspaper's report on
Congressional Budget Office study of U.S. apparel industry, January 13, 1992
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Box 9 | Folder 34 |
Dalton Industries
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Memos to ILGWU legal counsel re closure of Dalton Industries, failure to make weekly
payments, decision to take firm to federal court
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Box 9 | Folder 35 |
Day Care Survey
|
1984 |
Scope and Contents
Day Care Council of New York, Inc., "The Garment Industry Advisory Committee Child
Daycare Needs Assessment Report and Recommendations," April 1984; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU vp Susan Cowell discussing flaws in the survey, May 15, 1984
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Box 9 | Folder 36 |
Deborah Hospital Foundation
|
1984-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Mazur from New York hospital foundation re contributions from
ILGWU health and welfare funds; computer printout of ILGWU patients, July 6, 1988;
newsletter, 1984
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Box 9 | Folder 37 |
Democratic National Convention/ NY '92
|
1991-1992 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYS Democratic Committee 1987-1992; see also Speeches – Village Independent
Democrats (NYC) 1996; see also Gang Meeting; see also Massachusetts Democratic State
Party Letter to Mazur, signed by NYC mayor Dinkins, inviting him to a meeting to prepare
for 1992 Democratic National Convention, to be held in NYC, and to serve on executive
committee of New York '92 Host Committee, December 6, 1991, with pencil notation,
"NO"; fact sheets, newsletter, news clippings relating to NY92, including list of
fashion designers featured at fashion show event
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Box 9 | Folder 38 |
Democratic National Committee
|
1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYS Democratic Committee 1987-1992 New York delegation, 1988 Democratic National
Convention Delegation Rules; 1984 rules; 1988 Delegate Selection Rules; preliminary
lists, "final list" and "revised final list" of ILGWU delegates to Democratic National
Convention; list of NYS delegates to national convention; position paper by Jesse
Jackson '88 presidential campaign, "Paying for Our Jobs: A Budget Plan for Jobs, Peace,
and Justice"; letter from Jesse Jackson to ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow,
June 13, 1988; urgent notice of strategy meeting of Brooklyn Dukakis presidential
campaign, August 12, 1988; AFL-CIO agenda re meeting to select delegates to convention,
with list of delegates and union affiliations; letter from AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland to Paul Kirk, president of the Democratic National Committee, in support
of a nonspecific party platform, December 18, 1987; statement by the president of
the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen and co-chair of the Democratic
National Committee's Labor Council in support of a nonspecific party platform, May
19, 1988; note from Sen. Edward Kennedy thanking Mazur for support of Fund for a Democratic
Majority, notes Dukakis is "best chance since F.D.R." for achieving goals for workers,
June 28, 1988; letter from Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair to Mazur
re House Speaker Jim Wright, attached article from National Journal, June 5, 1987;
memo from Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee with analysis of key races and
newspaper clippings, May 20, 1986; letter from Queens County Democratic chair Tom
Manton saying that he agreed to serve as state chair of the Dick Gephardt for President
Campaign, discusses candidate, December 30, 1987; letter to Mazur from DNC soliciting
contribution, April 30, 1987; letter from Mazur noting $50,000 contribution by ILGWU
to DNC for non-federal accounts, September 29, 1987; invitation/program to DNC New
York dinner, April 27, 1987; letter from DNC chair Paul Kirk to Mazur thanking him
for agreeing to serve as co-chair of New York dinner, March 5, 1987; copies of contribution
checks from ILGWU ($15,000) and Leslie Fay president John Pomerantz
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Box 9 | Folder 39 |
Democratic National Convention--Primary Debate Selection
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Lists showing status of potential ILGWU Democratic Convention Delegates as of January
26, 1988, as of February 23, 1988, and as of December 10, 1987; memo to Mazur re DNC
delegate selection rules, including specific quotas for minorities and women, and
difficulty of Mazur himself becoming a delegate because he is a white male, May 1,
1987; memo from local 23-25 manager-secretary Edgar Romney to members urging political
participation in order to reverse Reagan anti-labor policies (in English and Chinese),
March 30, 1988; memo from ILGWU exec asst Susan Cowell to Coro Foundation about issues
poll of union members, c. 1987, with attached Newsday newspaper clipping re divisions
within labor over foreign policy; memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re ILGWU delegate selection
process, suggests involving retirees, March 4, 1987, with attached text of press conference
by ALF-CIO president Lane Kirkland re candidate interview and endorsement process;
memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re strategic criteria for primary endorsement, March
1, 1987; draft of AFL-CIO written questions to be submitted to presidential candidates,
March 4, 1987, with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow,
and cover memo from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue; responses of candidates
to questions, with highlighted comments on trade, printed in AFL-CIO Federationist,
May 9, 1987; transcript of responses to video question; letter to Mazur from Al Gore,
soliciting support, April 7, 1988; schedule of key events of the 1988 presidential
election; letter to Mazur from Jesse Jackson delegate Ed Vargas, local 23-25, thanking
him for support, May 6, 1988; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 9 | Folder 40 |
Democratic Policy Commission--Dukakis
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis as chair of Democratic Policy Commission's
Committee on Industrial and Entrepreneurial Economy, noting committee's report, "Opportunity
for Every American," with attached cover memos to Mazur by ILGWU officials Evelyn
Dubrow and Herman Starobin criticizing report's statement on trade policy, suggesting
that the union meet with Dukakis to challenge assertion, in light of heavy campaign
support, December 17, 1986
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Box 9 | Folder 41 |
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee--U.S. Senate Leadership Circle
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also Massachusetts Democratic State Party Letter to Mazur from Sen. John Kerry
(Mass.) urging him to renew his $15,000 membership in the Leadership Circle, the "premiere
program" of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, with attached list of events,
March 8, 1988; letter to Mazur from Kerry noting recent electoral success, with attached
clipping from the Washington Post, noting quiet bonuses given to Republican campaign
committee staffers after defeat despite outspending Democrats, January 13, 1987; letter
to Mazur from Kerry, urging prompt renewal of membership, December 19, 1986
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Box 9 | Folder 42 |
Democratic Socialists of America
|
1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mazur from DSA chair Michael Harrington asking to place a DSA intern with
ILGWU, 1988; letters to Mazur re his speech at DSA Labor Forum re increasing minimum
wage, March-April 1987; Labor Voice, newsletter of DSA Labor Commission, November-December
1986;
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Box 9 | Folder 43 |
Dinkins, David, NYC Mayor
|
1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
see also NYC Mayoral Race 1993 – NY1 Newspoll Letter from Ed Koch endorsing Herman
Badillo for mayor, February 16, 1993; statement by Mazur endorsing Dinkins, March
15, 1993; memo to Mazur from David Wells advising on campaign tactics for Dinkins,
in advance of meeting with deputy major Bill Lynch, March 5, 1993; outline of topics
for discussion with Dinkins, handwritten by Mazur and typed; list of additional points
to raise with Dinkins, including Chung Pak Child Care Center and Fashion Center BID;
letter to Dinkins from Mazur re Chung Pak center, February 23, 1993; related campaign
strategy memos; correspondence with deputy mayor Barry Sullivan re Garment Industry
Development Association (GIDC) and Workforce Development Commission, 1993; correspondence
re On the Mend Project, which repaired donated clothing for the indigent released
from Bellevue Hospital, with New York Times clipping, February 1993; wish list, ILGWU's
New York City Agenda, calling for creation of Mayor's Office of Fashion and Design
Industries; memo with polling questions from deputy mayor Bill Lynch, to Mazur, May
27, 1993; memo from Mazur to Dinkins re re-election strategy ideas, August 5, 1992;
letter to Mazur from Doris Ling-Cohan, seeking endorsement for Civil Court judge in
New York County, January 11, 1993
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Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Dinkins Mayoral Campaign
|
1989-1993 |
Scope and Contents
see also NYC Mayoral Race 1993 – NY1 Newspoll; see also NYC Mayoral Race, 1997; see
also Liberal Party; see also NYC – Lynch, Bill; see also Voter Registration Statement
by Theodore W. Kheel on Why I've Joined "Democrats for Guiliani If Koch Wins the Democratic
Primary," April 28, 1989; David Dinkins' record on housing, education, health care,
child welfare, drugs, economic development; "Record of David Dinkins on Issues of
Concern to the Jewish Community"; campaign flyer, "David Dinkins and the Jewish Community:
A Record of Friendship and Commitment; newspaper clipping, "Rabbi Rouses Jews to Vote
for Dinkins," NY Newsday, faxed to Mazur by Rabbi Jacob Bronner, August 3, 1990, with
letter of opposition from Jewish voter and notation, "This is amongst the many hate
mail I have received"; AFL-CIO NYC Poll results, February 27-March 6 (no year); Johnson/Singer
poll results, July 7, 1989; letter from Mazur to New York Newsday questioning "city
insider" poll results, defending Dinkins in Crown Heights controversy, July 9, 1993;
speech by Mazur introducing Dinkins at concert for ILGWU retiree "On the Mend" program,
October 27, 1993; transcript of MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour Oct. 13, 1984, and May 14,
1986, broadcasts; handwritten notes by Mazur; drafts of speeches by Jay Mazur (written
by Gus Tyler) and David Dinkins re endorsement; union local 89-22-1 and 23-25 newsletters
headlining Dinkins endorsement; memo and list, Issues to Discuss with Mayor Dinkins;
news release from NYC Commission on Human Rights re racially motivated bombing, letter
from Mazur to Dinkins re bombing of Happy Land Social Club; postcard for Dinkins volunteer
kick-off rally, April 14, 1989; article by Gus Tyler re Dinkins-Guiliani mayoral race,
Newsday, Oct. 11, 1989, other newspaper clippings
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Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Dinkins Mayoral Campaign
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
see also Labor Day Parade 1989 Lists of ILGWU and other union members who volunteered
in the Dinkins campaign; memos detailing results of telephone calling; phone scripts;
invitation from Mazur to mayor-elect Dinkins re meeting with British Labour Party
head Neil Kinnock, Sens. Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden, and Canadian New Democratic Party
leader Ed Broadbent; draft of endorsement editorial from the Jewish Forward, faxed
to Mazur; internal ILGWU strategy memo from exec. VP. Susan Cowell agreeing with memo
faxed to Mazur from campaign consultant Hickman-Maslin Research re racial politics,
need to appeal to various ethnic voter segments; other strategy memos; letters to
undecided union members, retirees, other segments urging support for Dinkins; memo
re need for ad answering tax charges, TV ad script for Dinkins; memos re poll results
from PR consultants Geto & deMilly; Ed Koch direct-mail campaign letter; letter from
Liberal Party of New York State endorsing Rudy Giuliani; Dinkins position on the Middle
East; statement by Mazur endorsing Dinkins, Dinkins speech accepting ILGWU endorsement
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Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Ditchley Foundation (England)
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1976-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re invitation to Starobin
to participate in Ditchley meeting on exchange rates, January 15, 1988; memo to Mazur
from ILGWU staffer Michael Hirsch asking permission to attend Ditchley conference
on health care systems, May 11, 1993; memo to Mazur from Starobin re role of Eastern
Europe as a low-cost source of labor for the European Economic Community, June 18,
1990; satirical article about Ditchley and other high-level conferences, by Lord Chalfont,
November 8, 1989, summaries of conference themes; copies of the Ditchley Journal,
with articles highlighted, "The Roots of Urban Change," by Peter Hall, Spring 1978,
and "The City: Whose Problem, Whose Job?" by Simon Jenkins, Autumn 1976; copies of
the Ditchley Newsletter
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Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Ditchley Foundation, Mazur presentation
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter of invitation to Mazur from American Ditchley Foundation to participate in
conference, "Elements of Change in International Relations: A Foreign Policy Agenda
for the 1990s," to be held June 21-24, 1990, with attached outline of topics, November
15, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Gus Tyler warning of being stereotyped, outlining
talking points re protectionism, June 4, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director
Herman Starobin with attached analysis and drafts for presentation on economic issues
for conference, June 4, 1990; follow-up analysis by Starobin, June 18, 1990
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Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Ditchley Foundation, American Ditchley Foundation
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1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Agendas and minutes of annual meetings of the board of directors, April 27, 1989,
and April 5, 1990; minutes of the special meeting, September 28, 1988, which notes
a resolution that Ditchley conferences are not for probing or negotiation on issues,
but are to be gatherings of like-minded individuals; agenda and minutes of special
meeting September 26, 1989; financial statements as of December 31, 1988 and 1987,
and list of contributors; letters to Mazur from American Ditchley Foundation soliciting
contributions from AFL-CIO and ILGWU, with replies noting that contributions had already
been made, October 2 and 4, 1990; calendars of conferences and topics January 1988
to December 1991; list of other subjects for possible inclusion in programs; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott summarizing Ditchley conference on urban
regeneration, February 7, 1989; drafts of discussion topics for upcoming conference,
"Security at a Lower Level of Armaments: Conventional Arms Control Issues Confronting
the North Atlantic Alliance," February 16, 1989, and "The Oversight of and the Limits
on Intelligence Work in a Democracy," October 7-9, 1989; letter from Mazur to administrative
director of American Ditchley Foundation re conference report on military crackdown
on Tiananmen Square rally and lack of mention of execution of organized workers by
Chinese government, possible fear of strikes as precipitating factor in crushing the
democracy movement, September 28, 1989
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Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Ditchley Foundation, American Ditchley Foundation
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1990-1992 |
Scope and Contents
List of members of the Ditchley Foundations, including the American Ditchley Foundation,
as of September 1, 1993; agenda for annual meeting of directors, March 25, 1992; agenda
for special meeting of the directors, October 10, 1990; schedule of conferences from
September 1990 to December 1991; minutes of annual meetings of April 5, 1990, April
18, 1991, and March 30, 1993; agenda and minutes of special meeting, September 26,
1991; agenda of special meeting, September 29, 1993; auditor's statement, March 1,
1990; minutes of the joint meeting of program committees, July 6, 1991; correspondence
from Mazur re upcoming conferences; letter from Mazur suggesting topic on nongovernmental
forces undermining the nation state, threatening quality of life, January 5, 1993;
minutes of the British Programme Committee, October 19, 1993; handwritten notes by
Mazur; solicitations for financial contributions; summary of contributions as of November
10, 1993
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Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Ditchley Foundation, ancillary publications
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
Printed reports by non-Ditchley think-tanks and press sources on issues related to
those discussed at Ditchley conferences: "Man and His Environment," occasional paper
by the British-North American Committee, June 1990; "World Policy: Targeting National
Needs," reprinted from World Policy Journal, spring 1990; "Changing Sources of U.S.
Economic Growth, 1950-2010: A Chartbook of Trends and Projections," National Planning
Association, 1990; "Social Policy: Looking Backward, Looking Forward," National Academy
of Social Insurance summary of seminar on the Ford Foundation Report, The Common Good,
November 1, 1989; occasional paper of the Atlantic Council of the United States, "Saving
Perestroika: Gorbachev's Next Steps," by Jan M. Lodal, 1990; Bulletin of the Department
of International Affairs, AFL-CIO, January 1990; Freedom House magazine, Freedom at
Issue, March/April 1990; magazines, The New Leader, February 5-19 and March 19, 1990;
newsletter, News from the Center for National Policy, volume 1, 1990; U.S. News &
World Report cover story, "Back to the Future in China," March 12, 1990; Europe article,
"Lending a Helping Hand: The E.C. Takes the Leading Role in Assisting Eastern Europe,"
March 1990; summary of international press reports re Eastern Europe, forwarded by
the general secretary of the International Trade, Garment & Leather Workers' Federation
, February 16, 1990
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Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Dominican Republic
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1987-1993 |
Scope and Contents
"Foreign Labor Trends: Dominican Republic," prepared by the American Embassy, Santo
Domingo, released by the U.S. Department of Labor, 1990-91, describing political and
economic overview, labor history; labor relations with U.S. and other companies, wage
statistics, directory of labor organizations; unsigned "Report on the Visit to the
Dominican Republic, April 3-7, 1990," re participation in seminar by FITITVC on free
trade zones and contacts with labor activists; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president
Lane Kirkland re invitation to observe elections in Dominican Republic, March 22,
1990; memo from AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) re follow-up
activities in organizing drive, list of Dominican companies by industry, November
7, 1990; printed official guide to XI Congress of the Confederacion Nacional de Trabajadores
Dominicanos, December 5-6, 1992; Export-Free Zones National Council: Law 8-90 Encouraging
the Establishment of New Free Zones and the Growth of Existing New Ones, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic; AFL-CIO AIFLD memo re two-week seminar, Organizing in the Export
Production Zones, to be held in the Dominican Republic, cosponsored by ILGWU, ACTWU,
and FITITVC, February 5, 1993; AIFLD Special Report: Worker Rights in the Dominican
Republic Free Trade Zones, November 1, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU international
relations director Michele Briones re Strategies for International Solidarity: Case
in Point: Dominican Republic," with attached resolution, "International Labor Solidarity,"
adopted by ILGWU International Affairs Committee, endorsing strengthening links with
ITGLWF, August 5, 1992; letter to Mazur from U.S. Dept. of Labor re Inter-American
Symposium on Emerging Frameworks for Labor-Management Cooperation, to be held in the
Dominican Republic, January 27, 1993; confidential memos to Mazur re Dominican Republic
trip to assist in organizing efforts, May-June, 1993; memo to Mazur re Caribbean Organizing
Seminar, with attached list of Caribbean plants of U.S. firms and seminar draft proposal,
January 13, 1993; memos re trip, January-March 1993; translation and original Spanish
letter to Mazur from National Confederation of Dominican Workers re workers abuses,
particularly by Liz Claiborne contractor, October 11, 1993; letter from ILGWU Local
23-25 manager and vp Edgar Romney to the chairman of Liz Claiborne re worker abuses
at Liz Claiborne contractor in Dominican Republic, October 13, 1993; letters to Mazur
and ILG organizer from AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD)
noting abuses by Undergarment Fashions, apparent Dominican contractor for Maidenform
and Christian Dior, January 15 and 30, 1991; letters from Mazur to Maidenform, Christian
Dior, and Bestform executives re worker abuses by their contractor in Dominican Republic,
February 4 and 27, 1991; faxes and phone messages from Maidenform and Christian Dior
executives noting error, February 4 and 12, 1991; confidential memo to Mazur from
ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re confidential report of trip
to Dominican Republic by AIFLD official, ideological competition within labor movement
there, with supporting attachments, March 14, 1991; Bulletin of the Department of
International Affairs, AFL-CIO, December 12,1992; Spanish-language edition of ILGWU
Justice (Justicia), 1993
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Box 10 | Folder 9 |
Dominican Repubilc--GSP
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1991-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO director of international affairs re workers in free
trade zones in the Dominican Republic being denied rights to organize by U.S. firms
Westinghouse, GTE, and Hanes, with attached "Update on Campaign for Worker Rights
in the Dominican Republic," January 4,1991, and letters to officials re deteriorating
situation, urging withdrawal of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade status;
letter from AFL-CIO American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) updating
on events in Dominican Republic, noting employer counterattack against efforts to
revoke GSP status, February 28, 1991, with translations of press accounts; letter
to Secretary of State James Baker from AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland urging suspension of
GSP status for Dominican Republic, March 22, 1991, with cover note to Mazur; letter
to Mazur from AFL-CIO AIFLD) re announcement by U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills
of continuing GSP status for Dominican Republic, with attached USTR report, "Generalized
System of Preferences of the Trade Policy Staff Committee: 1990 Annual Reviews: Worker
Rights Review Summary: The Dominican Republic, April 1991"; press release, "Kantor
Announces Results of 1992 GSP Reviews: Emphasis on Worker Rights is Underscored,"
June 25, 1993; memos from Mazur to ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow and research
director Herman Starobin asking for advice in lobbying on behalf of AFL-CIO petition
for withdrawal of GSP status of Dominican Republic, reply from Starobin, June 25,
1993; newspaper clippings from Dominican press, with cover fax from AIFLD field rep
urging full court press by AFL-CIO to bring about historic change, June 28, 1993;
letter from Mazur to the executive director of Freedom House, with copy to Betty Bao
Lord, asking for assistance in lobbying the State Department on behalf of AFL-CIO
petition for withdrawal of GSP status, July 2, 1993; faxed letter from Mazur to the
U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, urging withdrawal of GSP status, July 1,
1993; letter to Mazur from the U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, clarifying
distortions in the Dominican press re petition to remove the county from GSP, July
2, 1993; letters from Mazur to Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Secretary of
Commerce Ron Brown, Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and U.S. Trade Representative
Mickey Cantor in support of AFL-CIO petition urging withdrawal of special trade privileges
from the Dominican Republic, July 2, 1993; letter to Mazur from U.S. Trade Representative
Mickey Cantor thanking him for giving his opinion that GSP status for the Dominican
Republic should be withdrawn, notes AFL-CIO petition is under review, August 2, 1993;
letter to Mazur from presidential economic policy advisor Robert Rubin thanking him
for letter re withdrawal of GSP status for Dominican Republic, July 30, 1993; draft
of letter from Mazur to leaders of Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)
urging that they write to Secretary of State Warren Christopher and other Cabinet
officers in support of AFL-CIO petition that GSP trade status be withdrawn for the
Dominican Republic, July 27, 1993; letter from ICCR to Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown
urging withdrawal of special trade privileges from Dominican Republic, August 12,
1993; letter from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin to AIFLD director asking
for background in advance of meeting with Dominican ambassador to the U.S., December
3, 1993; memo to ILGWU vp Edgar Romney re fired Candelaria union activists brought
by AFL-CIO to testify in Congress re petition to revoke GSP status, March 3, 1994
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Box 10 | Folder 10 |
Drug abuse (conferences)
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1986-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from the Bureau of National Affairs, with attached press advisory
for "National Teleconference on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Workplace," February
13, 1987; letter to Sol Chaikin from the United Nations Association in the United
States of America (UNA-USA) re conference, "Strategies for Community Action: Conference
on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking," January 23, 1987; letter to Mazur from the
George Meany Center for Labor Studies re conference, "Substance Abuse: What Unions
Need to Know," March 10, 1992; Ditchley Conference Report, "Drugs: The Threat and
the Response," held March 1991; newspaper clipping re Nicole Miller with note to Mazur,
"This is the same firm that did the drug testing" October 8, 1986
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Box 10 | Folder 11 |
Dunlop Commission
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1990-1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also Labor Law Reform; see also Speeches – Donahue – Dunlop Commission; see also
Evolution of Work Committee Memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re impact of commission (Commission
on the Future of Worker-Management Relations, aka Dunlop Commission), appointed by
Pres. Clinton and headed by former secretary of Labor John Dunlop, in examining labor
law and practices, warning that corporate destruction of unions will destroy America,
February 8, 1994; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re meeting with
Dunlop, $1.3 million grant from Sloan Foundation to Dunlop's Center for Business and
Government at Harvard to study apparel industry, suggesting areas of research, November
14, 1990; memo to ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny and other staff officers from Carl
Proper, director of Council for American Fashion (CAF), re upcoming testimony of Mazur
before Dunlop Commission, with attached questions for Legal Department, July 11, 1994;
memo from Proper to Zimny and others asking for suggestions for Dunlop Commission
re protecting worker interests in contracting or other contingent worker situations,
April 26, 1994; letter to John Dunlop from Mazur re contracting out, April 19, 1994;
memo to National Planning Association from AFL-CIO official Markley Roberts, commenting
on NPA report, "The Restructuring of Employment," relating it to Dunlop Commission
findings, with attached highlights of commission report, June 2, 1994; newspaper clippings
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Box 10 | Folder 12 |
Economic Policy Council (EPC)
|
1988-1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also United Nations Association of the United States of America Part of the United
Nations Association of the USA. Draft summary conclusions of the foreign direct investment
panel, November 16, 1989, with list of members and correspondence with Mazur; letter
to Mazur from ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman, co-chairman of EPC, thanking him for
contribution
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Box 10 | Folder 13 |
Economic Policy Council (EPC) meeting, November 20
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Preliminary working draft report, "U.S. Policy toward the Newly Emerging Industrial
Countries," to be distributed for May 19, 1986, meeting; draft, "Conclusions and Recommendations"
section, with cover letter to Mazur soliciting comment, July 23, 1986; comments on
preliminary working draft #2, October 30, 1986; draft report for final review, June
22, 1987; paper given by Mazur, "A Labor Perspective on U.S. Policy Toward Newly Industrialized
Countries," May 19, 1986; comments by Mazur re recession, trade, "Comments Submitted
to the Conference Board Human Resources Outlook Panel: Responses to Questions Posed
by the Conference Board," October 1986; letter from ILG official Gus Tyler predicting
that a top-heavy global economy could result in bloody and bestial political explosions,
and the prime victim will be the free enterprise system, October 8, 1986; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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Box 12 | Folder 13 |
Homework
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also Triangle Fire Commemoration 1988 "Notes on a Strategy for Industrial Homework,"
by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell, December 28, 1988; ILGWU press release, "Union to Fight
Move by Reagan and Bush Administration Toward Upsetting a Ban on Industrial Homework
in Women's Apparel," December 30, 1988; ILGWU press release, ""ILGWU Will Sue to Keep
Prohibition Against Industrial Homework, " November 9, 1988; note cards, "Key Dates
and Sequence of Industrial Homework Events"; memo to Mazur and others from ILGWU legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow, "What Congressman Austin Murphy Is Doing on Homework," April
23, 1988; press release, "ILGWU Head Assails Administration on Move to Legalize Industrial
Homework; Mazur Says Action 'Nullifies Minimum Wage' and Supports 'Sweatshop Conditions,"
March 25, 1988; newspaper clippings
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Box 12 | Folder 14 |
Homework--Steve Pollack (Shea and Gardner)
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Homework Draft of new rules proposed by Department of Labor lifting
ban on homework, with attached draft ILGWU press release denouncing move, March 24,
1988; Federal Register Department of Labor proposed rule, March 30; Notice of Proposed
Rule Making re difference between new Dept. of Labor proposal and 1986 proposal, on
Shea & Gardner stationery, March 31; press release, "ILGWU Head Assails Administration
on Move to Legalize Industrial Homework," March 25; press release, "Firefighters Salute
Victims of Triangle Disaster as ILGWU Leader Blasts Reagan Administration for 'Supporting
Sweatshop Conditions' in Decision to Allow Industrial Homework," March 25; article
by Gus Tyler, "Reagan's Secret War Against the Working Poor," with attached cover
note from Tyler to Mazur; questions and answers developed for Mazur re industrial
homework, n.d.; profile of homework investigations, FY 1987, by industry; letter from
Mazur to Labor Secretary Ann McLaughlin protesting failure of department to give opportunity
to review and comment on lifting ban, March 28; letters to U.S. Department of Labor
from NYS Department of Labor commenting on proposed rulemaking, describing unenforceability
of wage and other fair labor standards, urging retention of ban, with cover letter
to Mazur, May 12; Bureau of National Affairs Daily Labor Report, "ILGWU Seeks Probe
of FLSA [Fair Labor Standards Act] Enforcement," March 31; newspaper clippings re
industrial homework, with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell, May 20,
1988; other clippings; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 12 | Folder 15 |
Homework
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letters from Senators and members of Congress responding to flyers mailed by constituents
supporting continued ban on industrial homework or Textile and Apparel Trade Act of
1987; memos to ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow from Rinaldo Panetta, coordinator
of Roll Back Imports campaign, noting mailing of flyers to lawmakers
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Box 12 | Folder 16 |
Homework
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Copies of "Homework: A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of Sweatshops and No Protections,"
reprinted from the AFL-CIO Federationist, August 2, 1986; written comments by homeworkers,
factory owners, and others, and other documentation, including help-wanted ads, "Illegal
Homework Advertized Blatantly in Newspapers," submitted to hearings by House Committee
on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Labor Standards; statement by Mazur before
committee, September 16; statement by ACTWU secretary-treasurer Jack Sheinkman; statement
by Leonard Gilberg, executive director of Fashion Apparel Manufacturers Association;
prepared statement by homeworkers; opening statement by committee chairman Austin
Murphy; ILGWU fact sheet on homework
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Box 12 | Folder 17 |
Homework
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to Department of Labor from unions, nonprofit organizations, and other parties,
objecting to proposed changes lifting ban
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Box 12 | Folder 18 |
Homework
|
1984-1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from ILGWU president Sol Chaikin to Secretary of Labor William Brock, re need
for enforcement of homework ban on knitted outerwear, March 1986; draft of proposed
rule allowing homework, with memo to Mazur re complaint against Bordeau, Inc., Clarinda,
Iowa, and resulting effort by Iowa congressman Jim Lightfoot to change the rules,
July 3, 1986; strictly confidential memo to Mazur and Chaikin from ILGWU counsel Max
Zimny reporting on meeting with Wage and Hour Administration re its plans to lift
homework ban, June 17, 1986; memo to Mazur from ILGWU attorneys Shea & Gardner reporting
on meeting with Labor Secretary Brock re plans to lift homework ban, July 11, 1986;
Shea & Gardner talking points for meeting with Secretary Brock, July 9, 1986; Shea
& Gardner timeline of key dates in homework ban since 1943, July 6, 1986; statement
by ILGWU in Opposition to the Removal of Restrictions on Industrial Homework in the
Knitted Outerwear Industry, before the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards
Administration Wage and Hour Division, May 11, 1984; drafts of Mazur's article, "Homework:
Return to the Industrial Dark Ages"; draft of homework press release by Mazur, August
1986; National NOW Times article by ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow, "The
Case Against Industrial Homework," April 1987; speech outline/notes re homework, freedom
to work, n.d.; handwritten notes by Mazur (and Chaikin?); newspaper clippings
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Box 13 | Folder 1 |
Hooks, Benjamin
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Introductory speech by Mazur, noting history of ILGWU with NAACP (National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People), of which Hooks was executive director
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Box 13 | Folder 2 |
Hormel and Company,United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Strike
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Executive Board Statement
on Local P-9 Strike (Austin, MN) against Hormel, decrying militancy, February 13,
1986; special report
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Box 13 | Folder 3 |
Hynes, Charles J., campaign
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Draft of letter from Mazur urging ILGWU members to vote for Brooklyn district attorney
Charles "Joe" Hynes for NYS attorney general, 1994, July 12, 1994; letter from Hynes
campaign to Mazur with first draft of letter, June 20, 1994
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Box 13 | Folder 4 |
Immigration
|
1993-1995 |
Box 13 | Folder 5 |
Immigration-Council on Foreign Relations
|
1995 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Council on Foreign Relations inviting him to comment on evolution
of labor's position on immigration at next study group, February 23, 1995; summaries
of papers for discussion; talking points for Mazur on papers under discussion by Council
of Foreign Relations; copies of papers to be discussed, including "Contemporary American
Attitudes Toward U.S. Immigration," by Thomas J. Espenshade and Katherine Hempstead,
Office of Population Research, Princeton University, February 1995; "The Economic
Impact of Immigration," by George J. Borjas; statements by AFL-CIO Executive Council,
"The Attack on Working Americans" and "Immigration and the American Dream," February
1995; transcript of National Press Club luncheon with speaker Gov. Mario Cuomo of
New York, December 16, 1994; memo to Mazur from Muzaffar Chishti with attached letter
from American Forum for Global Education, May 22, 1995; talking points by Mazur; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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Box 13 | Folder 6 |
Immigration, National Immigration Forum
|
1990-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Memos re pending legislation; materials sent under previous name, National Immigration,
Refugee & Citizenship Forum, 1990-92, including board of directors meeting agenda,
January 26, 1990
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Box 13 | Folder 7 |
Immigration
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re legislation to stop deportation of Salvadorans and Nicaraguans;
statement by Mazur re negative effects of Immigration and Control Act of 1986, need
for new law, October 13, 1989
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Box 13 | Folder 8 |
Immigration
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from Muzaffar Chishti re status of immigration bill and Schumer proposal
giving permanent status to agricultural workers, July 21, 1986; report to manager
of Local 23-25 re Immigration Project for second quarter 1986; ad for book, Undocumented
Aliens in the New York Metropolitan Area: An Exploration into Their Social and Labor
Market Incorporation, by D. Papademetriois and N. DiMarzio
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Box 13 | Folder 9 |
Immigration-Employer sanctions
|
1984-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Memos re status of legislation, 1984-1990; letter from Mazur to AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer
Tom Donahue expressing concern over discrimination, March 19, 1990; handwritten notes
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Box 13 | Folder 10 |
Imports
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1986-1990 |
Scope and Contents
see also Trade; see also Textile and Apparel Trade Graph projecting relative change
in textile imports and U.S. production through year 2000, from Milliken & Company,
August 18, 1989; ILGWU publication, "The Import Problem," excerpted from the General
Executive Board meeting, May 30-June 6, 1986; "Import Penetration in the Apparel Industry:
A Technical Study," prepared for the Fiber, Fabric and Apparel Coalition for Trade,
September 1988; correspondence requesting sharing expenses for video re Saipan and
the Northern Marianas Islands as an apparel production center to evade import restrictions,
produced by the American Apparel Manufacturers Association, January 1988; press release
from the American Textile Manufacturers Association, "Textile and Apparel Imports
Accelerate," June 15, 1989; transcript of Associated Press (AP) wire story re rally
at White House by textile workers in support of bill curbing imports, September 13,
1990; newspaper clippings
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Box 13 | Folder 11 |
Imports, rollback campaign
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
See also Trade; see also Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985 Memos to
ILGWU regional directors re lobbying and other strategy for campaign, 1984-85; memo
from Sol Chaikin to President Stulberg proposing national campaign against imports,
August 2, 1971; memo to Mazur re status of resolution in Congress, December 7, 1984;
sample petitions in English, Spanish, and Chinese, with ad samples targeted to four
ethnic groups; memos re petition campaign, including number of signatures gathered
by local, and how to physically deliver them to Congress or White House, 1985; handwritten
letter to Mazur from members at Gerard Mills and other Hazletown, PA, firms re their
efforts to publicize need to buy American, November 17, 1986; handwritten notes by
Mazur
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Box 13 | Folder 12 |
Import Task Force
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1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also ILGWU Legislative Department; see also Textile & Apparel Trade; see also
NAFTA Minutes of Import Task Force meeting of February 29, 1988, with cover note to
Mazur by ILGWU vp Gus Tyler; note to Mazur from Tyler summarizing actions of Import
Task Force meeting of April 5, 1988; letter from Tyler convening first meeting, with
schedule of subsequent meetings, attached list of members, June 10, 1987
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Box 13 | Folder 13 |
Industrial Policy
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1983-1984 |
Scope and Contents
Announcement by Jeff Faux and Roger Hickey of establishment of Project on Industrial
Policy and Democracy; response by ILGWU assistant president Gus Tyler, suggesting
meeting, September 15, 1983, with attached article by Tyler, "The Threat of a U.S.
Without Factories," AFL-CIO American Federationist, April 1976; printed paper by AFL-CIO
Industrial Union Department (IUD), "Rebuilding America: A National Industrial Policy,"
c. 1984; memo to IUD Reindustrialization Committee, December 24, 1984, referring to
paper by Harvard Business School professors George Lodge and Bruce Scott; unsigned,
undated (c. 1984) policy paper, National Industrial Policy
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Box 13 | Folder 14 |
Federation Internationale de Trabajadores del Textil, Vestuario y Cuero (FITITVC),
Interamerican Textile, Leather,Garment, and Shoe Workers Federation, Carcas, Venezuela,
August 23
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – FITTVCC 1998 (Earlier name was translated from the Spanish – Federacion
Interamericana de Trabajadores de la Industria Textil, Vestuario, Cuero y Calzado
– as Interamerican Textile, Leather, Garment & Shoe Workers Federation) Memos from
ILGWU International Relations director Michele Briones re conversations and meetings
with FITITVC officials; report probably by Briones re trip to Venezuela, August 23-28,
1989; resolution by FITITVC, "The International Debt Problem," calling on the International
Monetary Fund to stop imposing policies on debtor countries that promote economic
austerity and inequality
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Box 13 | Folder 15 |
FITITVC Executive Committee, Puerto Rico, April 15-16
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda of Executive Committee meeting, Ponce de Leon, Puerto Rico; memos to Mazur
from Michele Briones re meetings with executive committee members and relationship
between the ILGWU, FITITVC, and ITGLWF; outline of welcoming address by Mazur, drafted
by Briones; handwritten notes
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Box 13 | Folder 16 |
FITITVC, Interamerican Textile, Leather,Garment, and Shoe Workers Federation,
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1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
(Note later English name change to Interamerican Textile, Garment, Leather & Shoe
Workers Federation) Memo from Michele Briones, director of ILGWU International Relations
Department, re discussion with FITITVC re its affiliation with ITGLWF, nonpayment
of dues, apparent disingenuousness, Dec. 15, 1987; text of speech by Mazur to the
20th anniversary conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, noting decline in U.S. living
standards, opposition to imports, 1987; background information for conference re labor
profiles of Argentina and Brazil, scholarly articles from Current History re Latin
America, list of trade union officials attending, Feb. 25, 1987
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Box 13 | Folder 17 |
FITITVC
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Report of trip to FITITVC conference in Mexico by Michele Briones, assistant director
of ILGWU International Relations Department, Oct. 28, 1986, with newspaper clippings
to Mazur's attention; nomination of Clifford Depin to FITITVC Executive Committee,
Feb 3, 1986, with constitution and statutes of FITITVC (1980); memo from Briones re
agenda and preparations for FITITVC Executive Committee meeting in NY, with estimated
budget, May 7-9, 1986; memo from Mazur to Herman Starobin re meeting; memo from Briones
re twentieth anniversary conference, and agenda (1987, in Spanish); background paper
on FITITVC from Briones to Mazur with list of Executive Committee, Feb. 18, 1986;
memo re letter by ACTWU against aid to Nicaraguan Contras, Mar. 5, 1986
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Box 13 | Folder 18 |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
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1986-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Annual surveys of violations of trade union rights, 1989 and 1990; speech by ICFTU
general secretary Enzo Friso, "Globalizing Economy and International Labour Standards,"
presented to ICFTU economic conference in Thailand, June 27-18, 1993; invitations
to meetings; confidential executive board agenda items/minutes discussing African
and South American affairs, 1986
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Box 13 | Folder 19 |
International Labor Office (ILO)
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1987-1995 |
Box 13 | Folder 20 |
International Labor Program (Georgetown University)
|
1983-1985 |
Scope and Contents
See also Labor Desk 1984 Speech delivered at Lisbon conference, "Democratic Challenge
in Latin America," by Max Kampelman, June 30, 1984, with cover letter to Mazur from
Roy Godson, director, International Labor Program, Georgetown University; description
of program activities and budget, noting request for contribution, September 1, 1983;
printed booklet, "Serving American Workers: The International Labor Organization,"
c. 1985; newspaper clipping
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Box 13 | Folder 21 |
International Labor Rights Education and Research Fund
|
1994 |
Box 13 | Folder 22 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Summary and detailed agenda, financial statements, reports re Uruguay Round of GATT
trade negotiations, industrial homework, child labor, women, country updates, April
26-27
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Box 13 | Folder 23 |
ITGLWF
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1994-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Memos from general secretary Neal Kierney re minimum wage in industrialized countries,
October 27, 1994; China; ILO Convention and Recommendations on Home Work; printed
booklet by China Labor Education and Information Centre, "Behind the Boom: Working
Conditions in the Textile, Garment and Toy Industries in China," 1995; testimony of
Dr. Herman Starobin, director of research, ILGWU, before the Committee for Implementation
of Trade Agreements, re proposed list of products for second and third phase integration
of textile and apparel products into the World trade Organization, March 20, 1995;
copies of China Labour Bulletin, October and November 1995
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Box 13 | Folder 24 |
ITGLWF
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from ITGLWF general secretary Neil Kearney inquiring about which U.S.
unions would be appropriate to approach for membership, June 22, 1993; letter from
Mazur to Kearney re ILGWU and ACTWU efforts to organize workers in Central American
Free Trade Zones, March 10, 1993; letter to Mazur from Kearney re declaration of "Month
of Action" for December 1993, in support of inclusion of a social clause in GATT;
draft by Michele Briones for Mazur, "Linking Trade to Worker Rights: Developing Mechanisms
to Enforce Internationally Agreed Standards on Workers Rights"; related draft (?),
"Outline for Discussion of Trade and Worker Rights"; correspondence re Presidium meetings
in Brussels and Cape Town, South Africa; letters between Mazur, ACTWU president Jack
Sheinkman, and Kearney re future funding of FITTVCC, January-March 1994
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Box 13 | Folder 25 |
ITGLWF Presidium Meeting, Brussels
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Detailed minutes; resolutions re Uruguay Round of GATT trade negotiations
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Box 13 | Folder 26 |
ITGLWF 6th World Congress, October
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Mazur and others re proposed resolutions; speech by Mazur appealing
for contributions to solidarity fund
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Box 13 | Folder 27 |
ITGLWF
|
1991-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Position paper, "No Integration, Without Labor Participation," First Summit of the
Textile and Apparel Unions of the Americas to Analyze Social and Economic Integration
in the Western Hemisphere; letter to Mazur from ITGLWF general secretary Neil Kearney
re difficult organizing efforts by Sintracostura in Honduras, requesting information
about the Loveable Company in San Pedro Sula, with information from Mazur attached,
June 1991; routine correspondence
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Box 13 | Folder 28 |
ITGLWF, Central and Eastern Europe
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to affiliates in industrialized countries calling for experienced trade unionists
to assist new textile unions in Czechoslovakia, January 16, 1991, with note to Mazur
from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones
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Box 13 | Folder 29 |
ITGLWF Presidium Meeting, Caracas
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Printed booklet, special report on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Year
of the Child, "Still so far to go: Child labour in the world today," International
Labour Office, Geneva, 1989; booklet, "Guidelines for applications for financial support
from Nordic Unions to the trade union movement in developing countries," by labor
councils of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, June 1989; minutes of 1990 Presidium
meeting in Brussels; Caracas, Venezuela, meeting agenda, country and regional reports,
financial reports, related correspondence
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Box 14 | Folder 1 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), November
27-29
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Memo from ILGWU International Relations director Michele Briones re likely German
presidency of ITGLWF, attached memo to Mazur from Berthold Keller; memo to Mazur re
bomb threat, new security measures, August 6, 1990; extended agenda of Executive Committee
meeting held at Cairo, Egypt, and text of resolutions and reports: minutes of meeting
held in Tokyo, September 25, 1988; election of additional Presidium members; general
secretary's report; proposed budgets for 1990 and 1991; levies received from member
nations, 1988 and 1989; description of new levy system; education secretary's report
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Box 14 | Folder 2 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), November
27-29
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Continuation of meeting agenda: Solidarity action; Report from the Interamerican Textile,
Leather, Garment and Shoe Workers Federation (FITITVC); Report on activities of TWARO;
Report of the European Regional Organisation; Report on Trade Union Situation in Selected
Countries (Japan; Portugal); Ratification of Application for Affiliation (Finland;
Bangladesh); consideration of Portugal as venue for 6th World Congress; health and
safety program; child labor; freedom of association and protection of the right to
organize; human and trade union rights; U.S. approach to trade and worker rights;
Remarks by Jay Mazur, President, ILGWU, before the (AFL-CIO) I.U.D. (Industrial Union
Department) Conference on Health and Safety in Organizing, Atlanta, Georgia, March
16, 1989
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Box 14 | Folder 3 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), 5th World
Congress, September 26-30
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also Textile; see also NAFTA; see also Globalization Agenda; changes to ITGLWF
Rules; reports of affiliated member nations; list of new members of the Presidium
and Executive Committee; speeches by Mazur: remarks on the trade resolution and country
report
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Box 14 | Folder 4 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)
|
1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letters from Mazur to the executive directors of AFL-CIO international labor divisions
(AIFLD, AAFLI, African-American Labor Center) with attached description, "Health &
Safety: A Programme for the 1990's," Fifth World Congress, Tokyo, 26-30 September
1988, and recommendation by ILGWU to appoint Eric Bombart as research assistant to
the project, description of duties, request for funds committed to project, December
12, 1988; rules of the organization; nominations for membership on Presidium and Executive
Committee, correspondence re representation of ILGWU; conference agendas, draft resolutions;
memos re proposals to reorganize Executive Committee and Presidium to represent less
developed countries; correspondence with Zensen (Japanese Federation of Textile, Garment,
Chemical, Mercantile and Allied Industry Workers' Unions); memo from ILGWU international
relations assistant director Michele Briones to Mazur re agenda item re dues, political
infighting; minutes of the Presidium, Feb. 26-27, 1987; correspondence and charts
listing dues from member countries
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Box 14 | Folder 5 |
International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)
|
1986-1987 |
Scope and Contents
Report by the Education Secretary on several African and Asian countries, noting decision
not to develop any new projects with Latin America until differences with FITITVC
have been resolved; agenda for Aug. 30-31, 1987, Presidium meeting and draft minutes
of Feb. 26-27, 1987, meeting; minutes of Aug. 30-31, 1987, meeting; applications for
general secretary from eight members of different nationalities; draft of ITGLWF World
Action Programme re human rights, wages, GATT, etc., Aug. 30-31, 1987; survey on hourly
wages in the textile industry of member nations, 1985-86, comparison since 1980, with
narrative analysis; draft protocol for renewal of the Multifiber Arrangement, sent
to all affiliates; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 14 | Folder 6 |
Japan
|
1990-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from the U.S. Counselor for Labor Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Japan,
with enclosed article from Japan Economic Journal (January 28, 1991) about a coat-making
robot, January 24, 1991; article from Harvard Business Review (September-October 1990),
"Political Advantage: Japan's Campaign for America," with cover letter from Mazur
to Bobbi Sutton, Vandalia, MO, October 5, 1990; article from Cornell Enterprise (business
school), "How the Game Is Played in Japan," summer/fall 1990; joint statement: Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union,
ZENSEN, 8th Joint Conference, 12-14 December 1994; routine correspondence
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Box 14 | Folder 7 |
Japan imports
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
List of estimated apparel production, imports and import penetration valued in equivalent
current U.S. dollars for every year 1968-1986
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Box 14 | Folder 8 |
Japan Institute of Labor
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also Zensen Drafts of address by Richard Rumelt, assistant director, ILGWU New
England Region, to the JIL Prospective Trade Union Leaders Invitation Program; related
correspondence
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Box 14 | Folder 9 |
Jewish Labor Committee
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter with attached materials identifying affiliates of Lyndon LaRouche, press releases
on several topics, October 1
|
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Box 14 | Folder 10 |
Jobs with Justice
|
1987-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman re initial organization of Jobs
with Justice campaign to educate public on trade union issues, inviting him to attend
planning meeting for rally on Wall Street against corporate greed, September 28, 1987;
letter to Mazur from Morton Bahr, president, Communication Workers of America (CWA),
and Howard Samuel, president, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department, updating him on
first year of Jobs with Justice campaign, noting plans for 1988, anticipated expenditures,
December 7, 1987; transcript, telephone news conference, August 16, 1988, with cover
memos to Mazur and others; United Mine Workers Journal featuring Jobs with Justice
rally, May 1988; guidelines, newsletter, and press release re Labor Day activities,
1988; letter from CWA re rally in support of newly organized Potomac Graphics workers,
in New York, June 22, 1989; memo re hiring paid staff coordinator, September 1992;
NLRB Action newspaper clippings, May 28, 1993
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Box 14 | Folder 11 |
Jobs with Justice, Health Care Campaign
|
1990-1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Jobs with Justice Health Care Campaign 1993 Flyers, instruction
sheets, and sample press releases for Jobs with Justice Health Care Action Day, 1990;
newsletter re Jobs with Justice National Health Care Action Week, 1991; notes re crucial
role of New York area unions, New York rally kickoff of National Health Care Action
Week, May 29 (1991?) meeting agenda, health care as Jobs with Justice #1 issue; memo
re conference on universal health care, December 2, 1993; statement by Mazur at Jobs
with Justice Health Care Conference, December 10, 1993; related correspondence
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Box 14 | Folder 12 |
Job Net Referral System
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re union's JobNet job counseling
and referral procedures; agenda for counselor training session
|
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Box 14 | Folder 13 |
Kamber Group
|
1986-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Proposal to ILGWU for public relations services, with descriptive material re firm,
1986; letter from Victor Kamber to president of International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers (IBEW) re hiring union labor, June 20, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan
Cowell re Kamber suggestions for collaborating with ACTWU, March 31, 1986; "Modern
Day Snake Oil: Term Limitations & Why They Must Be Defeated," a report by the Kamber
Group, October 1991; Statement of George E. McDonald, President of the Allied Printing
Trades Council of Greater New York, January 23, 1990; press release, "Unions on the
Move to Save Jobs – And the Daily News," January 23, 1990; letter to Mazur from Victor
Kamber offering assistance with boycott of Leslie Fay, June 24, 1994
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Box 14 | Folder 14 |
Kennedy, John F.
|
1960-1963 |
Scope and Contents
Presidential inauguration program, January 20, 1961; issue of ILGWU Justice, re assassination,
December 1, 1963; issue of ILGWU Spanish-language Justicia, re campaign, November
1960; memorial program for Kennedy and Herbert H. Lehman
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Box 14 | Folder 15 |
Klein, Adam (Klein and Company)
|
1992-1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also ILGWU (UNITE) – Merger – GEB Adam Klein Study 7/20/92 and 2/7/93; see also
National Committee for Labor Israel Outline of goals and detailed agenda for ILGWU
Special General Executive Board Meeting on ILGWU's Strategic Direction, July 20 –
22, 1992, faxed by Klein; outline of remarks by Mazur for GEB Executive Session, July
20-22, 1992, summarizing convention, with memo from James Parrott, July 17, 1992;
confidential memo to Mazur from Parrott re internal factions, preparation for February
GEB Executive Session, January 20, 1992; letter of reference for Klein to Confederation
of Health Service Employees, England, October 16, 1992; letter to Klein from ILGWU
general secretary-treasurer Irwin Solomon expressing dismay over his having missed
a strategic planning meeting, asserting that he should be responsible for cost of
meeting and reimbursing union for most of uncompleted consulting project, February
12, 1993
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Box 14 | Folder 16 |
Koch, Ed (NYC Mayor)
|
1985-1989 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYC – Industrial Loft Advisory Council; NYC – Commercial Rent Control; NYC
1984-1986 Outline for Manager's Meeting, March 8, 1989, listing reasons for ILGWU
support of Dinkins candidacy over Koch; Statement by Theodore W. Kheel on Why I've
Joined "Democrats for Guiliani If Koch Wins the Democratic Primary," April 2, 1989;
letter from Mazur to Mayor Koch protesting his failure to march in Labor Day parade,
September 6, 1988; Testimony of Edward I. Koch Before the City Council Committee on
Relation and Special Event [sic] re discrimination against undocumented immigrants,
December 22, 1988, with cover letter to Mazur, February 3, 1989; letter from Mazur
to Koch urging support for Intro. 1088-A, protecting the health of video display terminal
(VDT) users, December 15, 1989; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re
Koch support for weaker, alternative commercial (retail-only) rent control bill, August
2, 1989, with attached clipping from Crain's New York Business; statement by Koch
against commercial rent control, May 7, 1985; statement from the garment industry
on Mayor Koch's proposed commission to study commercial rent control, May 9, 1985;
newspaper clipping from Daily News
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Box 14 | Folder 17 |
Koret
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
Memorandum to Mazur from Mattie Jackson re import proposal, July 23, 1985; proposed
language changes to agreement re imports
|
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Box 14 | Folder 18 |
Labor, U.S. Department of
|
1994-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Remarks by Labor Secretary Robert Reich, "The Revolt of the Anxious Class," to the
Democratic Leadership Council, November 22, 1994; letters from the NYS Department
of Labor thanking ILGWU associate director of research Walter Mankoff for serving
on Minimum Wage Advisory Panel, September – December 1994; report to Mazur and Susan
Cowell re Reich press briefing, September 14, 1994; letters to Mazur from U.S. Dept.
of Labor re rulemaking changes re running for union office
|
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Box 14 | Folder 19 |
Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations
|
1988-1992 |
Scope and Contents
See also AFL-CIO Trade – Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations 1992-1998
Letter from U.S. Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole and U.S. Trade Representative Carla
Hills inviting Mazur to serve on the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations
and Trade Policy, providing advice to the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary
of Labor on international trade negotiations and U.S. trade policy, August 23, 1990,
with attached description of subcommittee structure of Labor Advisory Committee; agenda
for meeting of September 14, 1988, with cover letter to Mazur re attached memo "for
official use only," outlining the status of the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations,
and press releases, "Fact Sheet" from White House promoting the Omnibus Trade and
Competitiveness Act of 1988, and remarks of President Reagan at signing of the bill,
August 23, 1988; background material on oilseed production issues, U.S. – European
Community Agreement on Agriculture and the Uruguay Round, November 24, 1992; memo
to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re strategic approaches to union's trade position
under the Clinton administration, November 12, 1992
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Box 14 | Folder 20 |
Labor Committee for Pacific Affairs
|
1983-1984 |
Scope and Contents
See also Labor Desk – United States Youth Council 1984 Minutes of inaugural meeting
of trade union leaders from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the
U.S.; confidential report of planning team, 1983; Regional Agenda, report by Michael
Easson, ACTU Delegate to the Asian and Pacific Workers' Education ILO Seminar on the
Social and Economic Services of Trade Unions, 1983; Process, official newsletter of
the New Zealand Food Processing and Chemical Workers Union, September 1983; Australian
Foreign Affairs Record, August 1983; correspondence; newspaper clippings
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Box 15 | Folder 1 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur and others reporting on local Labor Day activities at West Invitations
to Mazur to attend breakfast, march as member of honor guard in Labor Day Parade,
July 12 and 23, 1993; press release by New York City Central Labor Council re Labor
Day Parade, August 1993
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Box 15 | Folder 2 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Memo from New York City Central Labor Council re 1990 theme, Decent and Affordable
Health Care for All, with line of march of participating unions, July 25, 1990; News
from the UAW press release, with president Owen Bieber's Labor Day message, August
24, 1990; 13-page transcript of AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland's Labor Day Conversation
with Reporters, August 23, 1990
|
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Box 15 | Folder 3 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Clipping, front page of IBEW Electrical Union World, "Labor Day Parade: Jay Mazur
Grand Marshal," with list of participating Local 3 divisions, August 15, 1988, and
clipping covering event, September 21; front page of New York Observer with photo
of Chinatown marchers in ILGWU T-shirts, September 12, 1988; sample of parade poster,
with letter from official printer soliciting orders, July 14; invitation from New
York City Central Labor Council to Mayor Ed Koch to join officials at parade, with
reply declining invitation, August 18 and 22; Daily News press clipping re hostile
reception for Ed Koch at West Indian Day (local Labor Day) parade in Brooklyn, September
6; letter from Gov. Michael Dukakis's presidential campaign office declining invitation,
August 24; lists of labor and political officials at Labor Day Breakfast, September
8; Mazur speech at breakfast; list of scheduled dates and times of Labor Day commercial
broadcasts, with thanks to those who contributed, August 23, 1988; memos from Mazur
to New York City locals noting contribution expected from each to offset ILGWU expenses,
November 9, 1988; list of contributions by unions for radio ad campaign, August 31;
memo to Mazur re planning outline; revised schedule for planning meeting, July 12;
list of line of march of participating unions, August 2; memo, press release, and
related materials re Jobs with Justice Labor Day activities, August 23; routine correspondence
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Box 15 | Folder 4 |
Labor Day Activities
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur re Dinkins campaign update, July 21, 1989, and Labor Rally for David
Dinkins scheduled for September 6, 1989; memo re plans for Housing Now National March
on Washington scheduled for October 7, 1989, noting plans to participate in Labor
Day Parade
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Box 15 | Folder 5 |
Labor Day
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Column by Mazur for Justice re new initiatives to increase union strength, including
Associate Membership, for members who lose their jobs or whose shops have been unable
to get a union contract
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Box 15 | Folder 6 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Speech by Mazur reciting anti-labor actions by major employers across the country,
July 26
|
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Box 15 | Folder 7 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
Financial records; list of slogans
|
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Box 15 | Folder 8 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1984 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda of activities; letter from Mazur suggesting new approach; related correspondence;
newspaper clippings
|
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Box 15 | Folder 9 |
Labor Day Parade
|
1983 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re need to draw more crowds as spectators
at Labor Day parades, September 23, 1983; letter to Mazur from parade coordinator,
saying that parade was resounding success, September 8; minutes of national advisory
committee meeting; outline of video recording of parade by Allen Tobias, Creative
Developments; list of coordinators; related correspondence; financial records
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Box 15 | Folder 10 |
Labor Desk, United States Youth Council (USYC)
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
See also International Labor Program, Georgetown University 1983-1985; see also Labor
Committee for Pacific Affairs 1983-1984 International organization supporting democratic
labor unions; correspondence
|
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Box 15 | Folder 11 |
Labor Desk, United States Youth Council (USYC)
|
1984 |
Scope and Contents
Advisory Committee minutes, correspondence
|
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Box 15 | Folder 12 |
Labor Desk, United States Youth Council (USYC), Executive Committee
|
1984 |
Scope and Contents
Talking points for meeting of February 5; meeting agendas and minutes; correspondence
|
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Box 15 | Folder 13 |
Labor Law for Law Enforcement Officers
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams calling his attention to a
publication created by the Delaware attorney general for distribution to law enforcement
officers called to the scene of labor disputes, encouraging neutrality, August 30,
1990 (booklet not included)
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Box 15 | Folder 14 |
Labor Law Reform
|
1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
see also Dunlop, John; see also Speeches – Donahue – Dunlop Commission Executive summary
of report by AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department (IUD), "Democracy on the Job: America's
Path to a Just, High Skill, High Wage Economy: An Agenda for Labor Law Reform"; draft
of full report for final review, with cover letter from Richard Trumka and Elmer Chatak,
August 19, 1993; draft of memo to Tom Donahue from Mazur, expressing concern over
weakening section 8 (a) 12 of NLRA (prohibition against company-dominated unions),
June 28, 1993; long letter from Mazur to John Dunlop, chair, Commission on the Future
of Worker-Management Relations ("Dunlop Commission") re nature of jobber-contractor
relationship, outsourcing in garment industry as technique for escaping responsibility
for working conditions, April 29, 1994; memo to Mazur from Carl Proper (former ILG
exec asst and director of Council for American Fashion, CAF) re IUD report, noting
areas in need of strengthening, need to reverse imbalance of power, need for strong
unions to maintain middle class and prevent reproduction of Third World economic and
political conditions here, commenting on reaction of Dunlop to Mazur's suggestions,
listing specific suggestions from other ILGWU sources, February 18, 1994; long letter
from ILGWU assistant president Gus Tyler to Paula Voos, Department of Economics, University
of Wisconsin, re role of commission, role of organized labor in maintaining standard
of living "of that larger union called the United States," March 11, 1994; memo to
Mazur from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny re labor law reform (revised), October
12, 1992; memo from Mazur to IUD president Elmer Chatak outlining ILGWU recommendations
for IUD consideration re NLRB reform, December 15, 1992; report of the first meeting
of the Dunlop Commission, with cover memo to the AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution
of Work, June 8, 1993; report of the staff working groups on Organizing and Collective
Bargaining to the AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work, May 18, 1993; recommendations
of the AFL-CIO to the Commission on the Future of Worker Management relations: "Changes
needed in the National Labor Relations Act and related laws," September 8, 1994
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Box 15 | Folder 15 |
Labor Law Reform
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland from the president of the United Food &
Commercial Workers International Union, urging that labor speak with one voice in
advocating for reforms under the new Clinton administration, warning against claiming
a mandate, acting too quickly, instead establishing nonpartisan commission of labor,
management, and the public to study possible changes in labor law, December 8, 1992;
memo to Mazur from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny in advance of his chairing AFL-CIO
panel on Labor Law Reform, outlining critical issues requiring legislative action,
need to strengthen NLRA's remedies, expedite procedures, October 12, 1992; text of
Mazur address to AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department Panel on Labor Law, "Restoring
the Historic Balance," November 13, 1992; memo to Mazur reporting on meetings attended
at AFL-CIO forums re labor law reform, noting specific legislative priorities, November
6, 1992; memo from Richard Trumka, president, United Mine Workers, re his appointment
to chair AFL-CIO ad hoc Committee on Labor Law Reform and Organizing, noting strike
replacement, legislative changes in NLRA and NLRB, highest priorities, asking for
suggestions from affiliates, November 16, 1992; faxed memo from ILGWU Legal Dept.
to AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department proposing labor law reforms, December 11; list
of members of ad hoc Committee on Organizing and Labor Law reform; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU vp and legislative director Evelyn Dubrow reporting on meeting of ad hoc committee,
December 9, with agenda; Administrative Changes in the NLRB Proposed by the National
Organizing NLRB Subcommittee of the AFL-CIO, February 24, 1992; Summary of Proposals
Made by the AFL-CIO's Subcommittee on the NLRB, December 7, 1992; text of remarks
by Prof. Ray Marshall of the University of Texas at Austin, former Secretary of Labor,
re areas that need strengthening in the National Labor Relations Act
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Box 15 | Folder 16 |
Labor-Management Committees
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1990-1994 |
Scope and Contents
see also Council for American Fashion (CAF) Memo to Mazur outlining steps for the
establishment of proposed Local 23-25/Greater Blouse Labor Management Committee, July
12, 1994; Apparel Industry Magazine article describing Needle Trades Action Project
(NTAP) in Massachusetts, Garment Industry Development Committee (GIDC) in New York,
and other labor-management committees and development authorities, April 1991; Remarks
of AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland to the Ohio Regional Conference on Labor-Management
Cooperation, September 6, 1990; "The Union's Call for Cooperation," by Jay Mazur,
re GIDC, CAF, and other labor-management committees, reprinted from Bobbin, 1990;
memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott discussing purpose of meetings between
area labor-management committees (CAF, GIDC, NTAP), September 17, 1990
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Box 21 | Folder 1 |
South Africa, Coplyn, John
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
Outline and speech by Mazur welcoming visitors from South Africa, discussing need
for labor solidarity and social safety net in the years following the first multiracial
elections, January 11- 12, 1994; agenda for meeting
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Box 21 | Folder 2 |
South Africa, CUNY Conference on Labor Management Relations in South Africa, October
13
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mazur discussing agenda; letter to president of National Union of Mine
Workers, September 9, 1988; list of participants
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Box 21 | Folder 3 |
South Africa
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1988-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from the Lesotho-Haps Development Co. re striking workers, August
22, 1991; funding proposal for SACTU National Open School, with cover letter to Mazur
from AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center, March 28, 1991; ILO Washington Focus special
edition, "Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson
Mandela, at the International Labor Congress: Geneva, June 8, 1990"; flyer for demonstration
against apartheid, at South African Consulate in NY, February 2, 1990; letter to Mazur
from Roger Wilkins, national coordinator of Democracy for South Africa, thanking organized
labor for help in making Nelson Mandela U.S. tour a success, with note to Mazur re
Wilkins from Gus Tyler, July 6, 1990; letters and faxed messages to Mazur from Garment
& Allied Workers' Union and other South African trade unions, thanking ILGWU for support
in successful strike by Rex Trueform and Hextex workers, 1988-89; proposal by NY Labor
Committee Against Apartheid for visit by South African trade unionists to New York
to tour U.S. counterparts and attend conference, February 6-10, 1991; memos to Mazur
from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re union activities in
South Africa, 1989; letter to Mazur from the Committee for International Support of
Trade Union Rights, with attached petition to free Nelson Mandela and other political
prisoners in South Africa, September 11, 1989; letter from Mazur to chairman of Chemical
Bank, urging him to withdraw financial support for Minorco, a company owned by De
Beers, March 6, 1989; photocopy of June 1989 South African Labour Bulletin; statement
of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, on H.R. 1580, a bill relating to proposed sanctions
against South Africa for submission to the Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways
and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, June 13, 1988; statement by the AFL-CIO
Executive Council on Southern Africa, August 1988; testimony of Byron Charlton of
the African-American Labor Center on behalf of the AFL-CIO before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee on U.S. Policy Options toward South Africa, June 23, 1988; letter
to Mazur from Richard Trumka, president of the United Mine Workers of America, noting
good progress in Shell boycott, asking assistance in furthering campaign to pressure
Royal Dutch/Shell to leave South Africa, with attached list of boycott participants,
June 24, 1988; article re trade, Third World debt, hunger, for Food Monitor, with
cover memo to Mazur and other ILGWU officials, June 24, 1988; record of summons for
disorderly conduct in connection with demonstration at South African consulate, with
cover letter addressed to Mazur from attorneys, April 20, 1988; newspaper clipping
from the Daily Nation, Kenya, "Halt this influx of textiles," August 15, 1988, circulated
to ILGWU executive council and senior staff; other newspaper clippings
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Box 15 | Folder 17 |
Labor Movement
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1988-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Testimony of Kirkland before the Commission of the Future of Worker-Management Relations,
November 8, 1993; survey results: synopsis of the 1988 Gallup study of public knowledge
and opinion concerning the labor movement; newspaper clippings from Women's Wear Daily,
July 12, 1989, and Albany Times-Union, August 23, 1989, re labor shortage and decline
of organized labor; collection of essays for course by Pennsylvania State University
Department of Labor Studies, "The ULA Course in the Theories of the Labor Movement,"
n.d.
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Box 15 | Folder 18 |
Labor Research Association
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1987-1992 |
Scope and Contents
FBI report, "Soviet Active Measures in the United States, 1986-1987," which describes
the Labor Research Association as having been founded by the Communist Party USA in
1927 and as a component of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), June 1987;
survey results, "What American Voters Think of Worker Rights: Results of a National
Poll," by the Labor Research Association, conducted November 4-7, 1991
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Box 15 | Folder 19 |
Labor Rights Coalition
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1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ray Marshall, chair of newly created Labor Rights Coalition and professor
at the University of Texas at Austin and former Secretary of Labor, inviting Mazur
to serve on the coalition board, with description of coalition goals of protecting
worker rights in international trade, January 14, 1987; affirmative rely from Mazur,
January 30, 1986 [1987?]; invitation to Mazur from Marshall to attend coalition conference,
International Workers Rights and Trade, November 1, 1988; letter to senators signed
by labor and other leaders in support of international worker rights as part of trade
bill, July 28, 1986; press release re letter with list of signatories
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Box 15 | Folder 20 |
Labor solidarity, global
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Conference report, "Problems and Perspectives: International Conference on Strategies
for Global Labor Solidarity," Washington, D.C., July 7-9, 1989
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Box 15 | Folder 21 |
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
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1987-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Analysis of Bush administration proposal re Civil Rights Act of 1990, described as
"much worse than previous White House proposals," October 22, 1990; invitation to
1989 annual dinner, commemorating 25th anniversary of signing of Civil Rights Act
of 1964; memo to press expressing disappointment with nomination for assistant attorney
general for civil rights, with attached press clippings, March 15, 1989; notice of
annual meeting, with list of legislative priorities, January 31, 1989; legislative
alert opposing amendments to Civil Rights Restoration Act, discussing "religious tenet"
amendment eliminating protections for women who have had an abortion, among other
measures, January 21, 1988; statement by chairman Benjamin Hooks in support of Civil
Rights Restoration Act, March 19, 1987; testimony before Senate Judiciary Committee
and other statements by Hooks opposing nomination of Robert Bork to Supreme Court,
October 1987, and related material
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Box 15 | Folder 22 |
League for Industrial Democracy
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1988-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Notice of seminar, "The Changing Economy: Its Social Impact and Policy Implications,"
January 30, 1989; ballot to raise dues structure, December 28, 1988
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Box 15 | Folder 23 |
Lee and Family (Lee, Tom)
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1986-1987 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur re strike begun by Local 89-22-1 against non-union leather glove manufacturer,
Lee & Family, at 800 Sixth Ave., NY; handwritten note by Mazur re Tom Lee, November
3, 1986
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Box 15 | Folder 24 |
Lehman Management Company, INC.
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1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to and from Mazur re refusal of subsidiary of ILGWU's investment firm Shearson,
Lehman, Hutton to bargain in good faith with newly certified union, local 814 of the
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE); summary of contract
fight at the Radisson Plaza Hotel and Golf Course in Manhattan Beach, CA, June 1989;
list of labor clients of Shearson, Lehman, Hutton investment management firms; letter
to Mazur announcing creation of subsidiary, Lehman Management Co., Inc., June 20,
1989; letter to Mazur from former Lehman associate, James Manley, re new position
with Cashman, Farrell and Associates, with copy of Nation's Labor, August 16, 1990
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Box 15 | Folder 25 |
Leslie Fay Companies
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also Usury, Bill 1995 Background information on the planned plant closing by the
Leslie Fay Companies submitted by the ILGWU to the Subcommittee on Labor Management
Relations, Committee on Education and Labor, for a hearing to the held June 7, 1994,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, including chronology of events, list of union concessions
to keep company in Pennsylvania, legislative issues; Memorandum of Understanding for
the Settlement of Strike Dispute between ILGWU and Leslie Fay, Inc., Mediator's Recommendation,
July 1, 1994; urgent and confidential faxed memoranda to Mazur from AFL-CIO Industrial
Union Department (Joe Uehlein) re strategic efforts to pressure directors of Leslie
Fay to keep plant open, June-July; urgent faxed request for assistance from Mazur
to Ron Carey, general president, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, asking truckers
to respect ILGWU picket line at three striking Leslie Fay facilities, June 28, 1994;
memo to Mazur from Theodore Bernstein re pressure by union clients of Bear Sterns
re investment bank's relationship with Kirk Kerkorian, who was fighting unionization
of Las Vegas MGM Grand property, request for consultation with someone experienced
with Leslie Fay campaign, July 6, 1994; handwritten notes
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Box 15 | Folder 26 |
Levin, Senator Carl
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Sen. Levin, noting targeting by Republicans and asking for help
in hosting a fundraiser, with attached press clippings and position papers, February
21; outline and drafts of remarks by Mazur praising Sen. Levin at reception; list
of attendees; lists of invitees; letter of invitation to reception from Mazur and
industry executives; list of apparel industry contributors to election campaign, and
copies of contribution checks; letter from Levin thanking Mazur for support
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Box 15 | Folder 27 |
Liberal Party-Guiliani-Dinkins Campaign
|
1989-1992 |
Scope and Contents
see also Dinkins Mayoral Campaign Press release, Statement by Raymond B. Harding,
Vice-Chairman of the Liberal Party of New York State, quoting Mayor Dinkins, elected
as a healer of racial divisions, recently refusing to attend Ellis Island opening
ceremonies, declaring,'" I don't want any part of that! Ellis Island is for people
who came over on the ships! My people came over in chains!" November 22, 1992; Statement
by Rev. Donald Harrington, May 24, 1989, announcing candidacy for NYC mayor as Liberal,
denouncing Giuliani as conservative, May 24, 1989; opinion piece, "Giuliani Is No
John Lindsay," April 20, 1989, condemning Liberal Party's endorsement of Giuliani
as an abandonment of its historic function; letter from Mazur to ILGWU Liberal Party
members urging signing only Harrington petitions, n.d., note to Mazur from Harding
with attached analysis of Liberal Party performance on 1986 race, November 6,1986
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Box 15 | Folder 28 |
Literacy-Schiff, Arthur
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Proposal to Mazur for City Family, magazine aimed at low-income, low-literacy audience
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Box 15 | Folder 29 |
Los Angeles
|
1995 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mayor Richard Riordan to Dr. Edna Bonacich, University of California,
thanking her for participation in New Fashion Industry Roundtable, with attached summary
notes discussing fashion industry in city, March 2, 1995
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Box 15 | Folder 30 |
Los Angeles Times
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings of articles written by Mazur re imports, some with cover notes
to Mazur
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Box 15 | Folder 31 |
Machinists Rally, March 4
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) update on the
Eastern Airlines strike, February 16, 1990; invitation to Mazur to attend rally on
first anniversary of start of strike, February 3, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec
asst James Parrott re rally, memo to Gus Tyler soliciting speech; speech by Mazur
at rally, March 4; press release re rally, March 1, 1990; flyers in support of March
1, 1990, rally by Greyhound workers (Amalgamated Transit Union local 1202) at Port
Authority Bus Station; flyer in support of Domsey garment workers, March 9, 1990,
rally in Brooklyn, NY; Newsday press clipping, Robert Reno column, March 2, 1990;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 15 | Folder 32 |
March on Washington
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on 30th Anniversary March on Washington,
reaffirming commitment of labor movement to greater civil and economic rights, May
1993; flyer, media fact sheets, letter to members of Coalition of Conscience re credentials
for march, August 14, 1993; letter from Jack Sheinkman, president, ACTWU, and chairman,
Labor Committee of Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, re labor participation
in march, April 20, 1993
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Box 16 | Folder 1 |
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur and related materials re secession dispute with local, attempt to
obtain AFL-CIO charter
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Box 16 | Folder 2 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Materials from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc.,
the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, and the New York State Martin
Luther King, Jr. Commission; memo to Mazur re meeting of the Labor Committee of the
Martin Luther King Commission, financial and political problems at the commission,
with list of contributions by labor unions, September 15, 1989; Annual Report to the
President and Congress of the United States on the National Holiday in Honor of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., January 16, 1989; letter from Mazur and ILGWU vp and legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow to senators urging reauthorization of Martin Luther King Federal
Holiday Commission, April 11, 1989; letter from ACTWU urging support for Rep. Conyers
(D.-MI) amendment making commission permanent, listing Senate cosponsors, February
1, 1989
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Box 16 | Folder 3 |
Massachusetts Democratic Party
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Sen. Edward Kennedy thanking him for support for the state party
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Box 16 | Folder 4 |
Media: interview, CBS, October 10
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Text of CBS interview, October 10, 1990; letter inviting Mazur to appear on "America's
Challenges: The Quest for Leadership in a Global Economy" series on public television
re imports, retraining the labor force, what government can do to support business,
December 14, 1989; memo from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell advising Mazur that producer felt
show was not appropriate for Mazur, possibly next series, December 20, 1989
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Box 16 | Folder 5 |
Media: interview, CBS, September 2
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Apparent background material: AFL-CIO issue papers, "The Union Advantage" and "Homelessness:
A Problem We Can Solve," with cover letter, 1988; AFL-CIO News promoting Dukakis presidential
candidacy, August 27, 1988; text of Mazur article for Justice, "Why We Say Dukakis
Yes," September 1988; Newsday David Broder article re power of labor in presidential
race, August 29, 1988; text of Mazur remarks at Labor Day parade, July 26, 1988
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Box 16 | Folder 6 |
Media: interview, Crows, Ken
|
1995 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur with talking points and partial script re merged unions of UNITE, position
on AFL-CIO election, June 14, 1995
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Box 16 | Folder 7 |
Media: interview, Financial News
|
|
Scope and Contents
Minimum wage fact sheet re need for minimum wage to be livable wage, for interview
with reporter Tom Linden, Financial News, n.d.
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Box 16 | Folder 8 |
Media: interviews, Foreign Press
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from exec asst Carl Proper re interview with 20 foreign journalists,
arranged by U.S. Information Agency; outline of talking points, July 26, 1994
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Box 16 | Folder 9 |
Media: interview, Nippon TV Network, January 22
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin noting output per worker
in U.S. and Japan grew at the same rate between 1980 and 1990; handwritten notes by
Mazur noting U.S. bashing; business card from Nippon Television Network Corporation's
Hikari Tokuyama
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Box 16 | Folder 10 |
Media: "We Do the Work" Interview
|
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Scope and Contents
Outline of interview re ILGWU, n.d.
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Box 16 | Folder 11 |
Media: interview, WMCA radio
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to Roy Fox following up on interview, noting incomplete discussion
of union, garment industry, role in overall economy, July 24, 1986; transcript of
interview
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Box 16 | Folder 12 |
Media: interview, WWOR-TV Channel 9, November 2
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Background notes and memos for Mazur prepared by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell and exec asst
James Parrott re NYC manufacturing and immigration, for interview on "People Working
for People" interview by Sonny Hall (president, local 100, TWU) and Barry Feinstein
(president, local 237, IBT), handwritten notes
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Box 16 | Folder 13 |
Media:Newsday
|
1993 |
Box 16 | Folder 14 |
Media:Radio/TV interview material
|
1987-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Congressional Record re minimum wage, September 8, 1988; Gallup Poll report indicating
support for labor unions, 1988, with AFL-CIO statement; AFL-CIO American Federationist
article by Mazur re industrial homework, "A Return to the Industrial Dark Ages of
Sweatshops and No Protections," August 2, 1986; testimony of Mazur before Senate Finance
Committee in support of Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987, July 30, 1987; Fiber,
Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT) fact sheets; AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland's
remarks on goal of labor unions, delivered at Darden Graduate Business School, March
30, 1988; M.O.R./Hart Research Trade Issue Presentation: opinion poll of 2,812 respondents
in 8 states re textile bill, April 29-May 4, 1988; statement, ILGWU Support for Family
and Medical Leave Act; notes on trade info for CNN; WCBS Radio Interview; Mazur Labor
Day Parade announcement, July 26, 1988; questions to be asked of Mazur on Velma Hill
(APRI) talk show; Mazur notes on growing income disparity, minimum wage, labor's future;
summary of right-wing news commentators on Democratic midterm congressional losses,
1994
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Box 16 | Folder 15 |
Media Projects
|
1985-1987 |
Scope and Contents
See also Geto & de Milly 1993-1995 See also Michael Sheehan Associates, Inc. 1986
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re compilation of daily major news
clippings, and plans to produce a weekly news summary for Mazur and other ILG executive
staff, July 21, 1986, with attached clippings; memo to Mazur from Michael Sheehan
Associates (affiliated with Ogilvy & Mather) proposing media training, video production,
lobbying, and other public relations services, November 7, 1986; notice to Mazur from
author Jan Grabowski, Winnipeg, Canada, re book draft, Brothers & Sisters All? A "revealing
collection of short stores" re labor organizations, "without divulging the contents…we
felt it is only proper" to give "opportunity to input," December 15, 1986; invitation
to Mazur to preview of off-Broadway musical based on the garment trade, The Rise of
David Levinksy, December 10, 1986; letter to Mazur from author Ernest Lieberman describing
favorable reactions to forthcoming book, Unfit to Manage! How Mismanagement of Big
Business and Government Endangers America, and What Working People Can Do About It,
January 10, 1987; mailgram from Mihajlo Mihajlov, Radio Free Europe, congratulating
Mazur on receipt of Eugene V. Debs Award, June 9, 1987; film proposal and funding
solicitation to Mazur from Francis X. Gannon and Associates for documentary re labor
leader Joe Keenan, May 26, 1987; proposal to Sol Chaikin by Organizing Media Project,
Inc., for unofficial presidential primary by AFL-CIO locals, January 7, 1987; memo
to Mazur re results of fourth national survey from Money magazine 1986, "Americans
and Their Money," indicating Americans prefer U.S.-made goods, by Doremus Porter Novelli,
July 29, 1987; minutes of meeting re Statue of Liberty commemorative event, October
9, 1985
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Box 16 | Folder 16 |
Mental Illness Foundation
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur thanking him for support for annual dinner, May 11
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Box 16 | Folder 17 |
Merck/Medco
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Articles and newspaper clippings from Business Week and the New York Times re Martin
Wygod, chairman of Medco Containment Services, who sold the mail-order drug distributor
to Merck after making it profitable by gradually increasing patient copays and requiring
generics and limiting choice of medications; chronology of pricing changes
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Box 16 | Folder 18 |
Mexico Earthquake Relief
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
Report, "A Survey of Immigrant Visa Applicants Handled by the Mexico City Consular
District," April 10, 1985; record of contributions; newspaper clipping re relief effort,
AFL-CIO News, October 19, 1985
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Box 16 | Folder 19 |
Mexico, Sweeny (AFL-CIO/UNITE), trip
|
1997-1998 |
Scope and Contents
See also Mexico – Maquiladoras Letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president John Sweeney,
inviting him to join him on a trip to Mexico as part of an official delegation, December
19, 1997; Spanish-language documents, including text of remarks by Sweeney; text in
English; memo from Mazur to Sweeney, "Mexican Labor Movement – Overview and Policy
Considerations," December 8, 1997, essentially final draft of memo to Mazur from UNITE
organizing director Jeff Hermanson, October 24, 1997; AFL-CIO media advisory re trip,
January 22, 1998; "Mexico Update and Analysis," from Schroeder Economics, January
7, 1998; analysis paper by Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC) criticizing
NAFTA as hurting Mexican economy; Working Plan on the Politics of International Relations
of the Authentic Labor Front (FAT); summary points re Mexico; newspaper clipping;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 16 | Folder 20 |
Mexico
|
1987-1995 |
Box 16 | Folder 21 |
Mexico Trade: fastrack
|
1991-1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Fast Track 1997; see also NAFTA – Fast Track Summary of Testimony
of Jay Mazur, President, ILGWU, on Fast Track Procedures, presented by. Dr. Herman
Starobin, Research Director, May 17, 1995; letter from Mazur to AFC-CIO president
Lane Kirkland discussing reasons for defeat of efforts to stop fast track, defection
of Sen. Gephart as key reason for failure, May 28, 1991; transcript of Associated
Press article, "Moynihan Votes against Fast Track for U.S.-Mexico Free Trade," with
cover note from Sen. Moynihan to Mazur noting defeat but good argument, May 14, 1991;
press release from Sen. Howard Metzenbaum criticizing fast-track, April 29, 1991;
letter to all members of Congress from International Union of Operating Engineers,
April 16, 1991, opposing fast track, with cover to AFL-CIO Executive Council members
urging similar action, April 16, 1991; letter from Rep. Dan Rostenkowski to AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland informing him of his support for fast-track trade authority
for the president, May 1, 1991; reply from Kirkland re history of trade legislation,
inadequate protections for U.S. workers, May 2, 1991; letter from Pres. Bush to members
of Congress urging support for fast-track, May 1, 1991; press release/position statement,
"AFL-CIO Comments on the May 1 Administration Response to Congressional Concerns over
the Proposed North American Free Trade Agreement"; Bush administration statement,
"Executive Summary: Response to Issues Raised in Connection with the Negotiation of
a North American Free Trade Agreement"; press advisory by Mobilization on Development,
Trade, Labor and the Environment, "Citizen Groups Challenge Administration Action
Plan on U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Talks with Call to Democratize and Expand Agenda,"
with attached statement, "A Call to Real Action," released May 2, 1991; Fast Track
Fact Sheet for Jay Mazur, with list of agriculture groups opposing measure, May 6,
1991; UAW press release, "Bieber Testifies on Fast Track Authority for Mexico Free
Trade and GATT," opposing measure, April 11, 1991; AFL- CIO News press release, "Poll
Shows 72 Percent Opposition to Fast Track," May 1,1991, with statement by AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Thomas R. Donahue on poll results and attached summary of findings
by Garin-Hart public opinion survey; ad by UAW opposing fast track, with cover note
to Mazur from ILGWU warehouse employees division suggesting similar ad and letter-writing
campaign, May 22, 1991; letter from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to union presidents
urging lobbying against fast track, April 12, 191; memos from Mazur to ILGWU directors
urging members lobby Congress, April 30, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director
Herman Starobin outlining arguments for opposing fast track, lobbying strategy, with
attached list of international treaties approved without fast track authority since
1960, April 29, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow,
April 16, 1991; list of textile manufacturers opposing fast track, May 6, 1991; list
of Capitol Hill lobbying appointments for union presidents, May 6, 1991; newspaper
clippings
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Box 16 | Folder 22 |
Mexico Trade: fastrack
|
1991-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to ILGWU exec asst James Parrott from the U.S. General Accounting Office requesting
information on safety hazards relevant to the textile and apparel industry, with cover
memo from Mazur to ILGWU research director Herman Starobin and others convening meeting
to pull together the information, and meeting agenda, March 19 and 22; AFL-CIO booklet
and paper, "U.S. Mexico Free Trade Negotiations Taking Points," January 1991; AFL-CIO
booklet, "Exploiting Both Sides: U.S.-Mexico 'Free' Trade," February 1991; "Relevant
Provisions of U.S. Trade Law Pertaining to the Possible Establishment of a U.S. –
Mexico Free Trade Agreement"; letter to editor of Roll Call from Secretary of Labor
Lynn Martin criticizing paid advertisement against fast-track; copies of AFL-CIO Roll
Call ads opposing fast-track; press release, statement of Donald Hughes, president
of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, opposing fast track, March 6, 1991;
Statement on Proposed U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement by Evelyn Dubrow, vice president,
ILGWU, before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, March
14, 1991; Testimony of Thomas R. Donahue, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO, and chairman,
Labor Advisory Committee for U.S. Trade Policy and Trade Negotiations, before the
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Senate, March 22, 1991; Statement
of Donahue before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, on the Proposed
U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Negotiations, February 6, 1991; Comments of the Service Employees
International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC, before the United States International Trade Commission
on the Probable Effects of a Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico,
April 16, 1991; Statement of Jeff Faux, President, Economic Policy Institute, before
the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, on the Proposed U.S.-Mexico Free Trade
Negotiations, February 20, 1991; Economic Policy Institute report, "The Low-Wage Challenge
to Global Growth," with cover letter to Mazur from EPI president Jeff Faux, March
6, 1991; press release from Economic Policy Institute, "Report Projects Loss of 550,000
U.S. High-Wage Jobs" from free-trade pact with Mexico, with attached briefing paper,
"U.S. Jobs and the Mexico Trade Proposal"; EPI briefing paper: "Fast Track, Fast Shuffle:
The Economic Consequences of the Administration's Proposed Trade Agreement with Mexico";
direct-mail letter from Mexican development firm Finsa Grupo Arguelles to manufacturers
inviting relocation to Mexico to cut labor costs; ad from Wall Street Journal southwest
edition of April 16, 1991, for seminar by Collectron of Arizona, Inc., on how to start
manufacturing in Mexico, with cover note to Mazur from Communication Workers of America
president Morton Bahr
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Box 16 | Folder 23 |
Mexico Trade: fastrack
|
1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Article by John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies, "Free Trade for Whom?" with
cover letter to Labor Advisory Board, May 13, 1991; text of editorial by HOY re Dominican
Republic and Caribbean Basin, "Free Trade Zone Companies to Leave the DR Idling Close
to Five Thousand," with attached Spanish-language newspaper clipping, August 10, 1993;
ITGLWF Executive Committee policy paper re free trade zones, October 1990; statement
of Jeff Faux, president, Economic Policy Institute, before Committee on Finance, U.S.
Senate, on the Proposed U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Negotiations, February 20, 1991; list
of witnesses to appear before Committee on Ways and Means on the President's Request
for Extending of Fast Track Trade Agreement Negotiating Authority, with attached statement
by Joseph Mullaney, vice chairman, Gillette Company on behalf of the Emergency Committee
for American Trade, April 11, 1991; by Owen Bieber, president, UAW; by Tom Donahue,
secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO; by Kay Whitmore, chairman, president, and CEO, Eastman
Kodak Company and chairman, Business Roundtable Working Group on U.S.-Mexico Trade
and Investment; newspaper clippings
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Box 16 | Folder 24 |
Mexico free trade
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1990-1995 |
Box 16 | Folder 25 |
Mexico Free Trade Agreement
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1988-1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also NAFTA; see also Import Task Force; see also ILGWU Legislative Department
Memo re media strategy for NYC NAFTA campaign, October 18, 1993; script of video taping
of Mazur for Donahue show, July 20, 1993; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director
Herman Starobin re talking points for meeting re North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) with Newsday editorial board, June 8, 1993; memo from Mazur to Newsday editorial
board with attached policy papers in advance of meeting, June 16, 1993, including
"The NAFTA Illusion," presented at a congressional briefing by the Economic Policy
Institute on March 25, 1993; letter from Mazur to editor of Newsday summarizing points
made at meeting re NAFTA, July 23, 1993; report to Mazur and Dubrow re conference
on U.S.-Mexico Free Trade, January 18, 1991; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James
Parrott re meeting with Mexican opposition leader Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, outlining issues
to discuss re trade, immigration, labor movement, with biographical sketch, February
8, 1991; statement on United States-Mexico Economic Relations submitted by Jay Mazur
before the Subcommittee on Trade, House Ways & Means Committee, June 25, 1990; "The
Economic Effects of a United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement on the U.S. Apparel
Industry," statement by Herman Starobin, research director, ILGWU, before the International
Trade Commission, April 12, 1991; draft statements by AFL-CIO Executive Council: on
U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement, February 1991; on U.S. Employer Interference in
Mexican Law Enforcement, February 1992; on Free and Fair Elections in Mexico, February
1994; Remarks by Morton Bahr, President, Communication Workers of America, Houston
Forum Club, Houston, Texas, against trade agreement with Mexico, January 23, 1991;
AFL-CIO News press releases: "Mexican Loan Terms Stick Workers with Tab," January
13, 1995, and "AFL-CIO Calls for Return of Peso 'Windfall' to Workers," January 24,
1995; AFL-CIO News radio script for secretary-treasurer Donahue against Mexico trade
agreement, February 6, 1991; News UAW press release: "UAW President Blasts Big Three
on U.S.-Mexico Trade Pact," February 8, 1991; transcript of remarks by NY Governor
Mario Cuomo at National Press Club in support of Mexico free trade agreement, February
21, 1991; Harvard Business Review article, "Mexico – Opening Ahead of Eastern Europe,"
September-October 1990; Foreign Labor Trends report for Mexico, 1991-92, released
by the U.S. Department of Labor, prepared by the American Embassy in Mexico City;
report by Council on Foreign Relations, "Debt and the Restructuring of Mexico," October
17, 1988; letter to Mazur from the director of the Latin American Program of the Council
on Foreign Relations inviting him to a panel discussion, "The Chiapas Rebellion and
the Future of Mexico," February 10, 1994; newspaper clippings
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Box 16 | Folder 26 |
Mexico: Maquiladoras
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1986-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Confidential proposal for AFL-CIO Border Organizing Project and Maquiladora Project,
October 6, 1989, with cover memo to Mazur from Tom Donahue, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO;
confidential draft, Maquiladora Industry Standards of Conduct; confidential potential
targets for Maquiladora campaign; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
re AFL-CIO Maquiladora Project, January 23, 1990; letters from corporations (AT&T,
Air Products & Chemicals, Allied Signal, Baxter, Becton Dickinson, Fisher-Price, General
Electric, General Motors, ITT, Johnson & Johnson, Parker Hannifin, Pepsico, Rockwell
International, United Technologies, Zenith) to the Benedictine Health Resource Center
describing their operations in the Maquiladora area, 1990; statement by Gregory Woodhead,
Trade Task Force, AFL-CIO, before the House Committee on Small Business on "Effects
of Devaluation of the Mexican Peso," May 20, 1993, with cover memo re wages in the
Maquiladoras; special report of IRRC News for Investors, "Criticisms of Mexican Maquiladora
Operations Will Be Reflected in Shareholder Resolutions," October 1990; list of labor
leaders and affiliations attending Maquiladora Campaign meeting of December 14, 1990;
agenda; printed booklet, "Doing the Job: A Common Commitment of the Union Masonry
Industry," International Masonry Institute, c. 1990; statement by the AFL-CIO Executive
Council on Mexico and the Maquiladora Twin-Plant Program, February 16, 1988, with
cover letter to Mazur confirming his appointment to the AFL-CIO's Ad Hoc Twin Plant
Committee, March 10, 1988; agenda of meeting, October 19, 1988, with remarks by Mazur
re purpose of the Twin Plant Committee; letter from the president and board of the
Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers to the vice president of General Motors Corporation,
urging improvement in wages and benefits for Packard Electric plant in the Mexican
state of Chihuahua, September 23, 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
re creation on independent leftist union in the aftermath of September 1985 earthquake,
video created by them, September 28, 1987; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer
Thomas Donahue following up on issues raised at meeting, including document outlining
standards of conduct, meeting with target corporations, September 12, 1990; memo re
convening US-Mexico Committee for Maquiladora project, July 18, 1990; Coalition for
Justice in the Maquiladoras Kick-Off Press Conference flyer, with memo from Mazur
to vp Susan Cowell requesting that she speak for him, January 30, 1991; memo to Mazur
from exec asst Parrott re highlights of the second meeting of the organizing committee,
September 12, 1990; memo to Mazur from Parrott re replacement for himself as Mazur's
representative on the board of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, September
8, 1992; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Tom Donahue re meeting with
Mexican Confederation of Workers, September 20, 1988; Confidential Proposal for AFL-CIO
Maquiladora Industry Project for border organizing, October 6, 1989, with cover letter
to Mazur from Donahue, January 16, 1990; summery of AFL-CIO/CTM Bilateral Meetings
of November 10 and 11, 1988, in San Diego and Tijuana; report by Mazur as U.S. chair
of the AFL-CIO/ CTM Maquiladora Twin Plant Committee, November 11-12, 1988; brochure/agenda
by U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration for Expo-Maquila
'86, designed to help firms relocate production to Mexico, 1986; agenda for National
Planning Association's 23rd meeting, "The Evolving Crisis in Mexico and Its Implications
for the United States," November 7-8, 1986; newspaper clippings
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Box 16 | Folder 27 |
Mexico: Maquiladoras
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1986-1995 |
Scope and Contents
AFL-CIO booklet, "The Maquiladoras and Toxics: The Hidden Costs of Production South
of the Border," by Leslie Kochan, February 1989; booklet by Coalition for Justice
in the Maquiladoras (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, New York), "Maquiladora
Standards of Conduct"; annual report, 1990-91; press releases by coalition: "Mexican
Community Leaders Challenge Decision by United Nations to Recognize President Salinas
with International Environmental Award," June 5, 1991, "Coalition Releases Documentary
Video: Stepan Chemical: The Poisoning of a Mexican Community," August 6, 1992; statement
by AFL-CIO Executive Council on Cinco de Mayo, May 1992; AFL-CIO press release, "Pressure
from employers results in maquila union leader arrest," February 7, 1992; text of
press conference by Tom Donahue, February 12, 1991; confidential memo to Mazur from
the National Labor Committee updating him on U.S. tour of maquiladora workers, September
21, 199
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Box 16 | Folder 28 |
Michael Sheehan Associates
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
See also Media Projects Memo (incomplete) to Mazur from political/media consultant
critiquing Mazur's CNN interview, n.d.; letter from Michael Sheehan proposing media
training and consulting services, November 7, 1986; newspaper clippings; handwritten
notes
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Box 16 | Folder 29 |
Migration
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
see also Center for Migration Studies; see also Trilateral Commission 1993 Conference
report by the eighty-sixth American Assembly, Columbia University, New York: "Threatened
Peoples, Threatened Borders: World Migration and U.S. Policy"
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Box 17 | Folder 1 |
Mihajlov, Mihajlo
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1984-1986 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from anti-communist refugee from Yugoslavia and his difficulties finding
a permanent professional position in the United States, apparently politically motivated;
resume; letters of recommendation from Mazur; letters from members of search committee
at George Mason University, Virginia, several others; letter from U.S. Embassy in
Yugoslavia to U.S. Information Agency in Washington, noting Pres. Tito's speech denouncing
Mihajlov, declining hiring Mihajlov's sister, July 2, 1968; articles by Mihajlov,
"Fascists in Democratic Society," "Tito and Waldheim," etc., n.d., c. 1986; newspaper
clippings
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Box 17 | Folder 2 |
Minimum Wage
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1979-1995 |
Box 17 | Folder 3 |
Minimum Wage
|
1987-1989 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Minimum Wage 1987 Note cards, fact sheets, and display charts
with statistics on minimum wage workers; draft "Statement by the AFL-CIO Executive
Council on Minimum Wage," February 1987; press release, "Out-of-Date Minimum Wage
Threatens U.S. Work Ethic, Family Stability, ILGWU President Says in House Testimony,"
October 14; memo re distribution of article by Mazur in AFL-CIO Federationist, "It's
Time to Raise the Minimum Wage," March 21, 1987; draft statement by AFL-CIO Executive
Council on Minimum Wage, May 1989; report by AFL-CIO Food and Allied Service Trades
Department, AFL-CIO, "Help Wanted: To Pass the Minimum Wage Restoration Act Because
All Americans Deserve a Fair Living Wage," c. 1987; Statement by Senator Edward M.
Kennedy on the Administration's Views on the Minimum Wage, March 3, 1989; letter to
Mazur from Sen. Kennedy (D.-MA) thanking him for support of Minimum Wage Restoration
Act of 1987, designed to make the minimum wage a living wage, July 26, 1988; similar
letters to Mazur and Dubrow from members of Congress in support of bill; legislative
alert from ILGWU vice president Evelyn Dubrow calling for letters to congressional
district offices in support of minimum wage bill, July 8, 1988; letter to Mazur from
Citizens for a Just Minimum Wage, thanking him for ILGWU contribution, March 23, 1989;
"Dear Colleague" letter from six members of Congress, "Minimum Wage and Working Women,"
noting two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women, March 20, 1989; newspaper clippings;
ILGWU resolution on minimum wage supporting legislation; draft language of Puerto
Rico amendment to wage bill, March 6, 1989; text of Fair Labor Standards Amendments
of 1989; speeches by Mazur; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 17 | Folder 4 |
Minimum Wage Board-Testimony of Danahy, Joseph
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
Testimony of Joseph Danahy, director, ILGWU Department of Organization & Field Services,
before the General Industry Minimum Wage Board, re need for enforcement authority
for NYS Department of Labor for minimum wage and overtime laws, so that enforcement
does not depend on inadequate federal Department of Labor, November 12, 1985
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Box 17 | Folder 5 |
Model Agreement
|
1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Department of Labor re manufacturer-contractor model agreement;
statement by Mazur condemning San Francisco voluntary agreement, January 6, 1994;
memos to Mazur from ILGWU general counsel Max Zimny and legislative director Evy Dubrow
re position of Labor Secretary Robert Reich on enforcement, jobber responsibility;
handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 17 | Folder 6 |
NAACP
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Memphis branch to national office refusing to contribute assessment to
offset national deficit until questions of accountability are answered, September
15
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Box 17 | Folder 7 |
NAFTA
|
1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Briefing papers by the Economic Policy Institute: "Setting the Standard: International
Labor and U.S. Trade Policy," by Richard Rothstein, "The Parallel Banking System,"
by Jane W. D'Arista and Tom Schlesinger, and "The Impact of Health Care's Financing
on Family Budgets," by Edith Rasell et al.; remarks by Mazur at the Governor's Leadership
Conference on the Future of the Economy Panel: Preparing People for the Future Economy,
October 19, 1994; draft for Mazur on NAFTA, from Gus Tyler; memo to Newsday editors:
A Hard Look at NAFTA, for editorial board meeting with Mazur, June 16, 1993
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Box 17 | Folder 8 |
NAFTA
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Congressional Black Caucus chairman Kweisi Mfume from ILGWU vp and legislative
director Evelyn Dubrow thanking him for opposing NAFTA, noting need for president
to renegotiate Mexican agreement, June 29, 1993; letter to Mfume from AFL-CIO Department
of Legislation director Robert McGlotten thanking him for opposing NAFTA, June 24,
1993; fact sheet, "Partial Response to USTR Assertions that 'NAFTA Creates Jobs and
Improves Our Competitiveness'"; USTR document, with assertions; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re inadequacy of NAFTA related retraining
act, proposed by the Clinton Administration, October 28; AFL-CIO position papers re
NAFTA, March 11; statement by Starobin to the House Ways and Means Committee subcommittee
on trade, September 15; memo to Mazur and Starobin from ILGWU legislative director
Evelyn Dubrow, forwarding memo from Rep. Marcy Kaptur's office with Congressional
Research Service analysis of number of women in manufacturing jobs to be affected
by NAFTA, July 22; Mazur talking points for Newsday interview re NAFTA, June 8; letters
to U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor from UAW president Owen Bieber and AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue expressing concern over administration's failure
to protect labor standards under NAFTA, June 15 and 17; confidential memo from Economic
Policy Institute, with attached memo sent to top political aides of the Clinton Administration
warning of political hazards of following Bush NAFTA policy, May 10; EPI Journal newsletter,
August; AFL-CIO fact sheet: "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics: The Economics of NAFTA,"
September 13; AFL-CIO analyses of the NAFTA Side Accord on Labor, August 23 and 26;
"NAFTA and New York: Not Made for Each Other," by Jay Mazur; Clinton Administration
Statement on the North American Free Trade Agreement, "The NAFTA: Expanding U.S. Exports,
Jobs and Growth," with cover letter from USTR Mickey Kantor; letter from UAW president
Owen Bieber to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich rebuking him for stereotyping
and attacking organized labor, September 6; press release from Rep. Dick Gephart with
text of speech outlining why he would vote against NAFTA, delivered to the National
Press Club, September 21; confidential memo to Mazur from Alan Howard re NAFTA strategy,
projects for staying on offensive, September 22; memo from Dubrow to ILGWU NAFTA Task
Force, outlining talking points from an AFL-CIO briefing and related AFL materials,
Q&A list for lobbying members of Congress, Democratic National Committee resolution
(adopted March 23, 1991) opposing NAFTA, September 21; fact sheets from Canadian Environmental
Law Association on impact of NAFTA on the environment, the democratic process, and
workplace health and safety, September 17; testimony by Dubrow before Rep. John Spratt's
subcommittee hearing on Customs operations and transshipments, October 8; preliminary
and recorded roll call vote of Congress on NAFTA, n.d.; letter from President Clinton
to Rep. Spratt, discussing congressman's concerns re NAFTA's impact on textiles and
apparel regulations, November 16; ILGWU statement on international labor solidarity;
newspaper clippings
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Box 17 | Folder 9 |
NAFTA, advertisement
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
List of sponsoring labor organizations; copies of checks from contributing unions,
related correspondence
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Box 17 | Folder 10 |
NAFTA
|
1991-1992 |
Scope and Contents
See also Atlantic Council Memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland discussing
labor's response to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), urging activation
of Fair Trade Campaign to keep issue on national election agenda, massive lawsuit
against companies operating in Mexico for environmental and labor rights violations,
other initiatives, August 20, 1992; statement by ILGWU research director Herman Starobin
re economic effects of NAFTA on U.S. apparel industry, 1991
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Box 17 | Folder 11 |
National Association of Women's and Children's Apparel Salesmen
|
1984 |
Scope and Contents
Legal brief before the Federal Trade Commission to modify its 1971 final order restricting
certain NAWCAS practices, with cover note to Mazur, December 4, 1984
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Box 17 | Folder 12 |
National Coalition for Haitian Refugees
|
1986-1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also National Immigration Forum 1994 Report by the National Coalition for Haitian
Refugees, "The Misguided Use of In-Country Refugee Processing in Haiti," September
2, 1993; ILGWU press release, "Statement by Jay Mazur: Status of Haitian Refugees,"
December 20, 1991; "Democracy through Terror" statement of Michael S. Hooper, executive
director of the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees before the Subcommittee on
Western Hemisphere Affairs, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives,
March 8,1988; Haiti 1997 Election Watch "Democracy through Terror" chronology of Recent
Events in Haiti and the U.S. Response, January 1988; letter of transmission of comments
on proposed interim regulations re adjustment of status of certain Cuban and Haitian
Nationals under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, submitted to INS by
the coalition on behalf of a long list of advocacy groups, May 1, 1987; fact sheet
and training module re rights under the new immigration law, May 1, 1987; memo from
coalition executive director Hooper re urgent executive committee meeting on victory
on Haitian adjustment provisions, with attached analysis and summary of Simpson-Rodino
Bill (Immigration Reform and Control Act of (1986); November 19, 1986; newsletters
in French/Creole, Haiti Observateur, 1988; book: Haiti: Duvalierism since Duvalier,
by the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees, Americas Watch, October 1986; press
release from coalition urging U.S. to break with military junta in Haiti and promote
real democratization, not just pro forma elections, n.d.; press release noting persistence
of corruption and cronyism in Haitian government despite ouster of Jean Claude Duvalier,
October 9, 1986; obituary/memorial booklet for Hooper, October 2, 1988; newspaper
clippings
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Box 17 | Folder 13 |
National Coalition for Haitian Refugees
|
1983-1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees asking for support
for Cuban-Haitian Adjustment Act of 1985, with model letter to members of Congress,
February 19, 19985; amicus curiae brief of the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees
et al. before the U.S. Supreme Court in re Marie Lucie Jean et al. vs. Alan C. Nelson
et al., October 1984; immigration emergency legislation hearing before the Subcommittee
on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate,
October 28, 1983; statement by Michael Hooper, executive director, on the Immigration
Emergency Powers and Procedures Act of 1983, before the subcommittee; report by national
coalition, Americas Watch, and Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights to
the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, "Haiti: Rights Denied," March 1985;
letters to members of Congress from the national coalition; ACLU National Immigration
and Alien Rights Project Report No. 1, Executive Summary, "Salvadorans in the U.S:
The Case for Extended Voluntary Departure"; statement by John McCarthy, executive
director of the Office of Migration and Refugee Services, United States Catholic Conference
re Salvadorans, November 17, 1983; coalition meeting agendas February 3, 1984, and
December 6, 1986; records of contributions from ILGWU; proposed budgets
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Box 17 | Folder 14 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
|
1992-1995 |
Box 17 | Folder 15 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes of National Executive Committee meeting, January 31, 1992, recommending Jerry
Goodman as a successor to outgoing NCLI executive vice president Yehuda Ebstein; minutes
of December 9, 1992, meeting; memo from Goodman outlining financial terms of employment,
February 19, 1992; letter to Mazur from Stanley Lowell (Fink Weinberger attorneys)
praising selection of Goodman, March 31, 1992; correspondence re contributions to
Israel hospital and health centers, April 1992; letter to Mazur from Sidney Orenstein
(Solomon & Rosenbaum, Drechsler & Leff) noting that Ebstein was demanding interest
on his deferred severance pay, with reply from Mazur opposing, related correspondence,
February 17, 1992; financial projections for current quarter, February 21; memo from
Ebstein, "Recommendations for the Future of NCLI," February 26
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Box 17 | Folder 16 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
see also Histadrut; see also Klein, Adam (Klein & Co.) Annual statement for the year
ended December 31, 1990, listing trustees of National Committee for Labor Israel –
Israel Histradrut Campaign; agenda of National Executive Committee meeting of May
31, 1991, with related documents brought by Mazur and report from executive vice president
Yehuda Ebstein; projection of NCLI obligations to personnel and others at hypothetical
dissolution date of March 31, 1991; "extremely confidential" memo to Mazur from Adam
Klein, president of Klein & Co., Cambridge, MA, criticizing NCLI executive vice president
Yehuda Ebstein's financial management and accounting, noting that the cost of running
NCLI in 1990 was more than had been raised, and that no money had been sent to Israel
so far in 1991 because all of it had been used for administrative expenses, almost
none going to trade union education, inflated expensing of sale of building, May 30,
1991; related confidential memos to Mazur from Klein, re efforts to reorganize NCLI,
meeting with Ebstein, with proposed plans, May-June, 1991; profile of financial resources,
prepared by Klein & Co., May 1991; memo from attorneys Solomon & Rosenbaum, Drechsler
& Leff re NCLI financial obligations to staff, July 8; confidential memo to Mazur
and Ebstein from attorney Sidney Orenstein (Solomon & Rosenbaum, Drechsler & Leff)
commenting on preliminary draft legal opinion by Jay R. Butterman re ownership of
building at 33 E. 67th St., NY, relationship between NCLI and Histadrut, July 25;
proposal from Ebstein for closing NCLI and replacing it with a new, smaller organization
to maintain appearance of continuity and complete sale of building, August 5; letter
to Ebstein from Baruch Tenenbaum, agent for rebuffed potential buyer, Luis Perelmutter,
outlining events, April 25; letter from potential buyer rejecting purchase of Howell,
NJ, property, with cover memo from Ebstein to Mazur, August 27; letter re zoning questions
from potential buyer of 33 E. 67th St. property, September 4; biographical sketch
of Alec Aylat, c.1991; accountant's statement to NCLI Board of Directors by Joel Popkin
& Company, noting that donated property should be assigned fair market value, November
17, 1989, with financial statement as of September 30, 1989; list of funds raised
by regional offices, 1984-90; list of contractual obligations to Eliezer Rafaeli,
1989-90; "strictly confidential" memo to Mazur from Yehuda Ebstein, "Reports on Tenure
of Eliezer Rafaeli," noting financial gamesmanship re salary, chronology of cost-sharing
agreement with Histadrut, August 7, 1991; memo from Ebstein to Mazur and NCLI Executive
Committee, "The Future of NCLI," arguing against the organization having primarily
a fund- raising role, need for professional staff, September 16; correspondence from
Detroit Histadrut chair Alexander Blumenberg re closure of office, October 25, related
letter to Mazur from Ebstein and draft of reply, October 30-31; letter of resignation
from Ebstein, October 22; draft of press release re Ebstein resignation, called retirement,
October 30; memo from Ebstein to Jacob Lidar, director of the campaign department,
refuting claim of $5.8 million owed to Histadrut Assistance Fund, November 15, with
cover memo to Mazur; memo to Mazur from Ebstein re his employment contract, citing
differences in pension provisions, December 6; financial statements for Executive
Committee meeting, December 6; memo to Mazur from Ebstein re long distance telephone
charges by Histadrut representative, December 10; handwritten notes by Mazur re questionable
transactions, diversion of funds, Ebstein's severance
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Box 17 | Folder 17 |
National Committee for Labor Israel, Klein memos
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Confidential memos to Mazur from management consultant Adam Klein, president of Klein
& Co., re reorganization of NCLI, difficulties with executive vice president Yehuda
Ebstein; handwritten notes by Mazur; memo from Ebstein to Mazur introducing Klein
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Box 17 | Folder 18 |
National Committee for Labor Israel, Mazur's notes
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Draft of letter of resignation by Mazur as president of NCLI, noting decisions made
without his knowledge; personal and confidential memo to Mazur from Yehuda Ebstein
re relationship of president to executive vice president and organization, noting
disagreements re duties and responsibilities, February 27, 1991; handwritten notes
by Mazur answering points in memo; other memos and notes documenting problems re working
relationship with Ebstein, lack of communication
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Box 17 | Folder 19 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
|
1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Draft of press release announcing appointment of Mazur as president of National Committee
for Labor Israel, December 3, 1990; letters to Mazur congratulating him on being named
president of the National Committee for Labor Israel, with replies from Mazur, November
1990 – February 1991; correspondence between Mazur and predecessor, Bruce Vladeck,
president United Hospital Fund, expressing dismay at response to inquiry re payment
of salary of Histadrut representative, related correspondence and meeting minutes,
January 7-17, 1991; draft statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council supporting Histradrut,
praising Israel for restraint in the face of unprovoked attack by Iraq's Saddam Hussein,
February 1991; statement by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations supporting U.S. policy in Persian Gulf, January 9, 1991; correspondence
re fundraising during Gulf War, especially for Israel health services network Kupat
Holim; list of contributions received for Kupit Holim Emergency Fund as of May 28,
1991; description of NCLI Rogoff Fund for Medical Research for the benefit of Israel
hospital, and financial statement as of September 30, 1990; Executive Committee minutes,
July 25, 1990; memo from Mazur to NCLI executive vice president Yehuda Ebstein re
pension fund, seeking clarification re his status as a trustee, May 6, 1991, with
related correspondence; draft of letter to board members, composed by Gus Tyler for
Mazur, discussing efforts to restore financial viability, sale of building, need for
special board meeting, c. 1991; memo from outgoing Histadrut representative to North
America re counterproductive parallel fundraising, damage to image, need for reorganization,
c 1990; confidential outline of fundraising and reorganization plan to recover from
period of mismanagement, c. 1991; financial statements for year ended September 30,
1989, 1990, and 1991; cost reduction schedule, including closing Cleveland, Los Angeles,
and Detroit regional offices, July 1 – September 30, 1991; letter to directors of
United Steelworkers of America, District 28, replying to concerns over closure of
Cleveland office, August 8, 1991; correspondence re retirement plan and employment
fund, May 6, 1991; correspondence with attorneys Kaye, Fialkow, Richmond & Rothstein
re New England fundraising, April – December 1991; program highlights of Jewish Labor
Committee, "JLC Support for Issues of Concern to the Trade Union Movement," March
1991; newsletter Labor in Israel, August 1990; Jewish Telegraphic Agency Daily News
Bulletin and Daily News Reporter, January 4 and 9, 1991; Israel Line news dispatches
from the Consulate General of Israel in New York, March 25 – 27, 1991
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Box 18 | Folder 1 |
National Committee for Labor Israel--Sale of Building
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Edited and final copies of contract of purchase and sale (of building at 33 East 67th
St., New York, NY) by and between National Committee for Labor Israel – Israel Histradrut
Campaign, Inc., and Agnews's Inc., April, May, and June 6, 1991; history of property
up to 1968, May 2, 1991; letter from buyer asking to renegotiate price due to zoning
problem, related correspondence, February 14, 1991; memo re zoning issues relating
to transfer from nonprofit to for-profit use, November 28, 1990; property appraisal
as of July 30, 1990; letter to Mazur re holdup with SEIU in signing contract for sale
of building, request that Mazur use his influence with AFL-CIO's John Sweeney to resolve
the problem, with attached chronology, May 7, 1991, and related correspondence; agreement
with contractor SBJ Management for remodeling work, May 4, 1992
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Box 18 | Folder 2 |
National Committee for Labor Israel
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1986-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Fact sheet on Histradut; by-laws of the National Committee for Labor Israel – Israel
Histadrut Campaign, Inc., a corporation organized under the not-for-profit corporation
law of the State of New York, 1984; letters between Mazur and Uri Agami on Agami's
accomplishments as chairman of the Amal Schools and election as Histadrut secretary
for the Haifa area, September 25, 1987, and January 1990; solicitation from National
Committee for Labor Israel-Histadrut, Nov. 18, 1988; position paper re Arab-Israeli
relations, June 16, 1988; Financial Report, Special Activities and Development Transmissions
to Histadrut Assistance Fund, Major Receipts and Disbursements, 18 Months October
1, 1986 – March 31, 1988; correspondence re possible Histadrut activity in Puerto
Rico, 1986-87; correspondence re Mazur's appearance at Philadelphia Trade Union Council
luncheon to solidify support for Histadrut, Sept. 23, 1987; letter from Mazur re trip
to Israel to dedicate vocational school named for the ILGWU, June 23, 1987; Labor
in Israel Histadrut newsletters, March 1986 and June 1988; brochure and other materials
describing programs for youth and elderly under Mishan, an arm of Histadrut; cover
letter to Mazur from Bruce Vladeck, president of United Hospital Fund (New York),
noting meeting with National Committee for Labor Israel – Histadrut, desire for cooperative
efforts, November 12, 1987; list of contributions by ILGWU locals for 1987 Histadrut
conference; agenda of Board of Directors meeting, National Committee for Labor Israel
– Histadrut, with special resolution calling for an end to the Israel Histadrut Foundation's
independent status, April 15, 1986, and resolution on several other issues; letter
from the Israeli embassy to Histadrut, urging resolution of competing dual organizations,
warning of harm to common cause (translated from Hebrew), April 2, 1986; Report of
the Board of Directors and the Council of the National Committee for Labor Israel
– Histadrut, with list of major projects, April 3, 1986
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Box 18 | Folder 3 |
National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
Convention publications, "Equality for Puerto Ricans: A Determined Movement," Third
National Puerto Rican Convention, Philadelphia, May 31-June 2, 1985; "Closing Ranks;
Forward to Justice," Fourth National Puerto Rican Convention, Hartford, CT, May 29,
31, 1987; letter of invitation to Mazur to speak at Hartford convention, February
25, 1987; memo from ILGWU director of organization Joe Danahy re non-union status
of Holiday Inn convention hotel, February 24, 1987
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Box 18 | Folder 4 |
National Council of Senior Citizens
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1987-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Conference agenda, "U.S. Competitiveness and the Aging American Workforce," June 16,
1993, sponsored by the National Council on the Aging, Inc., and the National Planning
Association, with cover invitation to Mazur, May 3, 1993; convention call by National
Council of Senior Citizens for Florida conference, with cover letter to Mazur, December
21, 1987; notice of general board meeting of October 20-21, 1987; letter to Mazur
offering one-year membership to retired union members, September 21, 1988; text of
Mazur remarks for William R. Hutton Testimonial Dinner, March 10, 1988; Statement
by Bill Dodds, National Council of Senior Citizens, before the House Education and
Labor Subcommittee, Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, supporting Visclosky
Amendment re representation on pension plan boards, February 21, 1990; memo to Mazur
from the New York State Council of Senior Citizens re establishment of a union advisory
committee to the state council, December 26, 1990; memos to Mazur re reaffiliation
of ILGWU retiree membership with NCSC, noting nationwide membership is down to 50,
September 1990; draft of 1991 annual appeal letter, noting assault on senior benefits,
attempts to pit other advocacy groups against seniors
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Box 18 | Folder 5 |
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Walter Mondale requesting that he participate as auction sponsor
in fundraising event for nonpartisan, nonprofit organization est. 1983 to help strengthen
democratic institutions in newly emerging democracies, April 7, 1989
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Box 18 | Folder 6 |
National Immigration Forum
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to members re Clinton's announced intention to stop forced repatriation of Haitians
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Box 18 | Folder 7 |
National Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Forum
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1983-1985 |
Scope and Contents
Meeting agendas and related materials re federal legislation, particularly the Simpson-Mazzoli
bill
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Box 18 | Folder 8 |
National Labor Relations Board
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Report, "Suggested Administrative Changes in the NLRB Proposed by the National Organizing
NLRB Subcommittee," February 24, 1992
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Box 18 | Folder 9 |
National Planning Association
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
Board of Trustees Membership list
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Box 18 | Folder 10 |
National Planning Association
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1986-1991 |
Scope and Contents
1988 and 1990 Annual Reports; paper, "Changing Sources of U.S. Economic Growth: 1950-
2010," October 24, 1989; urgent memo to NPA trustees re statement on national economic
issues, July 11, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin
commenting on economic issues paper, July 12, 1990; comments by ILGWU exec asst James
Parrott re economic issues paper, July 13, 1990; printed occasional papers, 1990:
"Creating a Strong Post-Cold War Economy," by Richard Belous; and "Man and His Environment,"
by Harry G. Johnson; membership directory, Committee on New American Realities, December
1991, with descriptive agenda for twenty-first meeting of the committee, October 4-5,
1991; July 1991 issue of Looking Ahead: "Education, Training and Management of the
American Workforce: Will the United States Still Be Competitive in the 21st Century?";
draft minutes of Board of Trustees meetings of May 4, 1989, and December 11, 1991;
memo from Mazur re NPA study, "U.S. Competitiveness and the Aging Workforce," September
11, 1991, suggesting ILGWU involvement in an advisory council; letter from Mazur noting
$1,000 contribution from ILGWU, December 24, 1987; agenda for annual meeting of Board
of Trustees, with report, "The New Opportunity," re U.S. and international economic
trends, setting guidelines for core program, October 21, 1986; minutes of meeting
of October 29, 1986, with cover letter to Mazur expressing appreciation for his agreeing
to become a trustee, November 19, 1986
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Box 18 | Folder 11 |
National Planning Association/Committee on New American Realities
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1992-1993 |
Scope and Contents
1992 Annual Report; brochure and membership directory, Committee on New American Realities,
August 1992; descriptive agenda and speaker bios for twenty-fourth meeting of the
committee, April 15-17, 1993; draft minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of April
9, 1992; agendas and minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings of October 27, 1992,
and May 26, 1993, with attached committee reports; memo re proposed research effort
on minorities in the inner city and the suburbs: advances and retreats since the 1960s,
May 13, 1993; drafts of NPA policy statements, "Dealing with the Deficit Now," and
"A New Economic Initiative for the Former Soviet Republics," March and November 1992;
memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin noting premature nature
of NPA drafts, November 25, 1992; draft of editorial, "Clinton's Team," for Justice;
letter welcoming Mazur to membership on Committee on New American Realities, January
9, 1992, with attached memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Gus Tyler analyzing upcoming committee
topics re economic issues such as the fallacy that tax cuts for the rich create jobs
("trickle-down" Reaganomics), January 9, 1992; minutes of the Labor-Business Relations
Subcommittee of July 20, 1992
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Box 18 | Folder 12 |
National Strategy Information Center
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1992-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur informing him of his election to the Board of Directors of NSIC, with
nomination letter from NSIC founder, June 15, 1993; memorandum to the Board of Directors
re NSIC's mission re national security issues in the 1990s, September 24, 1993; list
of members of the Board of Directors with contact information, October 28, 1993, sent
to Mazur; annual meeting of Board of Directors detailed agenda, including proposed
amendments to certificate of incorporation and bylaws, financial statements, September
9, 1993; correspondence related to the retirement of president; letter to Mazur re
attendance at meeting; correspondence from members of Congress and the press praising
NSIC's latest report, "International Organized Crime: Emerging Threat To U.S. Security,"
September 29, 1993; grant application to M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust for NSIC project,
"US Security in the Post-Cold War Era," April 6, 1993; NSIC Report of a Research Seminar,
"The Gray Area Phenomenon," re need for interdisciplinary study of international religious
fundamentalist, ethnic, terrorist, and other nonstate threats to Western democratic
values and the quality of life in the U.S., July 1992, with list of participants;
printed newsletter, Political Warfare: Intelligence, Active Measures, and Terrorism
Report, fall 1992
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Box 18 | Folder 13 |
National Strategy Information Center, conference (Greece)
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur confirming his attendance at conference, May 6, 1991; program agenda
for "Political Warfare, Terrorism, and the Media," conference sponsored by the National
Strategy Information Center and others, October 3-5, 1991; background papers, all
same date: "Soviet Active Measures in Greece," by Paul Anastasi, foreign correspondent,
New York Times and Daily Telegraph; "Problems of International Terrorism," by Vincent
Cannistraro, former special assistant to the White House; "The 'Gray' Areas," by Xavier
Raufer, counselor on terrorism, L'Express, and professor, Institute of Criminology,
University of Law, Paris; "The KGB Today, Terrorism, and Active Measures," by Victor
P. Gundarev, former senior KGB officer and deputy KGB chief in Greece, 1983-1986;
"Soviet Active Measures in the Gorbachev Era," by Todd Leventhal, U.S. Information
Agency; "Media and Terrorism," by Athanase Papandropoulous, assistant editor, Financial
Post; "Terrorism and the Media," by Paul Wilkinson, chairman, Dept. of International
Relations, University of St. Andrews; participant list; other papers, by the Atlantic
Council of the United States: "Perestroika Update; The USSR in Transition," (bulletin)
May 21-August 10, 1991; "The Media: Partners in the Revolution of 1989" (occasional
paper), June 1991; Ditchley Foundation report, "After the Persian Gulf War: American
Politics and Policies in the 1990s," by House Speaker Rep. Thomas S. Foley; fax to
Mazur re death of ILGWU photographer Bert Berinsky, with attached (New York Times?)
obituary, October 3, 1991; U.S. News & World Report article, "An Imperfect Union,"
September 16, 1991; New York Times clipping re breakup of Soviet Union, 1991
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Box 18 | Folder 14 |
National Strategy Information Center, conference(Western perceptions of Soviet Union)
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur confirming his attendance at conference, September 7, 1990; cover
letter to Mazur with papers on the perception of the Soviet Union in the United Kingdom
(by Gerald Frost, director, Institute for European Defence and Strategic Studies),
France (by Admiral Pierre Lacoste, former director of the French DGSE), Germany (by
Dr. Lother Ruhl, former state secretary for defense, Federal Republic of Germany),
Southern Europe (by General Luigi Calagris, military correspondent, Corriere Della
Sera) and the United States (by Dr. Uri Ra'anan, director, Institute for the Study
of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy, Boston University); the Institute of Directors
(Ditchley?) Annual Lecture, "Europe: Why and How?" by James Goldsmith, London, June
12, 1990; Atlantic Council of the United States bulletins: "Indicators of Change in
Soviet Security Policies," July 1 – August 1, 1990, and "Perestroika Update: The USSR
in Transition," June 16 – July 15, 1990; Washington Post article by Henry Kissinger,
"The End of NATO?" July 24, 1990
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Box 18 | Folder 15 |
NYC
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1984-1986 |
Scope and Contents
See also Koch, Mayor 1985-1990; see also NYC – Commercial Rent Control 1984-1989;
see also NYC Industrial Loft Advisory Council Memo from Mayor Ed Koch to all agency
heads re city policy on undocumented aliens, noting that for the sake of the common
good, they should be encouraged to use city services such as medical care and education,
and that the city has no obligation to report them to federal authorities, with cover
note to Mazur from ILGWU officer Muzaffar Chishti, October 15, 1985; agenda of Refugee
Employment Project Advisory Board, October 15, 1985, with agenda for conference, November
1; New York Migration Forum meeting agendas, June 1984, and bulletin re Simpson-Mazzoli
immigration bill, refugee act, December 22, 1983; proposal by mayor's office to NYS
Science & Technology Foundation for creation of Industrial Innovation Extension Service,
with cover letter to Mazur, July 29, 1986; memos re commercial rent control, 1984;
memo from mayor's office re city's industrial retention program, January 30, 1984;
related correspondence, including from NYC comptroller Harrison J. Goldin, December
14, 1984; letter to Mazur from Mayor Koch appointing him to the Industrial Loft Advisory
Council, June 28, 1984; position papers by Dinkins '85 for Manhattan Borough President
campaign re jobs and economic development, zoning and physical overdevelopment, saving
garment industry jobs, with cover letter to Mazur from ILGWU officer Susan Cowell;
letter to Mazur from City Council president Carol Bellamy asking for support for Day
Care Fund (report attached), program to assist employers in providing child care services
for employees, January 24, 1984; letter from Bellamy to ILGWU local official Edgar
Romney re city-wide after-school program, February 7, 1985; statement by City Council
president Carol Bellamy, in favor of asbestos safety legislation, November 14, 1985;
list of endorsers of asbestos legislation; correspondence re councilman race in Queens
between two factions of the county Democratic committee, both labor-friendly, July
1985; letter to Mazur from Sal Albanese of Brooklyn, asking for endorsement in councilman
race, June 10, 1985; letter from Mazur to members of the City Planning Commission
in support of banning transient hotels in the SoHo/Chinatown area to preserve manufacturing
use of district, January 24, 1985
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Box 18 | Folder 16 |
NYC-42nd Street Development Project
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1984 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYC Garment Center Special District Testimony 1986-1987; see also Abeles
Schwartz Associates 1983-1984 Statement by Mazur before the Board of Estimate at hearing
on industrial retention and relocation, opposing grants to firms that leave Manhattan,
August 16, 1984; letter from the Apparel Manufacturers Association to the NYC Office
of Business Development, objecting to the proposed Industrial Retention Program giving
grants to firms leaving Manhattan, August 13, 1984; summary of Board of Estimate Statement;
Testimony by Mazur on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 42nd St. Redevelopment
Project, March 26, 1984; Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
the 42nd St. Redevelopment Project, submitted to the NYS Urban Development Corp. by
the ILGWU, May 1984; testimony by Mazur at the UDC hearing on the 42nd St. Redevelopment
Project, September 6, 1984; index cards with talking points re economic impact of
garment center; press release, Statement by Mayor Edward I. Koch, Comptroller Harrison
J. Goldin and City Council President Carol Bellamy re Times Square redevelopment and
garment center, November 8, 1984; newspaper clippings; handwritten notes
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Box 18 | Folder 17 |
Board of Education, NYC
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1988-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to principal of Norman Thomas High School for Commercial Education thanking
Mazur for contribution of $250 for a scholarship, May 23, 1991; letter from Mazur
to Robert F. (Bobby) Wagner, Jr., on his appointment as NYC Schools Chancellor, October
3, 1989; list of industrial literacy, skills training, and English as a Second Language
programs conducted by the ILGWU for presentation to schools chancellor Richard Green,
June 17, 1988
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Box 18 | Folder 18 |
NYC Congressional Tour and Fashion Show
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1987-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Tour of New York City offered biennially to new members of Congress featuring an ILGWU-sponsored
fashion show of apparel produced in New York City. Letters from Mazur to NYC mayor
Ed Koch and other officials inviting them to attend the show, April 13, 1987; letter
to Mazur from Rep. Charles Rangel, noting that 68 members of Congress would attend,
May 1, 1989; list of companies represented and fashion items presented; agenda of
all tour events; remarks by Mazur (?); memo to Mazur from ILGWU legislative director
Evelyn Dubrow re need to put on a less expensive show, recommending against sponsorship
by Philip Morris, January 8, 1991
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Box 18 | Folder 19 |
NYC Commercial Rent Control
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1984-1989 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYC Garment Center Special District; see also NYC Industrial Loft Advisory
Council; see also Speeches – NYC Commercial Rent Hearings 1989; see also Speeches
– Garment Center 2001; see also Koch, Mayor 1985-1990; see also NYC 1984-1986 Memo
to ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott outlining arguments for preserving manufacturing
in NYC, April 28, 1988; memo from Mazur to ILGWU NYC managers re union's support of
Intro. 914, January 15, 1988, with attached fact sheet, flyer for coalition event,
and testimony by Mazur at City Council hearing, December 1, 1987; summary of commercial
rent arbitration bill by sponsor councilwoman Ruth Messinger: "Statement on Discharge
of Intro. #1237," June 13, 1989; Memorandum in Opposition to Intro. 2345 and in support
of Intro. 914-A by the Federation of Apparel Manufacturers (Eli Elias, president),
June 14, 1989; City of New York Office of the Mayor Memorandum in Support of state
legislation to amend the Public Service Law limiting electricity surcharges imposed
by landlords to commercial tenants, May 9, 1989, with cover letter to Mazur urging
lobbying support, sample letter, list of key legislators, May 23, 1989; ILGWU Testimony,
City Council Hearings on Commercial Rent Control, December 11, 1986; memo from Parrott
to Mazur re ACTWU contribution to commercial rent campaign, need to speak to ACTWU
president Jack Sheinkman for more, lack of donations from musicians, printers unions,
April 13, 1989; letter to Mazur from Sheinkman suggesting they work together on commercial
rent problem, June 1, 1984; memo to Mazur from Susan Cowell re commercial rent control
and related legislative efforts, May 23, 1984; newspaper clippings
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Box 18 | Folder 20 |
NYC Commission on the Status of Women
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from the NYC Commission on the Status of Women to ILGWU secretary-treasurer
Irwin Solomon seeking financial support for CAW Fund, Inc., established to raise additional
dollars, with description of programs, list of corporate and foundation contributors,
newspaper clippings, February 1, 1988
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Box 19 | Folder 1 |
NYC Economic Development Corp.
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation; see also NYC – City Council – Economic
Development Committee 1993; see also Speeches – Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990;
see also NYC – Workforce Development Commission 1993; see also NYC – Office of Business
Development; see also Speeches – Levine, Randy – Talking Points 1997 Talking points
for Mazur for meetings with Clay Lifflander, president, NYC Economic Development Corp.,
August 23 and October 8, 1994; letter to Lifflander, expressing disappointment over
several canceled meetings, noting previous working relationship with every head of
EDC since its creation, September 22, 1994; proposal for Giuliani administration,
"A Public/Private Partnership for the New York Apparel Industry," describing history
of NY labor partnerships, including the Garment Industry Development Association (GIDC),
Council for American Fashion (CAF), Fashion Exports/New York (FE/NY), collaborations
with the Fashion Institute of Technology, and others; related correspondence; newspaper
clipping
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Box 19 | Folder 2 |
NYC Economy-NAFTA
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Scope and Contents
"NAFTA and New York: Not Made for Each Other," by Jay Mazur, n.d.
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Box 19 | Folder 3 |
NYC- Fashion Center Annual Report
|
1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation Annual report, 1994-95, of the Fashion
Center Management Association, Inc., the manager of the Fashion Center Business Improvement
District; includes budget, security incidents, letters from business owners, newspaper
clippings
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Box 19 | Folder 4 |
NYC- Made in NYC Fashion Industry proposal
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYC Economic Development Corporation 1994; see also Garment Industry Development
Corporation Proposals by Mazur for a "Made in New York City" campaign to promote the
fashion industry and for an in-house city government "think tank" for economic development
and related (housing, education) policy; op-ed piece by Mazur urging greater financial
support by city government of apparel manufacturing sector, c. 1990
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Box 19 | Folder 5 |
NYC Garment Center Special District
|
1986-1987 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYC – Commercial Rent Control; see also NYC Industrial Loft Advisory Council;
see also NYC 42nd St. Redevelopment Project 1984; see also Abeles Schwartz Associates
1983-1984; see also Local 23-25 – Garment Center Rally 1962-1972 Letters from Mazur
to Gerald Shaw, president of Oscar de la Renta and others, urging them to testify
in support of creating a Garment Center Special District, which would preserve manufacturing
in perpetuity within the city's traditional garment district, March 9; Statement of
Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, on the Garment Center Special District, Board of Estimate
Hearing, March 26, 1987; garment center fact sheet; letter from Mazur to Assemblyman
Jerrold Nadler re Nadler's support for zoning to preserve manufacturing as expressed
in his letter to the Village Voice, December 9, 1986 (attached)
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Box 19 | Folder 6 |
NYC-Manufacturing "White Paper"
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also Garment Industry Development Corporation; see also Council for American Fashion
Second draft and final (?) bound "A Comprehensive Approach to New York City Apparel
Manufacturing Development Policy," submitted by the ILGWU, March 1990, with cover
memo to Mazur from exec asst James Parrott
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Box 19 | Folder 7 |
NYC, Mayoral Race 1993, NY1 NewsPoll
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
see also Dinkins; see also Giuliani Weekly poll results conducted by Lou Harris of
LH Research for New York 1 News, division of Time Warner Entertainment (sponsored
by NYNEX Corporation) of residents' attitudes on a multitude of variables in Giuliani-Dinkins
race, other issues, March-October; questions on survey form for June 15-17; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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Box 19 | Folder 8 |
NYC, Deputy Mayor, Lynch, Bill
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1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Bill Lynch, deputy mayor of New York under David Dinkins, re exploitation
of workers by Williamsburg Trade Association, February 1, 1990; visit by British Labour
Party head Neil Kinnock, November 9, 1989; meeting with Sanford Garelik, executive
director, Garment Industry Security Council, June 5, 1990; budget for Garment Industry
Development Corp. (GIDC), June 11, 1990; appointment of ILGWU representative to New
York City Loft Board, February 15, 1990; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 19 | Folder 9 |
NYC- Pinero, Sally Hernandez, Deputy Mayor
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to NYC Mayor Dinkins, copied to Deputy Mayor Pinero, re the Business Relocation
Assistance Corporation (BRAC) and the need to change the policies of the Koch administration,
which discouraged retention of apparel manufacturing in Manhattan, September 20, with
attached statement by Mazur before the NYC Planning Commission, September 11; letter
from Mazur to Pinero suggesting meeting re economic development policies with Wallace
Ford, commissioner, Office of Business Services, and Paul Marinaccio, executive director,
Economic Policy and Marketing Group, July 12; outline of notes in preparation for
September 27 meeting with Ford and Marinaccio; draft notes from August 16 meeting
with Pinero and David Smith, commissioner, Office of Business Development; letter
to Mayor Dinkins from Rogi Equities & Investors (dba Chop Chop Cutting Services) threatening
to move out of state unless the city provides a tax rebate, June 17; charts showing
New York City apparel employment; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
reporting finding by Kurt Salmon Associates that out-of-town buyers inject at least
$100 million annually into the NYC economy, September 26; outline of notes, "NYC 1991:
World's Capital in Transition"; letter from Mazur to Pinero re city's efforts to save
Mademoiselle Knitwear from bankruptcy, urging that rights of workers be considered,
March 26
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Box 19 | Folder 10 |
NYC- Pinero, Sally Hernandez, Deputy Mayor
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
see also Garment Industry Development Corporation "A Comprehensive Approach to New
York City Apparel Manufacturing Development Policy," submitted by the ILGWU, March
1990; letter to Mazur from Deputy Mayor Pinero agreeing with his support for relocating
Marlene Sportswear to the Brooklyn Army Terminal, April 17, 1990; letter from Mazur
to Pinero re city's favorable tax treatment of Domsey Trading Corporation, engaged
in anti-union activity, asserting that public funds should be used to further quality,
not just quantity, of jobs, June 11; memos to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott
outlining items for discussion during meetings with Pinero and Mayor Dinkins, June
11 and August 16; fact sheets re importance of garment manufacturing industry for
NYC; memo from Mazur to Mayor Dinkins and Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch summarizing points
discussed at June 8 meeting re restoration of funding to Garment Industry Development
Corporation (GIDC), promoting "Made in NY" apparel, holding a mini-summit on apparel
manufacturing policy, exploring a mixed- use development in the Bronx, and other economic
development issues, June 11; letter from Mazur to Dinkins urging continued funding
of GIDC, May 7; memo to Mazur from Parrot re GIDC budget for FY 1991; "A Proposal
to Promote New York City's Fashion Industry," submitted by the ILGWU, August 14; copy
of cover story from Women's Wear Daily, "SA to City Hall: Give Us Respect, and a Lot
More," with note from Mazur to Pinero, asking her to call him, July 17; invitation
from Mazur for Pinero to address the Council for American Fashion (CAF), June 13;
letter from Mazur to Pinero seeking clarification re mayor's Small Business Assistance
plans, October 17
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Box 19 | Folder 11 |
NYC- City Council, Economic Development Committee
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
Statement by Mazur before the New York City Council Committee on Economic Development
endorsing city's "Strong Economy, Strong City" report, October 18, 1993
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Box 19 | Folder 12 |
NYC-City Council- Finance Division
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Notice of Executive Budget hearings for fiscal year 1995, with attached schedule for
agency hearings; list of officials of NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
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Box 19 | Folder 13 |
NYC- City Council Race
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mazur from several candidates for NY City Council, asking for ILGWU endorsement,
with campaign literature; schedule of candidate interviews by ILGWU, August 8, 1991;
spreadsheet analysis of races in all 51 districts, showing status of seat (incumbent
strength), names of candidates, ethnic composition of neighborhoods and ethnic percentage
breakdown of registered voters, concentration of ILGWU members or retirees, number
of petition signatures obtained, amount of money raised, some positions on issues
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Box 19 | Folder 14 |
NYC-City Planning Commission
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990 Notes to Mazur from vp Susan
Cowell re hearing by City Planning Commission on Garment Center zoning plan, January
28, 1988; letter from Mazur to chair of City Planning Commission expressing interest
in participating in planning for the next half-century of NYC, September 13, 1988
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Box 19 | Folder 15 |
New York City Central Labor Council
|
1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Copy of letter (in English, Spanish, and Chinese) from Mazur sent to all ILGWU members
and retirees in NY metropolitan area in support of striking workers at Daily News,
calling for boycott, with cover letter to New York City Central Labor Council, November
7, 1990; mailgram from Gus Bevona, president of Local 328-32J, SEIU, to NYC Central
Labor Council president Tommy Van Arsdale urging support of striking doormen, porters,
and other building maintenance members of, April 22, 1991; Labor Council Alert fact
sheet re Campaign for Justice in Brooklyn supporting ILGWU organizing efforts against
Williamsburg Trade Association, and letter from Mazur offering thanks, January 24,
1990; letter to Mazur from Victor Gotbaum soliciting financial support for the Center
for Labor-Management Policy Studies, Graduate School, City University of New York
(CUNY), with attached description of center and major projects, May 31, 1990; letter
re second annual Asian Labor Festival, sponsored by the Asian Labor Committee of the
NYC Central Labor Council, July 19, 1990; letter from Van Arsdale re labor activities
supporting Dinkins mayoral campaign, July 21, 1989; flyer publicizing march on Washington,
D.C. demanding affordable housing, October 7; memo to AFL-CIO Finance Committee from
secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue re debt problems with United Labor Agency in Washington,
D.C., April 17, 1989; manuscript, "Rebuilding a Presidential Majority," by William
A. Galston, University of Maryland, with cover note to Mazur from Ted H. Jacobsen,
secretary of the NYC Central Labor Council, March 31, 1989; letter to Mazur from Van
Arsdale re planned discussion at Executive Board meeting of the changing political
situation re candidates for NYC mayor, January 10, 1989; recommendations of candidates
for congressional and state office, April 23, 1990; appeal to Mazur for financial
support for toys for children of striking machinists, December 11, 1989; letter to
Mazur about providing office space for the New York chapter of Social Democrats USA,
April 17, 1990
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Box 19 | Folder 16 |
New York City Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO)
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Mazur to Tommy Van Arsdale, president, and other members of the
New York City Central Labor Council re Labor Day parade, testimony in favor of commercial
rent binding arbitration bill; draft of constitution and by-laws; page proof of pamphlet,
"Human Rights for American Workers," published by the Trade Union Leadership Institute,
New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, February 25
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Box 19 | Folder 17 |
New York City Central Labor Council
|
1985-1987 |
Scope and Contents
List of officers and Executive Board; roster of affiliates and member census; correspondence
re needs assessment survey for workplace literacy programs, August 31, November 2,
1987; strike support for Federation of Professional Athletes, September 18, 1987;
letters to members of Congress (Scheuer, Schumer, Solarz, Molinari, Green) re trade
legislation, August 3, 1987, with reply from Molinari opposing "protectionism," August
14, 1987; letter withholding endorsement of Congressmen Schumer and Solarz for their
refusal to override presidential veto of trade bill, October 29, 1986; letters of
endorsement for candidates for Democratic district leaders; alert and flyer re strike
at NBC by National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians; flyers for
plant closing legislation; memos opposing hospital and nursing home ownership by out-of-state
corporations; opposing use of foreign repair stations by U.S. commercial aircraft;
letter to Mazur reporting on efforts to aid the trade bill, April 16, 1987; letter
to Mazur re setting up political action committees in each borough, April 16, 1987;
letter to Mazur re challenge by Victor Gotbaum to Central Labor Council constitution
and election of officers, December 1, 1986; excerpt of minutes of Executive Board
meeting of September 18, 1986, re purchase of tickets for annual dinner-dance of Black
Trade Unionist Leadership Committee, opposition by Victor Gotbaum to ethnic caucuses
as part of larger council; letter re increase in per capita dues, May 22, 1985
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Box 19 | Folder 18 |
NYC- Industrial Loft Advisory Council
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1984-1987 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYC – Commercial Rent Control; see also NYC Garment Center Special District;
see also Speeches – NYC Commercial Rent Hearing 1989; see also Speeches – Manufacturing
Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC 1984-1986; see also NYC 42nd St. Redevelopment Project
1984; see also Abeles Schwartz Associates 1983-1984 Letter to Mayor Ed Koch from James
Gill, chairman of the Industrial Loft Advisory Council, re decline of manufacturing
jobs, need to halt conversion of industrial space into commercial uses, April 11,
1986, with cover letter to Mazur; correspondence between Gill and commercial photographer
Nancy Lowell McFarland re letter to Koch, with attached copy of local law imposing
moratorium on rent increases on certain commercial properties, January 22, 1986, and
cover letter from McFarland to Mazur, March 19, 1986; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp
Susan Cowell; minutes of eighth and ninth meetings, September 25, 1984, and February
6, 1985
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Box 19 | Folder 19 |
NYC- Office of Business Development
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also Council for American Fashion; see also Garment Industry Development Corporation;
see also NYC Economic Development Corporation 1994; see also NYC – Workforce Development
Commission 1993; see also Speeches – Manufacturing Matters in NYC 1990; see also NYC
42nd St. Redevelopment Project 1984 Letter from Mazur to commissioner David A. Smith
inviting him to attend meeting of Council for American Fashion (CAF)
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Box 19 | Folder 20 |
NYC- Outsourcing
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1951 |
Box 19 | Folder 21 |
NYC--Westside Task Force
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to community workshop representatives re consensus of meeting about a number
of planning issues, October 31, 1986
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Box 19 | Folder 22 |
NYC-Workforce Development Commission
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also NYC – Economic Development Corporation 1994; see also NYC – Office of Business
Development 1990; see also Garment Industry Development Corporation Confidential report
to Mayor Dinkins from deputy mayor Barry Sullivan, who chaired the commission, focusing
on education and training, December 28, 1998; includes list of members, including
Mazur; dissenting letter from AFSME Disrict Council 37 executive director Stanley
Hill
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Box 19 | Folder 23 |
New York International Festival of the Arts
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1986-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Mazur re cultural event held in New York City, particularly first,
held in 1987; newspaper clipping
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Box 19 | Folder 24 |
New York State (NYS)
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1983-1985 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on a wide range of issues: several updates from state attorney general
Robert Abrams re his priorities; from Coalition for Progressive NYS Taxation, October
27, 1983; from state senator Franz Leichter, opposing NYS taxation of Social Security
benefits, January 6, 1984; from Abrams, opposing elimination of federal deductibility
of state and local taxes, with attached letter to President Reagan signed by 21 attorneys
general nationwide, August 15, 1985; from governor's office re Westway State Park,
July 20, 1984; from state Department of Labor re impact of 1986 federal budget, including
closure of two dozen offices and massive layoffs; from Dept. of Labor re proposal
to expand bonding capacity of Job Development Authority, October 16, 1985; from Assembly
minority leader Clarence Rappleyea re drug assistance program for low-income elderly,
May 7 and August 13, 1985; from assistant majoritiy leader Dick Gottfried re occupational
safety and health bill, September 3, 1985; Rebuild NY bond issue fact sheet, September
23, 1983; memo to Mazur from Sal Giardina, director, NYS district ILGWU, listing proposed
craft minimums for major market negotiations, June 3, 1985
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Box 19 | Folder 25 |
NYS Apparel Registration Law
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Apparel Industry Task Force, NYS Dept of Labor 1992; see also
Speeches – Sweatshops Memo from Mazur to ILGWU New York City managers re enforcement
of NYS Apparel Registration Law, requiring manufacturers and contractors of women's
or children's clothing to register with the state, January 14, 1988; press release,
"ILG Backs Cuomo in Push for Crackdown on Sweatshops," January 6, 1988; copy of law;
copy of notice; copy for registration form; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exe asst James
Parrott re establishment of New York-New Jersey interstate enforcement unit to coordinate
enforcement of the two states' apparel registration laws, July 8, 1988; memo to Mazur
re changes made to original garment industry registration bill, February 28, 1986;
NYS Department of Labor statistical statement, Apparel Industry Task Force, December
19, 1988; newspaper clipping
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Box 19 | Folder 26 |
NYS- Cuomo, Governor Mario
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1988-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Mazur
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Box 19 | Folder 27 |
NYS-Cuomo, Mario, reelection campaign
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
Cover letter to Mazur from Friends of Mario M. Cuomo Committee, Inc., with attached
text of announcement of reelection for NYS governor by Cuomo, January 11, 1994; letter
from NYS Democratic Committee with attached positon paper on the economy and fact
sheet for rebuttal of most frequently made distortions, "The Real New York," January
24
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Box 19 | Folder 28 |
NYS Democratic Committee
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1987-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from NYS Democratic Committee chair John Marino inviting him to be
a trustee of the Democratic State Party and raise or contribute $5,000, February 13,
1992; letter from Mazur to Gov. Michael Dukakis as presidential candidate, offering
to hold pre-election day rally on Seventh Ave. garment district, as in past campaigns,
July 15, 1988, with cover letter to NYS Democratic Committee advising getting 50,000
Dukakis buttons for the Labor Day parade; memo from Mazur to ILGWU regional directors
and NY-NJ-Pennsylvania managers re meeting to discuss upcoming political campaign,
August 12, 1988; letters from Mazur to NYS Democratic Committee noting $1,000 contribution,
copy of check, March 3 and June 27, 1988; delegate information re Mazur, June 15,
1988; request to Mazur from NYS Democratic chair Laurence Kirwin for names of people
aged 20-35 to help form a Task Force on Youth, aimed at attracting new members, July
7, 1987; notice of time change in New York Democratic Presidential Forum, December
7, 1988; letter to Mazur inviting him to Annual State Committee Dinner, March , 1987;
letter to Mazur from state chair Kirwin thanking him for support of annual dinner
celebrating record-breaking Democratic victory in 1986, May 29, 1987
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Box 19 | Folder 29 |
NYS Department of Economic Development
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
see also Council for American Fashion Letters from Mazur to commissioner Vince Tese
in support of funding or events for Council for American Fashion (CAF), Garment Industry
Development Corporation (GIDC), skills training programs by Fairbrooke Enterprises
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Box 19 | Folder 30 |
New York State Festival (Congressional)
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1987-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Rep. Charles Rangel to Edward Cleary, president, New York State AFL-CIO,
expressing disappointment over lack of labor involvement in the biennial event, noting
importance to New York State in dealing with Congress, requesting co-sponsorship of
luncheon with Mazur to get labor leaders involved, June 23, 1987; letter to ILGWU
legislative director Evelyn Dubrow thanking her for support as a vice chairman of
the New York State Festival, held in Washington, D.C., July 1993
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Box 19 | Folder 31 |
NYS-Garment Industry Advisory Committee (GIAC)
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1988-1995 |
Scope and Contents
State agency; NYS Department of Labor press release re establishment of Interstate
Enforcement Team to better enforce labor laws in both states' apparel industries,
with cover note to Mazur, July 22, 1988; minutes of GIAC meeting of December 1, 1992;
November 10, 1987; September 22, 1987; January 27, 1987; memo to Mazur from ILGWU
exec. vp Wilbur Daniels re Federation of Apparel Manufacturers' objection to NYS Dept.
of Labor's proposed contractor registration law asking manufacturers to identify contractors
with whom they do business, September 18, 1987; notes by Parrott re proceedings of
May 13, 1986 GIAC meeting; agendas for September 24, 1992, and February 9, 1993, meetings;
outline of legislation to enhance anti-sweatshop enforcement in the NYS apparel industry;
committee code of conduct, signed by Mazur, February 26, 1989; correspondence with
state legislators and others
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Box 19 | Folder 32 |
NYS-Governor's Labor Roundtable
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes, August 14
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Box 19 | Folder 33 |
NYS-Governor's School and Business Alliance Task Force
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also Consortium for Worker Education Meeting notice with attached ad printed in
Olean Times Herald, October 31, 1988; introductory remarks submitted by Saul Rosen
(for Mazur?) re ILGWU's Consortium for Worker Education, December 12, 1988; press
release announcing creation of task force, September 9, 1986; letter to Mazur asking
him to serve on new Governor's School and Business Alliance Task Force, August 7,
1986; agenda for October 17, 1986, meeting
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Box 19 | Folder 34 |
NYS-Governor's Task Force on Work and Famiily
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from J. R. Petty, chairman of Marine Midland Bank, re first meeting
of the Subcommittee on Personnel Policies and Employee Benefits in the Private Sector,
February 17, 1988, with attached agenda and work plan; notes for meeting with Petty,
re need for legislative mandate for paid family leave; letter to Mazur re meeting,
with attached subcommittee guidelines
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Box 19 | Folder 35 |
NYS Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Abatement Board
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur informing him that an ILGWU proposal for a health and safety training
project has been approved for funding, November 13, 1986
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Box 19 | Folder 36 |
NYS-State University of New York (SUNY)
|
1980 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to presidents of community colleges re pending addition to the Education Law
indemnifying officers and employees of community colleges, with attached Assembly
bill, August 15, 1980
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Box 19 | Folder 37 |
NYS Urban Development Corp., Meeting of Directors, February 18
|
1993 |
Box 19 | Folder 38 |
NYS Urban Development Corp., Meeting of Directors, December 17
|
1992 |
Box 19 | Folder 39 |
NYS Urban Development Corp., Meeting of Directors, December 17
|
1992 |
Box 20 | Folder 1 |
NYS Urban Development Corp., Directors Meeting,January 21
|
1993 |
Box 20 | Folder 2 |
Meeting of Directors, January 21 (privileged and confidential)
|
1993 |
Box 20 | Folder 3 |
Meeting of Directors, February 18, privileged and confidential
|
1993 |
Box 20 | Folder 4 |
Meeting of Directors, December 17, privileged and confidential
|
1992 |
Box 20 | Folder 5 |
Media: New York Times
|
1985-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to the editor from Mazur responding to articles and editorials on trade and
industrial homework, 1986-1993; draft of Op-Ed by Mazur for NYT or Washington Post
re role of unions in preventing further erosion in real wages, retirement of AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland, June 21, 1995; letter to the editor from ILGWU research director
Herman Starobin criticizing editorial against Textile and Apparel bill, July 31, 1990;
letter to Mazur from Empire State College (SUNY), complimenting him on his article
in New York Times re industrial homework, October 20, 1986; letter to Mazur from writer
at the New York Times noting his comments in Women's Wear Daily indicating a change
of opinion from a criticism of her article a year earlier, asking to discuss in person
(all articles attached), August 25, 1992; newspaper clippings on immigration, imports/trade
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Box 20 | Folder 6 |
NY Urban Coalition
|
1987-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda and minutes of Board of Directors meetings, budgets, finance committee reports,
reports of major program areas 1989-91; New York City Public Schools budget fact sheet,
December 10, 1991, and related materials; printed report on Local School Development
Project, n.d.; letter to Mazur re urgent need for working capital of $2 million, January
9, 1989; copy of ILGWU contribution check for $500 to coalition, with cover letter
from Mazur, September 12, 1989; "3-Year Strategic Plan," June 1987; memo re resignation
of president Arthur Barnes, May 25, 1993; list of committee members and meeting dates,
January 7 1993
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Box 20 | Folder 7 |
NY Urban League
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Draft of letter to Greater New York Fund/United Way outlining financial reorganization
plan of New York Urban League, December 14, 1987
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Box 20 | Folder 8 |
Nicaragua
|
1986-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Draft statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Nicaragua, February 1993; letter
to Mazur from the Central American Peace and Democracy Watch, signed by John T. Joyce,
president, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, and Charles S.
Robb, former governor of Virginia, re need for observers to promote democracy, April
12, 1988; "The Central American Peace Accord: An Evaluation," Report of an AFL-CIO
Delegation to Central America, January 3-11, 1988, with cover sheet, "Talking Points:
Why should Nicaragua be considered the country least in compliance with the Peace
Accord"; memo to ILGWU regional directors and NYC managers alerting them about labor
tours to Central America sponsored by affiliates of the communist World Federation
of Trade Unions (WFTU), noting that AFL-CIO is affiliated with International Conferderation
of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), May 10, 1988, with attached memo from AFL-CIO president
Lane Kirkland (1985) and statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council on Relatons with ICFTU
Affiliates (1985); speech by Alvin Guthrie, secretary general of the Nicaraguan Confederation
of Trade Union Unity (CUS), at the League for Industrial Democracy's Award Luncheon
for John Sweeney, president of the Service Employees International Union, June 12,
1986; mailgram to Mazur listing endorsers of Prodemca Statement on Nicaragua, February
24, 1986; "Nicaragua's Slow March to Communism," by Joshua Muravchik, This World,
winter 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 9 |
Nicaragua- report on pre-election visit
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Tom Kahn, director of international affairs, AFL-CIO, re upcoming
trip to Nicaragua, December 18, 1989; confidential memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan
Cowell expressing concerns over political motivation of AIFLD (AFL-CIO American Institute
for Free Labor Development) trip, ostensibly sponsored as a labor solidarity trip
but actually designed to discredit elections and promote right-wing agenda, March
10, 1990; memo to Mazur from ILGWU Local 99 education director Sonia Laracuente, expressing
similar concerns as Cowell re politicized AIFLD trip, April 12, 1990; official report
by Laracuente re trip, April 9, 1990; drafts (?) of memo from Mazur to AFL-CIO's Tom
Kahn, noting concerns about the trip, April 9 and 16, 1990; Report on the 1990 Nicarguan
Elections, by Susan Cowell, calling elections a stunning victory for democracy; Background
Notes on Nicaragua, calling elections a stunning victory for democracy (unsigned,
undated); AIFLD Nicaragua Source Book, 1988, newsletter, clippings, and cover letters
from AIFLD official David Jessup relating to trip and elections, April 16, 1990;
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Box 20 | Folder 10 |
Nicaragua-inauguration
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Official invitation to Mazur from Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega Saavedra to attend
inauguration of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, April 15, 1990; memo to AIFLD official
Jesse Friedman from Gordon F. Ellison re inauguration activities, April 10, 1990;
faxed itinerary, Nicaragua Inauguration AFL-CIO Delegation, April 23, 1990
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Box 20 | Folder 11 |
Nigeria
|
1986-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Draft resolution by the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation
Executive Committee noting that Nigeria is in violation of an International Labor
Organization Convention, ratified by Nigeria, respecting the right of workers to join
trade unions, October 1990; letters from the National Union of Textile Garment & Tailoring
Workers of Nigeria to Mazur and other ILGWU officials inviting them to visit their
union, thanking them for hosting a visit to the U.S., July and October 1986; letter
from Adams Oshiomhole, general secretary of the National Union of Textile Garment
& Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, asking the ILGWU for reimbursement of airfare for
upcoming visit and requesting airfare for another official, April 4, 1986; reply from
ILGWU's Briones, denying request for additional fare, April 14, 1986; related correspondence
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Box 20 | Folder 12 |
Nygard International
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Mailgram to ILGWU president Sol Chaikin from P. J. Nygard, chairman of Nygard International,
Marina Del Rey, CA, asking for confirmation about the official status of Gerald Roy,
new ILGWU Canadian director, May 15, 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 13 |
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
|
1989-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Posters and flyers for Workers Memorial Day, with cover letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO
president Lane Kirkland, February 3, 1992; official comments of the ILGWU on the Proposal
to Initiate Rulemaking on Ergonomic Safety and Health Management, with cover letter
from Mazur to the Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration,
January 28, 1993; Labor Department press releases: "OSHA Invites Applications for
$1.2 Million in Targeted Training Grants," June 29, 1993, and "OSHA Saipan Garment
Factory Inspections Bring $559,900 in Penalties," March 26, 1992; Industrial Union
Department, AFL-CIO, Program Report: Health Safety and Environment, August 8, 1993;
letter sent to the Executive Committee of the Council on American Fashion (CAF), February
25, 1992, urging support for the Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform
Act (H.R. 3160, S. 1622), the first significant change in the law since its passage
in 1970; ILGWU press release, "Mazur Urges Passage of OSHA Reform," February 15, 1994;
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) press release, December 2,
1988, and comment to Secretary of Labor re revised OSHA standard for formaldehyde,
October 31, 1988; memo to Mazur re multi-union lawsuit challenging the revision to
the formaldehyde standard, June 21, 1989; letters to Mazur from Department of Labor
OSHA re violations at Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA, facilities, 1989-90; letter to
Howard Samuel, president, Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, from Robert E. Wages,
president, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers (OCAW) re toxic tort compensation, January
15, 1992; article in Democratic Left, "Reinventing OSHA: Reform Requires New, Not
Less, Government Insight," by George J. Kourpias, September/October 1993; memo to
Mazur re meeting of the Board of Directors of the Occupational Heath Foundation, November
21, 1990
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Box 20 | Folder 14 |
Occupational Health
|
1988-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Mailgram to Mazur re meeting of the Occupational Health Forum/IUD (Industrial Union
Department, AFL-CIO), December 27, 1988, with attached list of members from labor
and industry; letter to Mazur re meeting of Mount Sinai Hospital's Irving J. Selikoff
Occupational Health Clinic Advisory Board, April 19, 1989, with attached minutes of
March 1 meeting
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Box 20 | Folder 15 |
Occupational Health-Human Resources Subcommittee, House Committee-Mazur testimony
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, before the Human Resources and Intergovernmental
Relations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Governmental Operations, re occupational
health and safety hazards in the garment industry, need for more funding of NIOSH,
April 17, 1989
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Box 20 | Folder 16 |
Part-time employment
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Paper by Anne Nelson, Cornell ILR, presented April 10, "Implications of the Growth
of the Temporary Help Workforce," with cover letter re recent Supreme Court ruling
re sexual harassment, and testimony by NYC Women Firefighters
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Box 20 | Folder 17 |
Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Labor Relations
|
1989-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from director Martin J. Morand to Mazur inviting him to conference on workplace
participation, with attached article by Norman Eiger quoting Gus Tyler, "Organizing
for Quality of Working Life," in Labor Studies Journal fall 1989 and (unpublished?)
paper by Kim Fellner, "In Search of the Movement: 1960s Activists in Labor"; paper
by Morand presented at 1990 annual conference, Canadian Industrial Relations Association,
"Convergence Yes: But at Whose Expense?" sent to Mazur by Morand, July 11, 1990
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Box 20 | Folder 18 |
Penn South Cooperative Housing
|
1962-1987 |
Scope and Contents
Nonprofit cooperative housing in NYC built by ILGWU with partial city, state, and
federal funding for moderate income residents, originally primarily for garment workers;
statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, in Support of Application by Penn South
for 25 Years Phase-in of Local Real Estate Taxes, before the NYC Board of Estimate,
June 30, 1987, with note "revised by Walter Mankoff 6/25/87," with earlier copy, 6/24;
letter to Mazur from Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc., re decision to increase the
mortgage to make capital improvements, March 24, 1987; minutes of co-op Board of Directors
meeting, February 17 and March 17, 1987, with cover letters to Mazur; article from
New York magazine, October 27, 1986; copy of Penn South News, March 1987, with photos
of Mazur, mayor Ed Koch, borough president David Dinkins; notes for speech or interview
with New York Times at dedication ceremonies of housing, "Community-Minded Unionism
– New York Times May 19, 1962"; memo noting that Penn South now generating 100 percent
of its electricity, August 27, 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 19 |
Political correspondence
|
1994-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Letters from candidates thanking Mazur for campaign contributions: Bob Mendez, for
re-election to Congress, September 13, 1995; NYS Friends of Peter Vallone, May 2,
1994; Peter Vallone, November 3, 1995; from elected officials re substantive policy
issues: House Majority Leader Dick Gephart, with attached speech, "The Democratic
Challenge in the 104th Congress," re Democratic electoral losses over economic issues,
December 13, 1994; 1994 NYS election analysis by Richard Winsten of Meyer, Suozzi,
English & Klein, noting shift in power to suburbs and upstate, strategies in a post-Cuomo
environment, November 17, 1994; correspondence from the Center for Public Integrity,
reporting on activities, July – November 1994; executive summary of focus group findings
by Hart Research Associates re union members' political attitudes, noting tenuous
allegiance to Democrats, cynicism for all party politics, September 19, 1995; letter
from Mazur to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver re threats by Pataki administration
to rescind funds for apparel industry development projects (GIDC and CAF), March 15,
1995
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Box 20 | Folder 20 |
Political correspondence
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Explanations from Sens. John Chafee (Rhode Island) and John Kerry (Mass.) re override
vote on Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, July 10, 1986; letter from Sen.
Robert Byrd noting support of override of veto of trade act; solicitation of financial
support for the Bobby Hill for Lieutenant Governor, Georgia, campaign, July 3; letter
from Peter Nadash, director of ILGWU Upper South Dept., recommending contribution
to candidates for Maryland Attorney General (Steve Sachs) and Lt. Governor (Parren
Mitchell) in Democratic primary, July 2; letter from Paul Winslow, regional director,
ILGWU Central States Region, requesting donation for reelection of Bill Clinton as
Governor of Arkansas, June 16; letter to Mazur from Mark Green, asking for endorsement
for candidacy for U.S. Senate, noting other labor endorsements, with attached letter
from AFSCME and CWA discussing why they endorsed him, June 12; letter from John Dyson
campaign, with attachments endorsing him for U.S. Senate, July 10; letter from Rep.
Ed Towns (D.-NY), asking for support for Mike Espy in Democratic primary in Mississippi,
May 9; letter to Mazur from NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams re establishment of
a state Ethics Commission, proposal to Democratic state chair to adopt rules against
high-ranking party official from doing business with the state, May 16; letter from
Abrams seeking reelection support, invitation to kick-off rally, May 23; analyses
of ethnic/socioeconomic composition of districts; Kiplinger Washington letter, October
24; many other requests for contributions from political campaigns, thanks for support
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Box 20 | Folder 21 |
Ratner, Bruce C. (Forest City Ratner Companies, NY)
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur thanking him for assistance with gala, asking if any follow-up is
needed by Ratner, the DNC (Democratic National Committee), or the White House, May
14, 1993
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Box 20 | Folder 22 |
Regional Plan Association
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter of resignation from Mazur as director of Regional Plan Association, citing
heavy time demands in position as president of ILGWU, April 21, 1988; letter from
Regional Plan Association, accepting resignation, May 25, 1988; list of nominations
to the board, February 23, 1988; minutes of Executive Committee and Board of Directors
meetings, 1986; press release from association urging "yes" vote on Environmental
Quality Bond Act, October 28, 1986; letter to NYS legislators urging more support
for mass transit, asking Mazur to sign, November 10, 1986; draft report re access
options to Newark Airport, November 10, 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 23 |
Reich, Robert (Secretary of Labor)
|
1994-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich re relationship between DOL and INS in enforcement
of labor protections for undocumented workers in sweatshops, September 7, 1995; concern
over workers in Saipan, January 16, 1996; statement by Mazur on model agreement between
San Francisco manufacturers and contractors, objecting to wages and hours provisions,
with cover letter to Reich, January 6, 1994; other correspondence
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Box 20 | Folder 24 |
Rehabilitation International
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Newsletters, January 25, 1988; letter to Susan Cowell from the Central Labor Rehabilitation
Council on New York, Inc., informing her of her election to the Board of Directors,
July 14, 1988
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Box 20 | Folder 25 |
Republicans
|
1984 |
Scope and Contents
Washington Post press clipping: letter from Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) to Reagan budget
director David Stockman criticizing slow approach to dismantling liberal society,
and opinion piece from Delaware Gov. Pete du Pont IV saying that the landslide presidential
victory wasn't enough, November 11, 1984
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Box 20 | Folder 26 |
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union
|
1988-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from RWDSU president Lenore Miller thanking him for writing to Peter
Pestillo to recognize the rights of Local 1064, September 22, 1988; letter from Mazur
to Miller soliciting contribution to the Center for Labor-Management Studies at the
City University Graduate School (CUNY), January 29, 1991; RWDSU constitiution, as
amended June 1990; notice of merger meeting with United Food and Commercial Workers,
April 9, 1993; related correspondence and newsletters
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Box 20 | Folder 27 |
Retooling New York
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter inviting Mazur to conference of elected officials, bankers, developers, journalists,
industrialists, and labor leaders re future of New York City's manufacturing sector,
cosponsored by the Community Service Society of New York and the Queens Overall Economic
Development Corporation, October 14, 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 28 |
Rohatyn, Felix
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to Rohatyn inviting him to participate in cultural project celebrating
contribution of immigrant families to history of NYC and the labor movement, April
10, 1990, with copies of same letter to Frank Mori, president of Anne Klein, and to
Vince Tese and Dr. Ruth Westheimer
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Box 20 | Folder 29 |
Roll Call
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mazur soliciting advertising in Roll Call ("The Newspaper of Capitol Hill"),
with memo from ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler suggesting waiting for most appropriate
time in congressional activity, August – September 1986; advertising rates; sample
back issues
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Box 20 | Folder 30 |
Roper Public Opinion-perception of labor
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Memo re results of Roper Reports attitude survey showing increased confidence in labor
leaders by American public, March 28, 1991
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Box 20 | Folder 31 |
Rosenberg/Humphrey Program in Public Affairs,The City College of New York (CCNY)/CUNY
|
1988- 1989 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur inviting him to serve on the Advisory Board of the Rosenberg/ Humphrey
program, September 7, 1988, with affirmative reply, October 18; letters re meetings;
printed copies of lectures: "The Cycles of American Politics," by Arthur M. Schlesinger,
Jr., December 4, 1985; "How to Get the Poor Off Our Mind – Formulae Ancient, Modern,
and Now," by John Kenneth Galbraith, April 21, 1986; "Fiscal Policy, Public Morality
and the Failure of Leadership," by William H. Grey III, April 27, 1987; and "Race,
Affirmative Action and the Constitution," by Herbert Hill, April 27, 1988; brochure
describing the program
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Box 20 | Folder 32 |
Reid, Rose Marie
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1983 |
Scope and Contents
Division of Jonathan Logan. Notes re meeting; activity report on firm
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Box 20 | Folder 33 |
Save Our Security (SOS) Coalition (Social Security)
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1986-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Mazur and the Coalition to Protect Social Security re contribution;
fundraising letter from Mazur to unionists, June 1986
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Box 20 | Folder 34 |
Share Our Strength (SOS)
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1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mazur re contributions to events sponsored by network of restaurants raising
money for local food banks, homeless shelters, and other relief agencies; newspaper
article by SOS director Bill Shore in Nation's Restaurant News, August 4, 1986, "What
the Industry Can Do To Battle Hunger in America"; other newspaper clipping
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Box 20 | Folder 35 |
Salvation Army/Domsey Trading Corp.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re worldwide
campaign against Domsey Trading Corp., Brooklyn, NY, for its abuse of workers, July
22, 1990; letters from Mazur and from Rev. Jesse Jackson, National Rainbow Coalition,
to Salvation Army official noting profits made by Domsey from buying clothing contributions
from Salvation Army and reselling them in African and other Third World nations, describing
abuse of workers, asking for meeting, July 19 and 23, 1990; letter from Domsey Fiber
Corporation/Domsey International Sales Corporation president to National Rainbow Coalition
expressing offense at Rev. Jackson's public remarks, July 17, 1990; letter to Mazur
from the regional representative of the AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center noting
difficulty in tracing clothing shipments in Kenya despite decree banning import of
used clothing, July 26, 1990; newspaper clippings; handwritten notes by Mazur
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Box 20 | Folder 36 |
Sanchez, Oscar
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1983 |
Box 20 | Folder 37 |
School of International and Public Affairs (Columbia University)
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from the dean to AFSCME District Council 37 special advisor Victor Gotbaum,
newly appointed as Samuel Gompers Professor of Labor-Management Relations at the City
University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School, offering to participate in activities
together with New York University, September 3, 1987, with cover letter from Gotbaum
to Mazur, noting positive development, September 19, 1987
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Box 20 | Folder 38 |
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 32B-32J
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1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Press release re appointment of top NAACP executive, Joe Madison, political director
for SEIU, May 13, 1986; routine correspondence
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Box 20 | Folder 39 |
Serrano, Assemblyman Jose E.
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to NYS Assemblyman Jose Serrano inviting him to address the graduation
ceremony of English as a Second Language and other worker-students from citywide union
program established in part through workplace literacy legislation sponsored by Serrano,
May 19, 1988
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Box 20 | Folder 40 |
Smoot-Hawley
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Article by ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler re the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930, "Managing
Our Trade: The Wrong Shadow of Smoot-Hawley," in the New Leader, January 11-25, 1988,
arguing that the tariff neither caused nor exacerbated the Great Depression, with
cover letter to Mazur, March 18, 1988
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Box 20 | Folder 41 |
Social Democrats
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1987-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Position paper, "Why America Needs a Social Democratic Movement," with cover letter
to Mazur from Social Democrats, USA, asking him to endorse the statement, April 30,
1993; speeches presented at national convention, 1990; speech by Mazur and program
and seating list of testimonial dinner for Mazur, given the Eugene V. Debs Award by
Social Democrats, June 10, 1987; related correspondence, including congratulatory
letters and telegrams from NY governor Cuomo and members of Congress; issues of the
Social Democrat newsletter, July 1987 and Fall 1988; issue papers re the industrial
base of the U.S. economy in the high-tech age, union busting (with cover letters noting
that they were sent to all members of Congress, April 28 and June 15, 1987), the 1988
elections; press release "Socialist International Mission Visits Chile October 9-12,"
1986; letter from Social Democrats to Department of Labor, urging that the new rule
allowing industrial homework be recinded, September 9, 1986; confidential report,
sent to Mazur, re Socialist International Latin America Committee meeting in Panama,
disputes with pro- Sandinista representatives, October 20, 1986; letter from Social
Democrats sent to all members of Congress urging approval of Textile and Apparel Trade
Act of 1987
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Box 20 | Folder 42 |
Social functions, parties
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1980-1985 |
Scope and Contents
List of Christmas gift and card recipients, 1980 and 1982; Christmas and New Year
party invitations; list of regional Plan Association, Inc., officers and board of
directors, 1985/86; list of members of New York Skirt & Sportswear Association; list
of ILGWU officers and staff for invitations to various functions
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Box 20 | Folder 43 |
Solidarity Committee
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also ALF-CIO Organizing and International Solidarity Sub-Committee (International
Organizing and Solidarity Committee) Agenda (outline of talking points) for AFL-CIO
International Organizing and Solidarity Committee, September 23, 1994
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Box 21 | Folder 4 |
South Africa
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1986-1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from NYS Comptroller Edward Regan to Cleveland Robinson, New York Anti-Apartheid
Coordinating Council, District 65, UAW, discussing divestment as strategy for promoting
change, asserting that selling stock in corporations doing business in South Africa
relinquishes ability to influence policy, January 15, 1987; letter to ILGWU assistant
president Gus Tyler from Patrick O'Farrell, executive director of the AFL-CIO affiliated
African-American Labor Center, discussing coordination of union-to-union programs
with counterparts in South Africa, January 12, 1987; letter from O'Farrell to ILGWU
international affairs director Michele Briones, re upcoming seminar on organizing
techniques for black South African trade unionists, request for intern positions,
January 15, 1987, with cover memo to Mazur from Briones, January 28; correspondence
between South African trade unions and the Southern African Labour Education Project
(SALEP), with SALEP newsletter and flyer announcing visit by founder Nimrod Sejake
in New York and handwritten cover note to Mazur asking for meeting and sponsorship,
January 30, 1987; letter to Mazur from F. L. Swartz, general secretary of the South
African Federation of Textile, Garment & Leather Workers Unions (SAFTGLWU) , thanking
him for good wishes, acknowledging that establishment of the federation will bring
greater unity for labor in South Africa, February 16, 1987; letters from Briones to
African-American Labor Center program director Byron Charleton discussing proposal
by ITGLWF for organizing and educational programs for Nigerian trade unions, budget
issues, need for stricter accounting by ITGLWF, February 19 and March 2, 1987; letter
from the general secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
to all affiliated organizations, asking for contributions for famine relief in Mozambique,
March 19, 1987; letter to Mazur from the executive director of the Foundation for
Entrepreneurship Development re financing for training program for members of Garment
Workers Industrial Union of Natal, March 26, 1987; letter to Mazur from F. L. Swartz,
writing as honorary secretary of the South African Federation of Leather Trade Unions,
noting that he had resigned from SAFTGLWU, hoping to meet with Mazur, April 17, 1987;
letter to Mazur from Patrick O'Farrell thanking him for contribution to seminar and
internships on union organizing, April 22, 1987; memo to Mazur from ILGWU international
affairs director Briones re union-to-union proposal, changes in the South African
union leadership, April 22, 1987; letter to Mazur from the Hunger Project asking for
nominations for first annual Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of
Hunger, April 3, 1987; minutes of meeting of Africa Support Group, re Mozambique and
Angola, written by ILGWU director Briones, May 29, 1987; urgent memo to Mazur from
Briones re proposal to work with ACTWU on union-to-union program in South Africa,
June 19, 1987; related memos from Briones; letter from Jack Sheinkman, president of
ACTWU, to the secretary of the SAFTGLWU confirming interest in participation in union-to-union
program; "Re-Building South Africa Beyond Apartheid: Non-Racial Alliances as Agents
for Change," address by the Hon. Mr. J. H. Steyn, executive chairman, the Urban Foundation
(USA), Inc., to the South Africa Club, London, October 22, 1986; "The Garment, Textile
& Leather Industries in South Africa," prepared by the AALC (AFL-CIO affiliated African-American
Labor Center), October 1, 1986; urgent memo to Mazur from Briones re disaffiliation
of National Union of Leather Workers, regrouping of affiliates, October 27, 1986;
note from Elliot Hague re South Africa-free S&P 500 universe offered by SM&M Capital
Management Corp., October 7, 1986; memo from Briones to Mazur with attached Report
of Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons trip to South Africa, outline of strategy
of economic sanctions to end apartheid, July 25, 1986; invitation to Mazur for 25th
Anniversary Tribute to Peter, Paul and Mary at the Kennedy Center to benefit the Free
South Africa movement, January 22, 1986; letter to Mazur from coalition of organizations
opposing apartheid, inviting him to meeting to plan mass demonstration, January 6,
1986; letter to Mazur from Patrick O'Farrell, executive director of AFL-CIO affiliated
African-American Labor Center noting attack on AFL-CIO by TransAfrica Forum, a quarterly
journal of opinion, with copy of February-March issues, June 2, 1986; draft of article
re recently formed Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), with cover note
to Mazur, January 28, 1986; handwritten notes by participants in sewing class, with
attached newspaper clippings, 1986; mailgrams from Mazur, Sol Chaikin, and other ILGWU
officials to South African president Botha protesting detention of Yunus Saik and
other trade union leaders, January-July, 1986; full-color anti-apartheid posters,
urging boycott and sanctions, by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions;
memo to Mazur from Michele Briones reporting on meeting with AALC, October 13, 1986;
report, "The Garment, Textile & Leather Industries in South Africa," prepared by AALC,
October 7, 1986; handwritten notes; newspaper clippings with memos to Mazur
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Box 21 | Folder 5 |
Southern Labor Institute
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1986 |
Scope and Contents
Report by Southern Labor Institute, "The Climate for Workers in the United States,"
comparing conditions by state, August 19, 1986
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Box 21 | Folder 6 |
Stenzor, Isidor
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Obituary of Isador Stenzor; letter to Mazur from Steve Nutter, regional director of
ILGWU Western States Region, thanking him for statement re Stenzor, March 31, 1988
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Box 21 | Folder 7 |
Sweatshops
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1995 |
Scope and Contents
Press release announcing merger of ILGWU and ACTWU to take on sweatshops and forge
new international strategies, February 20; bullet points re legislation to enhance
anti-sweatshop enforcement in NYS apparel industry; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec
vp Susan Cowell re NYS sweatshop legislation, January 19; analysis of New York Times
article of February 6, describing sweatshops throughout NYC; letter from Mazur to
Eli Elias, president of the New York Skirt and Sportswear Association, asking for
united labor-industry support for legislation enhancing enforcement against sweatshops,
January 23; letter from concerned citizens of Chinatown to firefighters, ILGWU, senators,
asking for investigation of sweatshops, March 29; letter to Mazur from Greater New
York Labor-Religion Coalition, praising ILGWU ad in New York Times against sweatshops,
with attached letter from clothing retailer GAP, September 14; Coalition of Labor
Union Women memo, October 8, with attached information packet including press release,
"Secretary Reich Announces Results of Labor Department's Sweep of New York Garment
Industry Sweatshops," November 30, fact sheet on the NYC Garment Sweatshop Initiative,
list of co-sponsors of Stop Sweatshop Act of 1997, "Dear Colleague" letter from Reps.
William Clay and Nydia Velazquez urging support of act, sample letter to Guess, calling
for elimination of sweatshops; resolutions submitted by UNITE to AFL-CIO Convention,
on sweatshops and other issues, October 1995; remarks by Mazur at sweatshop rally,
October 26; memo from Mazur to UNITE vice presidents re anti-sweatshop campaign, November
10; report to Mazur by UNITE legislative director Evelyn Dubrow re press conference
by Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on his anti-sweatshop campaign, December 5; newspaper
clippings
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Box 21 | Folder 8 |
Sweatshops, clippings
|
1990-1994 |
Box 21 | Folder 9 |
Sweatshops
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1987-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Press release, "ILG Backs Cuomo in Push for Crackdown on Sweatshops," January 6; U.S.
Government Accounting Office (GAO) report on sweatshops in the apparel and other industries
throughout the U.S., with cover memo to Mazur and other ILGWU officials from ILG chief
counsel Max Zimny, September 14; press release, statement by Mazur at press conference
with Rep. Chuck Schumer re GAO report on sweatshops, calling for stricter federal
legislation, June 26, 1989
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Box 21 | Folder 10 |
Tahari
|
1984 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to file from Mazur re clothing firm Tahari, withdrawing from NLRB action, willing
to discuss damages, meet with Mazur and ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman; handwritten
notes by Mazur
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Box 21 | Folder 11 |
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also NAFTA; see also Uruguay Round; see also Globalization; see also Speeches
– Trade Legislation HR 2149; see also Wall Street Journal Press release by the Fiber,
Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT), "FFACT Chairman Testifies Before Senate
Finance Committee in Support of New Textile Bill," June 7, 1990; transcript of statement;
"Mobilize to Win: How You Can Help Enact the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Act of
1990," prepared by the Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade, June 1990; FFACT
fact sheets, "Textile, Apparel and Footwear Trade Act Offers Real Solutions to Import
Problem," Senate and House cosponsors, and others, May-June 1990; published scholarly
articles, "Trade-Linked Labor Standards," by Ray Marshall, May 1990, and "The World
Economy after the Cold War," by C. Fred Bergsten, Foreign Affairs, 1990
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Box 21 | Folder 12 |
Textile and Apparel Trade Legislation
|
1988-1989 |
Scope and Contents
See also ILGWU Legislative Department; see also Globalization; see also Speeches –
Trade Legislation HR 2149; see also ITGLWF Fifth World Congress, Tokyo, September
26-30, 1988 Confidential memos to Mazur from ILGWU director of research Herman Starobin
re Multifiber Arrangement, GATT lobbying strategies, May 1989; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU legislative director Eveyln Dubrow re meeting with Starobin, ACTWU president
Jack Sheinkman, and others re strategy, October 20, 1989; letter from Mazur to Daniel
Frierson, chairman of FFACT (and Dixie Yarns) re strategy, July 27, 1989; letter to
Mazur from Sen. Bill Bradley outlining reasons for his opposition to the Textile,
Apparel and Footwear Act of 1988, with cover letter from Mazur to FFACT chairman Frierson;
letter from Mazur to Frierson with attached memo sent to ILGWU staff re new version
of Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987, August 26, 1988; outline of trade information
for Mazur re impact on jobs, import penetration; fact sheet on agricultural exports;
trade info for CNN, c. 1988
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Box 21 | Folder 13 |
Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986 Letters from U.S.
members of Congress and senators re their position on Textile and Apparel Trade Act
of 1987; letter to Rep. Stephen Solarz from ILGWU director of research Herman Starobin,
providing requested statistical analysis, March 11, 1987; letter to Mazur from president
of Local 100, Transport Workers Union, with copy of response by Rep. Solarz explaining
opposition to trade act based on possible loss of jobs in trucking and other industries,
December 15, 1987; letter from Mazur to Workmen's Circle, urging lobbying on behalf
of bill, July 21, 1987; letter from Rep. Solarz to Walter Kirschenbaum, director of
public affairs of Workmen's Circle, with cover note to Mazur from ACTWU president
Jack Sheinkman, October 14, 1987; letter from International Leather Goods, Plastics
and Novelty Workers' Union to members of NY congressional delegation who voted against
the bill, urging them to reconsider when bill is returned after veto, September 29,
1987; unsigned confidential memos to Mazur re lobbying strategy; handwritten notes
by Mazur; memos from Mazur to ILGWU staff and all regional directors re need to lobby
senators in their district offices, with list of cosponsors, September 21 and November
16, 1987; form letters to members of Congress and senators from Social Democrats,
USA, supporting bill, August 4, 1987; letter thanking Mazur for information, offering
assistance, from United Mine Workers president Richard Trumka, July 2, 1987; form
letters for union members to congressmen, newspaper editors, etc., with cover letter
to regional directors re Community Action Day for leafleting at shopping centers,
June 24, 1987; local action checklist, sent to all regional directors, June 15, 1987;
German Press Review digest of articles critical of trade bill, May 12, 1987; memo
with description of Omnibus Trade Bill of 1987, prepared by staff of the Senate Committee
on Finance, proposed by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.), February 3, 1987; Congressional
Record transcript of Sen. Bentsen's proposal of bill; letter from Rep. Butler Derrick,
chairman of the Congressional Textile Caucus, updating supporters of HR 1154, noting
that omnibus trade bill does not accomplish enough, March 24, 1987; letter from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin to secretary of U.S. International Trade Commission
re standardization of rules of origin, January 28, 1987; letter from Mazur to Lynn
Williams, president, United Steelworkers of America, expressing concern over proposed
final report of the Panel on U.S. Policy Toward the Newly Emerging Industrial Countries
of the Economic Policy Council, suggesting that labor members of panel issue minority
report, February 4, 1987; letter to Mazur from Fight Back America asking for list
of contacts for each ILGWU local, with note from Mazur to staff asking about the identity
of the group; invitation to ILGWU official Gus Tyler from congressional Office of
Technology Assessment to serve on Advisory Panel on Technology, Innovation, and U.S.
Trade, February 6, 1987; list of unions and other organizations in coalition to reform
the Hatch Act, July 7, 1987; letter from Committee for International Support of Trade
Union Rights to California Labor Federation re purchase of Korean-made crane by Port
of Oakland, implementation of boycott, April 11, 1987; letters between ILGWU president
emeritus Sol Chaikin and Institute for International Economics re invitation to meeting
of study group on Trade Policy Toward Textiles and Apparel, with topical agenda, December
8, 1987; the AFL-CIO American Federationist, "The Roots of the Trade Crisis," April
18, 1987; letter from Mazur and ACTWU president Jack Sheinkman to International Longshoremen's
Association Local 824 president John Bowers asking that NYS AFL-CIO withhold endorsement
of state congressional representatives who voted against the Textile and Apparel Trade
Act of 1987 despite promising to support it, with attached list of other union leader
recipients, August 11, 1988; statement by Mazur before the Senate Committee on Finance
in support of the act, July 30, 1987; remarks by Mazur on the Multifiber Arrangement,
for presentation at seminar in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1987; newspaper clippings
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Box 21 | Folder 14 |
Textile and Apparel Trade Endorsement Act of 1985
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986; see also Speeches
– Democratic Policy Commission; see also Imports – Roll-Back Campaign 1984-1985; see
also Political Correspondence 1986 Message from the President of the United States
(Ronald Reagan) transmitting his veto of Textile & Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of
1985, with full text of bill, December 17, 1985; memo to all ILGWU regional directors
from Saul Rosen noting Reagan veto as "Christmas present to America's 2 million garment
workers," January 7, 1986; memo to Mazur with notes on legislation and imports in
preparation for congressional meetings in Washington, March 10 and 11 (1987); memo
from the Kamber Group to ACTWU General Executive Board outlining strategy campaign
to override the veto, March 17, 1986; memo to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re
Kamber memo, March 31, 1986; memo to Mazur from Saul Rosen re Kamber memo and Susan
Cowell's critique, April 7, 1986; memo from vp Cowell to exec vp Wilbur Daniels re
coordinating with ACTWU on override campaign, April 24, 1986; press release from ACTWU,
"American Public Supports Override of Textile Bill Veto, According to New National
Opinion Survey," July 28, 1986; Statement of Jack Sheinkman, secretary/treasurer,
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union; Statement of Jay Mazur, president,
ILGWU, calling for veto of veto; charts showing increase in U.S. textile and apparel
imports and concurrent decline in industry jobs, 1975-85, and related fact sheets;
letter from President Reagan to Sen. Strom Thurmond re concerns over unemployment
and decrease in textile/apparel production caused by imports, October 4, 1982; letters
or press releases from National Farmers Organization, Oklahoma Farmers Union, National
Corn Growers Association, National Consumers League, and American Textile Manufacturers
Institute in support of bill; Statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Overriding
the Veto of the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, August, 1986; material
by the Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT), including fact sheet on
the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act and analysis of trade issues, May 1986;
Department of State "gist" summary of U.S. foreign relations policy re textile import
control program, March 1986; letters from Mazur to Benjamin Hooks, NAACP, urging adoption
of attached resolution supporting override of veto of the trade bill, July 15 and
23, 1986; memo from exec asst James Parrott, "Background Material for Schumer Meeting,"
with arguments countering the congressman's misgivings about the trade bill, July
28, 1986; fact sheets on NYC garment industry and U.S. imports; memo from Parrott
re need for fact sheet on why current legislation is inadequate, to be prepared for
congressmen, July 3, 1986; letters to and from congressmen and Mazur and others re
trade bill; agenda, July 25 Override Meeting, with schedule for lobbying trip to the
Capitol; draft document with handwritten editing and notation "Starobin for Sen. Hollings,"
apparently delivered on floor of Senate, criticizing office of U.S. Special Trade
Representative and trade agreement increasing imports from Hong Kong and Taiwan, n.d.;
letter to Secretary of the Treasury James Baker III in his capacity of chairman of
the Economic Policy Council re failure of advisory process in not consulting U.S.
labor or industry representatives in negotiated agreement with Hong Kong, signed by
Mazur and industry association executives, July 2, 1986; confidential memo from ILGWU
research director Herman Starobin outlining need for new trade legislation including
a rollback of import restrictions to 1985 levels, n.d.; unsigned papers, "The Need
for the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act," and paper on consumption spending,
June 1986; booklet by ILGWU, "The Import Problem," excerpted from the General Executive
Board Report to the 39th Convention of the ILGWU, May 30-June 6, 1986; "An Analysis
of the Veto Override Vote," with note from Mazur to exec. Asst. James Parrott and
vp Susan Cowell, n.d; memos from Mazur to all officers and staff and to all members
re narrow defeat of veto override, August 11 and 12, 1986; Statement by Jay Mazur,
"Failure to Override the President's Veto of the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement
Act," vowing to continue the fight, August 6, 1986; memo to Mazur from Saul Rosen
advising that the ILG should not make campaign contributions to any legislators who
voted against overriding the veto, even if they are otherwise friends, August 7, 1986;
Outcome of 1986 Congressional Elections, with notations re voting record on Textile
& Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985; letter from U.S. Trade Representative to
Mazur following up on dinner meeting, noting differences in perspectives, November
6, 1986; draft of response by research director Starobin to 5/5/86 Forbes article
by Susan Lee re trade, May 19, 1986; letter from candidate Stuart Epperson soliciting
campaign contribution in race against N. Carolina congressman Steve Neal, notes commitment
from Sen. Steve Symms to include textiles in proposed FAIR Act, Oct. 3, 1986; letter
from Harvard researcher Gloria Webster to Mazur soliciting comments on draft of analysis
of textile and apparel trade dispute, October 17, 1986; press release, Text of Testimony
of Howard D. Samuel, President, Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, before the Joint
Economic Committee Hearings on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Employment
Act of 1946; "Meeting the Challenge of International Competition," January 17, 1986;
Statement of Carlos Moore on Behalf of the American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representative,
in re. the Impact and Effectiveness of the Caribbean Basin Initiative, February 27,
1986; text of speech by Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Allan Wallis before the
Economic Policy Council, "Protecting Prosperity from Protectionism," January 17, 1986;
rebuttal to trade article by Timothy Taylor by Saul Rosen, January 12, 1986; Kiplinger
Washington Letter re trade legislation, October 31; newspaper clippings
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Box 21 | Folder 15 |
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act- Save American Jobs
|
1986-1987 |
Scope and Contents
See also American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition (AFTAC) 1986 ILGWU press release,
"New York Garment and Textile Workers Fight to Save Their Jobs," re rally for Textile
and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, July 18, 1986; list of teleconference sites for
Save American Industry and Jobs Day, June 12, 1986; letters from Mazur to individual
union members thanking them for comments and interest
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Box 21 | Folder 16 |
Trade
|
1993-1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also Textile & Apparel Trade; see also Imports; see also NAFTA; see also General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); see also Globilization; see also Caribbean
Offshoring Subsidies Remarks by House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, "Building
the Future of American Trade: A New Fusion of America's Interests," Economic Strategy
Institute Annual Conference, March 10, 1994; press release, "Gephardt Announces Introduction
of Chile Free Trade Agreement Negotiation Act of 1994," May 9, 1994; letter to Gephardt
from Sierra Club expressing strong support for Chile free trade act, May 9, 1994;
statistics re manufacturing, trade deficits, and the economy through February 1994,
with draft of column for the Economy and You series, "Silent Bleeding," re loss of
jobs in textile and apparel industry, by Robert E. Swift, executive director of Crafted
with Pride in the U.S.A. Council, May 3, 1994; letter to Mazur from U.S. Trade Representative
Mickey Kantor re concerns over Guatemalan workers' rights under the Generalized System
of Preferences, July 27, 1994; letters from Mazur to Kantor re worker rights violations
in Honduras by Leslie Fay contractor, June 15, 1994; memo to members of Labor/Industry
Committee for International Trade (LICIT) from executive director Howard Samuel outlining
recommendations for trade policy with Japan, September 16, 1994; policy papers: "U.S.
Japan Trade Relations: 1991 to the Present," March 31, 1992, and "Worker Rights and
Trade: Democracy's Next Frontier," American Institute for Free Labor Development,
October 24, 1994; letter from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin to U.S. Department
of Commerce deputy assistant secretary for textile, apparel and consumer goods industries,
re certification of manufacturers of women's woolen coats for trade adjustment assistance
(Lou Levy and Son/Jersey Fashion, Jersey City, NJ, and Lou Levy and Son, New York,
NY), with attached documentation, August 3, 1994; survey from U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of International Labor Affairs soliciting views on impact of bureau, with cover
memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Starobin, November 3, 1994; memo to Mazur
from Starobin re trade: where do we go from here? December 7, 1994; memo from Starobin
to ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow and Mazur summarizing high points of Mark
Anderson's CBI parity memo, March 23, 1995; letter to Dubrow from U.S. Department
of Commerce deputy assistant secretary for textiles, apparel and consumer goods industries,
re failure of ILGWU proposal with Microcompatibles, Inc., to qualify for funding under
Advanced Technology Program, with attached press release describing the program, November
1, 1994; memo from Starobin to Mazur, Correction to NAFTA, recommending specific policy
changes, January 5, 1993
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Box 21 | Folder 17 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Text of speech by Mazur; letter from Mazur to Central Labor Council inviting them
to 1994 rally, with the theme of supporting safe working conditions for workers throughout
the world, with attached flyers and agenda, list of attendees; ILGWU press release
press release "Mark 83rd Anniversary of Triangle Fire with Call for 'No More' Industrial
Tragedies Here or Abroad; Leading Chinese Dissident, Others Spotlight Parallels with
Fires That Killed 537 Workers in Thailand and China," March 25, 1994; letter to actress/singer
Barbra Streisand re her acquisition of rights to Leon Stein's The Triangle Fire, describing
significance of the fire, offering assistance, February 24, 1994
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Box 21 | Folder 18 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
List of speakers and invited dignitaries at 1993 rally; speech by Mazur, March 25,
1993
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Box 21 | Folder 19 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Flyer promoting stronger job safety laws, OSHA reform; letter from Mazur to ILGWU
NYC managers announcing Triangle rally with theme supporting proposed legislation
to strengthen OSHA regulations; letter of invitation to rally, with list of recipients;
program, with order of speakers; outline of anti-sweatshop remarks by Mazur, text
of introductions of speakers; related correspondence
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Box 21 | Folder 20 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Text of speech by Mazur, with introductions for other speakers, including NYC mayor
David Dinkins, NYC fire commissioner Carlos Rivera, NYS labor commissioner Thomas
Hartnett, and relatives of victims of Triangle and Happy Land Social Club fires; program
agenda; list of dignitaries on stage; press release re event, noting fire drill as
part of commemoration; press release demanding stricter federal workplace safety laws,
"Labor Demands 'Safe Jobs Now' on 81st Anniversary of Triangle Fire," March 25; press
release re Apparel Industry Fire Safety Week, noting one of largest fire drills in
NYC history, March 27; flyer publicizing the event; publicity material for "The Triangle
Project," an original play commissioned for the 80th anniversary; related correspondence;
letter from the granddaughter of a garment worker and poem about the fire; newspaper
clippings
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Box 21 | Folder 21 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
Drafts of letter from Mazur announcing commemoration event, plus start of a new national
Campaign for Justice to organize immigrant workers at modern-day sweatshops, beginning
with the Haitian workers of the Domsey Trading Company and other factories in Brooklyn,
with mailing list, March 7 and 8; letter to Mazur from Workmen's Circle president,
accepting invitation to joing Campaign for Justice, March 22; letters from Mazur inviting
guest speakers; program agendas; text of introductions of speakers; flyer supporting
Domsey strikers; newspaper clippings, copy of ILGWU newspaper, Justice, March 1990,
re Triangle commemoration and Domsey campaign
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Box 21 | Folder 22 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Text of remarks by Mazur at Triangle commemoration, March 29, 1989, with anti-homework
theme; draft, "Return of the Sweatshop," January 12, 1989; text of introduction of
speakers; list of speakers and dignitaries; letters of invitation to speakers, with
attached industrial homework fact sheet; text of remarks by ILGWU secretary-treasurer
Irwin Solomon at dedication of monument to Triangle Fire victims at Workman's Circle
cemetery, March 23, 1989; memo to Mazur from asst David Melman re plans for Triangle
fire exhibit at Lower East Side Tenement museum, December 28, 1989; poem from the
New Yorker, "The Shirt," by Robert Pinsky, re Triangle fire, with cover note to Mazur,
July 26, 1989
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Box 21 | Folder 23 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Press release, "Firefighters Salute Victims of Triangle Disaster as ILGWU Leader Blasts
Reagan Administration for 'Supporting Sweatshop Conditions' in Decision to Allow Industrial
Homework," March 25, 1988
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Box 21 | Folder 24 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from historian Joseph Brandes at William Paterson College of New Jersey, suggesting
that the ILGWU reprint his monograph on the history of American Jewish labor, November
10, 1987; correspondence with the American Labor Museum Botto House National Landmark
(Haledon, NJ) president re ILGW contribution for refreshments for opening reception
of Triangle Fire exhibit, October 7, 1987; text for plaque at site of Triangle Fire;
text of Mazur speech for Triangle Fire commemoration, March 25, 1987; memo re AFL-CIO
Texas Triangle Organizing Committee, requesting financial help for ILGWU Central States
affiliation, January 13, 1987
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Box 21 | Folder 25 |
Triangle Fire Commemoration, 75th Anniversary
|
1984-1986 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda for event; memos re commemorative postage stamp, exhibit at New York Public
Library, 1984; sketches of monument and graves; Mazur radio script for Bob and Betty
Sanders talk show, Interview WMCA Radio, March 25, 1986; press advisory re interview
with Triangle survivor Pauline Cuoio Pepe before 75th anniversary commemorative ceremonies;
background information on Mrs. Pepe; press release re event, March 25, 1986; thank-you
card from Mrs. Pepe; agenda for commemorative event, March 25, 1986; Statement by
Governor Cuomo on the 75th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire; list of invited
dignitaries; letters of invitation to Gov. Cuomo, ILGWU directors; list of those confirmed
to attend; speech of Vince Maltese, grandson of three of the victims; introduction
by Mazur to Pepe press conferences; letter from York College, CUNY, thanking ILGWU
for loan of Triangle exhibit, November 10, 1986; letter to exec. vp Wilbur Daniels
from ILGWU Archives Department re need for greater cooperation, October 15, 1986;
letter from the son of Triangle survivor Bessie Grabrilowich Cohen re trip to NY for
commemoration, March 14, 1986; resolution passed by the New York City Council honoring
victims of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, opposing attempts to lower minimum wage
for teenagers, cut Social Security, reduce inspection of factories, weaken labor unions,
and exploit foreign-born labor, June 21, 1985; letters of thanks to NYC fire and police
officials and others for assistance, April 2, 1986; memo re availability of print
by Ralph Fasanella, Dress Shop, depicting New York garment factory, in tribute to
Triangle workers, August 1, 1986; newspaper clippings; copy of ILGWU Justice, with
account of the fire, March 1986
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Box 21 | Folder 26 |
Trilateral Commission
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – Gray Area Phenomenon 1993; see also Globalization; see also NAFTA;
see also Center for Migration Studies Statement by Mazur re draft paper on migration
and refugee issues, March 27, 1993; paper, "The International Migration Dilemma,"
by Doris Meissner, prepared for the Trilateral Commission
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Box 21 | Folder 27 |
Tunnel Vision
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1987-1988 |
Scope and Contents
See also AFL-CIO – American Institute for Free Labor Development 1985-1988 Copy of
book, Tunnel Vision: Labor, the World Economy, and Central America (Dan Cantor and
Juliet Shor), criticizing the anti-communist stance of the AFL-CIO Department of International
Affairs and U.S. trade unions generally; memo from American Institute for Free Labor
Development criticizing book, February 12, 1988; newspaper clipping, "Labor as Usual,"
by William Serrin, Village Voice, February 23, 1988
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Box 21 | Folder 28 |
Tyler, Gus
|
1984-1987 |
Scope and Contents
Assistant president of ILGWU and director of union's Education Department. Letter
from the executive director of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to the executive
director of the New York Council for the Humanities, urging him to make Gus Tyler's
acquaintance, December 20, 1987; report to the Education Committee of the General
Executive Board, October 7-12, 1987; note from Tyler to Mazur re positive impression
of African trade union leaders, September 22, 1987; nine-page analysis by Tyler to
Mazur of Dick Morris report re public attitude on imports, September 22, 1987; letters
from Tyler to publishers re ILGWU Immigration Project, September 3, 1987; four-page
letter from Tyler re free trade as outmoded doctrine, need for presidential candidates
to address issue, with attached articles by Tyler, September 14, 1987; memo from Tyler
to Mazur re major current projects of the Political/Educational Department, May 15,
1987; letter from the Harry Hopkins Public Service Institute asking Mazur to write
to the Postmaster General in support of a stamp honoring Hopkins, with cover note
from Mazur to Tyler asking him to draft a letter, April 4, 1987; text of talk by Tyler,
"Our Economy Is a Leaky Bucket," which he delivered to the Congressional Labor Roundtable
and which was requested by Rep. Major Owens to be included in the Congressional Record,
with note from Tyler to Mazur, March 22, 1984; article by Tyler, "A Tale of Two Depressions,"
based on talk he gave to National Council of Senior Citizens, with cover note to Mazur
suggesting publication and wide distribution, July 14, 1986; memo to Mazur re meeting
for Black Economic Prpoject, with attached article by Tyler, October 27, 1986; letter
from Gus Tyler to RCA Corp. re global economy, October 8, 1986; memo to Mazur from
Gus Tyler re Liberal Party, National Planning Association, December 22, 1986; article
by Tyler, "Homework: Big Treasury Loss," December 19, 1984; memo from Tyler to Mazur
re several pending projects, December 1986; articles by Tyler forwarded to vp Evy
Dubrow re why decline of the dollar has not helped trade balance, October 27, 1986;
article in Mother Jones by Jeff Faux, head of the Economic Policy Council, with cover
memo from Tyler to vp Susan Cowell and Mazur, January 16, 1986
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Box 21 | Folder 29 |
Unemployment
|
1986-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping from New York Times, "Job Growth Is Stagnant in Region," July 19;
letter from National Committee for Full Employment re First Friday Alerts, calculating
"real rate" of joblessness and underemployment, October 20, 1986
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Box 21 | Folder 30 |
Unemployment Insurance
|
1987 |
Box 21 | Folder 31 |
Union General de Trabajadores (UGT)
|
1986-1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to Angel Navarro, general secretary, Madrid, Spain, agreeing to
contribute $1,000 for election activities, August 22, 1986; letter in Spanish and
translation re death of Navarro in automobile accident, with attached resolution by
Executive Committee of federation, July 15, 1987; list of newly elected Executive
Committee members, October 30, 1987
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Box 21 | Folder 32 |
Union Labor Report
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Weekly newsletters from the Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, D.C.
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Box 21 | Folder 33 |
Union Square Sculpture Project
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
History of Union Square from the 18th and 19th centuries, and its significance in
the origin of Labor Day, researched by Barry Gewenon (sp?) for Gus Tyler, with cover
note from Tyler to Mazur; memos to Mazur from ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re presentation
by finalists; text of address by Mazur to artists; descriptions of finalists' projects;
letter from Mazur to artist selected, November 27, 1990
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Box 21 | Folder 34 |
United Association of Journeyment and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting
Industry
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Decision of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals re Willliam E. Brock, Secretary, U.S. Department
of Labor, v. Joseph P. Mazzola et al., with cover letter from attorney summarizing
decision, November 1, 1986
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Box 21 | Folder 35 |
United Auto Workers (UAW)
|
1986-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from the Legal Staff Association of District 65, thanking him for
financial support in successful strike, August 12, 1991; letter from UAW president
Owen Bieber to AFL-CIO Executive Council members inviting them to a rally in support
of striking Caterpillar workers in Peoria, IL, March 9, 1992; letter to Mazur from
Bieber re cooperative American Value Initiative with Big Three automakers, discussing
research by Peter Hart and Associates indicating that simple "buy American" appeals
to patriotism are strongly rejected, December 4, 1990; letter from Bieber re American
Value Initiative task force planning meeting, February 20, 1990; letter from Bieber
re results of Harris poll indicating willingness of consumers to pay more for U.S.
products of comparable quality to Japanese imports, October 2, 1989; correspondence
re rally commemorating 25th anniversary of March on Washington, July-August 1988;
letter from the New York Anti-Apartheid Coordinating Council, affiliated with UAW
Disrict 65, calling for rally, December 1, 1989; letter to Mazur from Bieber re Gephart
trade deficit reduction amendment as legislative priority of UAW, thanking Mazur for
support, May 8, 1987; letter from Mazur to Bieber thanking him for support for Textile
and Apparel Trade Act, October 7, 1988; letter from Mazur to Bieber noting that a
UAW local recently signed a contract with North American Knitting (Mansfield, OH)
far below industry standards, noting ILGWU attempts to sign contract, urging assistance
in bringing it about, April 26, 1988; article on fair trade by ILGWU official Carl
Proper, in Dollars & Senses, April 1986; press releases on exporting jobs, other issues
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Box 22 | Folder 1 |
United Auto Workers (UAW) District 65
|
1987-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Article re warehouse organizing, with cover letter to Mazur from vp Susan Cowell,
1987; clipping from NY Newsday re health plan, May 25, 1993
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Box 22 | Folder 2 |
UAW, Auto Industry Wages
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Handwritten note by Mazur noting wages and fringe benefits as of December 1989
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Box 22 | Folder 3 |
United Farm Workers of America
|
1986-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Statement by Mazur at rally for United Farmworkers, October 28, 1986; letters to Mazur
thanking him for participating in UFW events and grape boycott, including letters
from UFW president Ceasr Chavez re fast; program and related correspondence for Cesar
Chavez memorial service, 1993; letter to Mazur describing new contracts, October 1995;
letter to Mazur announcing election victory with Bear Creek Productions, January 3,
1995; letter from UFW president Arturo Rodriguez to Michael Babcock, president, Leslie
Fay Companies, urging him to keep 2,000 apparel jobs in Northeast Pennsylvania rather
than export them out of U.S., threatening boycott, with cover letter to Mazur, May
12, 1994; memo to Rodriguez from attorney Marcus Camacho, litigation status report
re Bruce Church Inc. v. United Farm Workers over boycott, February 18, 1994; letter
to Mazur from Coco-Cola Foods re sale of Minute Maid Groves to a company bring formed
by Bariston Associates, assuring him that workers will be paid the same, December
17, 1993; letter from Rodriguez to Teamsters president Ron Carey re representation
dispute with Coastal Vinyards, February 4, 1994
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Box 22 | Folder 4 |
United Farm Workers of America
|
1983-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from United Farm Workers president Cesar Chavez asking that he order
and distribute copies of video, "The Wrath of Grapes," to ILGWU affiliates, June 28,
1988; letter to Mazur from Chavez inviting him to be a sponsor of event honoring California
Federation of Labor president Jack Henning and 25th anniversary of union, March 4,
1987; letter from Chavez thanking ILGWU for financial contribution, with attached
ad tearsheet for grape boycott, March 27, 1987; memo from Mazur to all NYC managers
urging support of grape boycott, organizing picket lines at supermarkets, November
20, 1986; letter to Mazur from Chavez thanking him for helping launch boycott of A&P,
Food Emporium, and Shopwell supermarkets, noting media coverage of picket line, November
24, 1986; letter to Mazur from Irv Hershenbaum, national representative of UFW, inviting
him to meeting with Rep. Charles Schumer to try to dissuade him of his support for
"guest worker" program, part of the Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration bill, with attached
newspaper clippings, February 10, 1986; biographical sketch of Chavez; press release,
"Cesar Chavez Blasts Deukmejian in Address to Massachusetts Lawmakers, Meetings with
Gov. Dukakis, Mayor Flynn; Hammers at California Governor in Harvard Law School Speech
Tonight," February 28, 1985, with attached excerpts from speech, prition to the Agricultural
Labor Relations Board, press clippings, with cover note, "The Case against Deukmejian
for Shutting Down Enforcement of Farm Labor Law"; press release, "Cesar Chavez Organizes
to Make Grape Boycott of '60s & '70s Work in 1980s," June 1985; copy of United Farm
Workers Food and Justice, April/May 1985; survey results re favorable perceptions
of farm workers toward union, and press release from Indiana University-Purdue University
at Indianapolis, January 12, 1985; newspaper clippings, 1983-85, with cover note,
"What Scientific Surveys Say about Support for the UFW among Farm Workers and the
Public"
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Box 22 | Folder 5 |
United Federation of Teachers, Feldman, Sandra
|
1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
See also Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies Memo from Mazur to ILGWU vp Susan
Cowell and Ron Carver re meeting with Feldman for Fasanella Project, August 1, 1990
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Box 22 | Folder 6 |
United Feminist Action Campaign
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from ILGWU asst president Gus Tyler to Molly Yard, United Feminist Action Campaign,
asking to set a meeting to introduce Yard to ILGWU women to form a bridge between
the feminists of NOW (National Organization for Women) and traditional worker constituencies,
August 11, 1987
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Box 22 | Folder 7 |
United Food and Commerical Workers
|
1986-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Letter re Marval Poultry Co./Rocco Turkeys (W. Va.) strike/boycott, with attached
ads, October 1986; letter from Mazur thanking union for support of ILGWU efforts to
pass Textile and Apparel Trade Act, October 7, 1988; letter from Mazur to William
Wynn, president, UFCW, re Weirmar Manufacturing Corp. and its runaway shop, H&B Distribution
Corp. (Keasbey, NJ), with whom UFCW had a collective bargaining agreement, asking
for help in resolving matter, May 5, 1988; faxed letter to ILGWU from Department Store
Employees Union Local 1100, chartered by UFCW, asking for letters of support in negotiations
with Macy's, April 28, 1990
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Box 22 | Folder 8 |
United Furniture Workers of America
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Copy of merger agreement with International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Technical,
Salaried and Machine Workers (IUE), with cover letters from attorneys to Mazur and
William Bywater, president, IUE, March-August 1988
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Box 22 | Folder 9 |
United Garment Workers
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
Labor Organization Annual Report to Department of Labor
|
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Box 22 | Folder 10 |
United Hebrew Trades
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
Letterhead with list of affiliates; letter from AFL-CIO re request for waiving per
capita tax, April 6, 1989; letter to Mazur from Sidney Davidson, president and financial
secretary of United Hebrew Trades, thanking him for contribution enabling them to
pay per capita tax, December 13, 1989
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Box 22 | Folder 11 |
United Housing Foundation
|
1995 |
Box 22 | Folder 12 |
United Housing Foundation
|
1992-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Executive Director's Report, January 4, 1994, primarily about CATCH program; resolution
re restated retirement plan, signed by Mazur January 6, 1993; notice to Mazur re meeting
of Board of Directors, May 13, 1993; minutes of special meetings of the Board of Directors
held on October 16, 1992, and May 1, 1995; draft memo to Board of Directors from executive
director re CATCH program, October 2, 1992; fax to Board of Directors from executive
director noting previous memo was a draft, with attached final memo, October 13, 1992;
letter to Mazur from executive director re providing grant of $60,000 for services
for older residents of the United Jewish Appeal–Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
of New York Grand Street cooperatives and Amalgamated Warbasse, December 3, 1992;
financial statement for years ending December 31, 1991 and 1990, with cover letter
to Mazur, June 4, 1992
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Box 22 | Folder 13 |
United Housing Foundation- Affordable Housing Forum
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – United Housing Foundation 1992 Letter from Mazur and Jack Sheinkman
(president, ACTWU) to several members of Congress, inviting them to National Housing
Policy Forum, March 19, 1992; list of invited congressional speakers and summary of
their proposed legislation, March 26, 1992; briefing materials (agenda, policy recommendations),
May 13, 1992; drafts of remarks to forum by Mazur; Statement of Sen. Harris Wofford
to United Housing Foundation National Housing Policy Forum, May 7, 1992; Report on
the National Housing Policy Forum: "Creating Affordable Housing in a Time of Crisis,"
May 7, 1992
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Box 22 | Folder 14 |
United Housing Foundation
|
1989-1991 |
Scope and Contents
"Mutual Housing for Distressed Properties," n.d. (January 8, 1991?); minutes of meetings
of Board of Directors, October 9, 1990, January 7, 1991, September 10, 1991, and meeting
of Board of Directors of Community Services, Inc., September 10, 1991; financial statements
for years ended December 31, 1990 and 1989, and 1989 and 1988; memo to Mazur from
ILGWU vp Susan Cowell re role of UHF as catalyst for union pension-backed subsidized
housing, December 1, 1991; settlement agreement with Riverbay Corporation (Co-op City),
July 24, 1990; related legal correspondence (Abrams v. Community Services, Inc.),
1989-September 1990; memo from attorney re proposals for construction loan fund for
Brooklyn Ecumenical Cooperatives (BEC) and its nonprofit housing development corporation,
New Communities, Inc., April 13, 1989; correspondence re induction of UHF president
Harold Ostroff into the Cooperative Hall of Fame, November-December 1989; minutes
of October 28, 1988, joint meeting of Boards of Directors of United Housing Foundation
and its subsidiary, Community Services, Inc.; newspaper clippings
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Box 22 | Folder 15 |
United Housing Foundation
|
1986-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Restated retirement plan actuarial valuation as of January 1, 1988; financial statements
for years ended December 31, 1987 and 1986; legal decision denying summary judgment
in Co-op City litigation, Abrams v. Community Services Inc., November 2, 1988; letter
to Mazur from Mutual Redevelopment Houses re desire to renegotiate mortgage, November
4, 1986, with cover memo from ILGWU secretary/treasurer Irwin Solomon and related
correspondence, December 3, 1986; personal and confidential proposal to UHF and Jack
Sheinkman (president, ACTWU) for UHF to participate in Brooklyn Ecumenical Cooperative's
Housing Rehabilitation Program, August 11, 1988
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Box 22 | Folder 16 |
United Mine Workers of America
|
1989-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mazur to the postmaster general urging the issuance of a commemorative
stamp honoring labor leader John. L. Lewis on the 100th anniversary of the United
Mine Workers, March 7, 1989; letter to Mazur from UMWA president Richard Trumka urging
him to lobby the U.S. Postal Service in support of a stamp honoring Lewis, with attached
ad and biographical sketch; letter from Mazur to Trumka thanking him for help in lobbying
for the Textile and Apparel Trade Act, October 10, 1988; letter from Mazur to Trumka
seeking financial contribution for a rally by the Coalition of Labor Union Women in
support of child care and family leave, June 22, 1987; letters to Mazur from Trumka
updating him on progress of various UMWA negotiations, strikes, and other campaigns
with coal mine operators (Pittston, Decker, Big Horn); memos to Mazur from ILGWU exec
asst James Parrott re support activities for Pittston campaign, July-August, 1989;
fundraising letter sent to NYC labor leaders by the NYC Emergency Committee in Solidarity
with the UMWA, signed by Mazur and others in support of Pittston campaign, September
7,1989; memo to ILGWU NYC education directors reporting on rally to Pittston corporate
headquarters in Greenwich, CT, also attended by NYNEX and Eastern Airlines strikers,
October 6, 1989; Pittston campaign publicity materials; bumper sticker; newspaper
clippings; handwritten notes
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Box 22 | Folder 17 |
United Mine Workers of America-Coal Commission Report
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Coal Commission Report, Secretary of Labor's Commission on United Mine Workers of
America Retiree Health Benefits, November 1990; cover letter to Mazur from UMWA president
Richard Trumka describing the report, sent to Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole by
the advisory commission, November 9, 1990
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Box 22 | Folder 18 |
United Mine Workers, Solidarity
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Presentation to the Strategic Approaches Committee, AFL-CIO Executive Council winter
meeting, February 1993, re update on contract discussions with various mine operators
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Box 22 | Folder 19 |
United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA)
|
1986-1992 |
Scope and Contents
See also Economic Policy Council Agenda of annual Board of Directors meeting of December
2, 1986, with background reading including report of 1986 program activities; letter
to members of the Economic Policy Council re search for replacement for Dan Burton
as Executive Director; update on activities, October 1992; invitation to conference
on NAFTA, with attached agenda, April 12, 1993
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Box 22 | Folder 20 |
United Neighborhood Houses of New York, INC.
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Information packet re settlement house program, with cover letter to Mazur, April
14, 1992
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Box 22 | Folder 21 |
United Senior Action Day
|
1992 |
Box 22 | Folder 22 |
United Senior Action Day
|
1991 |
Box 22 | Folder 23 |
United States Information Agency (USIA)
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Draft of letter (by Gus Tyler with cover memo from Herman Starobin to Mazur) noting
objections by labor to current U.S. trade policy, November 30, 1993
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Box 22 | Folder 24 |
United Steelworkers of America
|
1986-1997 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from United Steelworkers international president Lynn R. Williams
asking to join in contributing to Technology and Work Program (affiliated with University
of Lowell, Lowell, MA), with attached proposal, April 18, 1991; letters from Local
5668 president (Ravenswood, W. Va.) and New York Guild Union Local 3 member re lock-out
by Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation, March 23, 1992; Wall Street Journal newspaper
clipping re efforts of union to reach out to white-collar workers, May 23, 1991; flyer
announcing AFL-CIO president John Sweeney's attendance at rally in New York to demand
that Merril Lynch, as top shareholder of Wheeling-Pitt Steel, to urge company to settle
strike fairly, July 15, 1997; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland
detailing effort to support striking steelworkers at USX, August 8, 1986
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Box 22 | Folder 25 |
United Synagogue of America
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
Press release from Local 153, Office & Professional Employees International Union
(OPEIU), AFL-CIO, re strike against United Synagogue of America over employer demand
to switch health plans, January 24, 1990; copy of information booklet about United
Synagogue of America, listing presidents, officers
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Box 22 | Folder 26 |
United Textile Workers
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU director of organization Joe Danahy re meeting with Vernon
Mustard, president of United Textile Workers, and move of headquarters to Cherryhill,
NJ, December 10, 1986
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Box 22 | Folder 27 |
United Transportation Union
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from union president Fred Hardin to AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue,
objecting to interference with UTU election, October 6, 1987
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Box 22 | Folder 28 |
Usury, Bill
|
1995 |
Scope and Contents
See also Leslie Fay Co. 1994 Letters from Mazur to Herb Fishgold and Bill Usury, president
of labor-management consultants Bill Usury Associates, Inc., expressing outrage, shock,
and disgust at failure to enforce labor-management cooperation agreement with Leslie
Fay to preserve 600 jobs in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania, May 3, 4, and 8, 1995;
list of talking points with Usery, May 3
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Box 22 | Folder 29 |
Uruguay Round (NAFTA)-Apparel and Textiles
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin re GSP Decisions by USTR
(United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor), July 11, 1994; attached briefings,
"Why Congress Should Not Rush to Vote on the Uruguay Round" and "The Uruguay Round
on Apparel and Textiles"
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Box 22 | Folder 30 |
Vickers, John
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from John Vickers, retiring manager, ILGWU Texas-Oklahoma District
Council, reminiscing about training institute, thanking him for years of leadership,
December 23, 1994
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Box 22 | Folder 31 |
Visions/Services for the Blind
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Proposal to Mazur for pilot project by Visions/Services for the Blind and Visually
Impared (merger of Vacations and Community Services for the Blind with Center for
Independent Living) to assist retired union members, December 4, 1986
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Box 22 | Folder 32 |
Voter Registration
|
1988-1989 |
Scope and Contents
List of election law provisions re voter registration, absentee voting, major party
convention selection process, and election calendar by state, 1988; memo to Mazur
re voter-registration plans for NYC mayoral campaign of David Dinkins, focusing on
pro-Dinkins target groups (union membership, immigrants), March 17, 1989
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Box 22 | Folder 33 |
Vyorst, Sidney
|
1986 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Vyorst from ILGWU exec vp Irwin Solomon refuting claim that Vyorst has a
contract with ILGWU, asking for appointment to discuss matter, March 19, 1986; letters
to Mazur from Vyorst quoting life insurance rates, 1984; letter to Mazur re contract,
1983
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Box 22 | Folder 34 |
Wage-Hour Compliance
|
1994 |
Scope and Contents
Draft of San Francisco, CA, Department of Labor press release re voluntary model agreement
for apparel industry in Region 9, with cover note to Mazur from Max Zimny, n.d.; revised
statement, July 22, 1994
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Box 22 | Folder 35 |
Wall Street Journal
|
1985-1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 Memo to Mazur re visit to
ILGWU archives by Wall St. Journal reporter, July 23, 1986; newspaper clippings from
Journal, some with cover memos to Mazur and other ILGWU officials re contents, 1985;
letter to the editor from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin correcting factual
errors in article re apparel trade legislation, with article attached, July 31, 1990;
letter to Journal from ILGWU Political Department associate director David Wells responding
to article by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. re electoral college system of presidential election,
August 24, 1988
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Box 22 | Folder 36 |
Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to AFL-CIO International Union Political Action Departments asking for compilations
of congressional voting records on issues of interest, May 8, 1987
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Box 22 | Folder 37 |
Weiss, Ted (Congressional Campaign)
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Weiss thanking him for contribution to congressional campaign
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Box 22 | Folder 38 |
Western Union
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
Description of group mobilization "action hotline" mailgram services, faxed to Mazur
by pro-union sales representative, April 9, 1990
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Box 22 | Folder 39 |
White House
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1993-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Executive and congressional branches: faxed message from White
House comparing President Clinton's budget proposal to Republican congressional proposal,
vowing veto, May 19, 1995; Congressional Quarterly list of congressional committees
and subcommittees, profiles of new Republican members; letter from Mazur to Labor
Secretary Robert Reich, urging continued ban on industrial homework in women's apparel
industry, with attached position paper crafted for ILGWU by Shea & Gardner, May 10,
1993; testimony on the World Trade Organization by Dr. Herman Starobin, research director,
ILGWU, before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, June
17, 1994; statement by Evelyn Dubrow, vice president and legislative director, ILGWU,
before the Subcommittee on Trade, re trade with China, August 4, 1994; letter to Mazur
from Pres. Clinton acknowledging attendance at AFL-CIO convention, stating support
for longstanding pro-labor legislation, November 22, 1995; letter to Mzur from Harold
Ickes, deputy chief of staff, noting support by Clinton for increase in minimum wage,
August 28, 1995; letter to Mazur from Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan re health care
reform, status of Health Security Act, December 5, 1994; address by Moynihan to Democratic
National Convention, with cover letter to Mazur, December 16, 1994; letters to Mazur
from Vice President Al Gore (addressed to "UNITED"), Sen. Dick Gephart, Rep. Pat Schroeder
(re opposition to Immigration in the National Interest Act: to limit the number of
refuges we admit would be a "crime against humanity"), Rep. Charles Rangel (thanking
him for campaign contribution), and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (re itinerant Hong Kong tailors
using unfair sales tactics); letters to Mazur from Department of Labor re Women in
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act, August 4, 1994, and rule change
by Office of the American Workplace, December 5, 1995; NYS Department of Labor press
release, "State Labor Commissioner Sweeney Urges Cooperation of U.S. Labor Secretary
Reich: 'Meet Us Halfway' in fighting garment sweatshops," with attached letter, November
1, 1995; letter to U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor from Authur Andersen &
Co. supporting NAFTA, October 9, 1995; invitation to joint symposium by Departments
of Labor and State, "Forced Labor: The Growing Tragedy of the Prostitution of Children,"
September 29, 1995
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Box 22 | Folder 40 |
Women
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1986-1995 |
Scope and Contents
see also NYC – Commission on the Status of Women Letter to Mazur asking him to be
keynote speaker at conference, "Women's Rights, Workers' Rights: Strengthening Women's
Voices on the Job," cosponsored by the AFL-CIO, March 23, 1995; letter to Mazur from
ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council manager Katie Quan asking him to consider
sending a delegation to the U.N. Conference on Women, to be held in Beijing, January
10, 1995; resolution re rights of women, submitted to international organization FITTVCC/ORI
by ILGWU and ACTWU, May 18, 1992; letter from researcher for the New York Chinatown
History Project, listing questions about ILGWU's role in organizing women and relationship
with Local 23-25, May 30, 1990; newsletter, National Women's Law Center Update, Summer
1990; resolutions on women and labor by the International Textile, Garment and Leather
Workers Federation, April 1990 and April 1989; letter from National Women's Law Center
re Supreme Court and women's rights, reviewing decisions on employment discrimination,
abortion, November 12, 1986
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Box 22 | Folder 41 |
Women's Garment Industry
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
ILGWU Research Department paper, "Conditions in the Women's Garment Industry," October
25, 1994
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Box 22 | Folder 42 |
Women's Policy Research
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
"Women's Work, Economic Trends, and Policy Issues," by Heidi Hartman, director, Institute
for Women's Policy Research, paper presented at Organizing and Representing Professional,
Technical and Salaried Women, George Meany Labor Studies Center, Department of Professional
Employees, AFL-CIO
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Box 22 | Folder 43 |
Women's Wear Daily
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1986-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Talking points for interview, n.d.; draft and final version of letter to the editor
from Mazur re inaccuracies of newspaper's report on Congressional Budget Office study
of U.S. apparel industry, January 14, 1992; newspaper clippings
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Box 22 | Folder 44 |
Work and Family (AFL-CIO)
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1989-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Draft by ILGWU vp Susan Cowell and final letter from Mazur to AFL-CIO president Lane
Kirkland suggesting the creation of an Office of Work and Family within the AFL-CIO;
reply from Kirkland rejecting idea, but noting that the area will be coordinated by
one of his assistants; meeting agendas of AFL-CIO Work and Family Steering Committee,
October 25, 1990 - March 5, 1991; NYS Department of Labor newsletter, NY Works, with
article by Cowell, "Work and Family: A Labor Perspective," fall 1990; newspaper clippings
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Box 22 | Folder 45 |
Work and Technology Institute
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1992-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Bylaws; list of Board of Directors; minutes of November 10, 1992, and May 5, 1993,
Board meetings; list of 1993 objectives; conference announcement, "Integrating Technology
and People in High Performance Work Systems," May 18-20, 1994; letter to Mazur announcing
pilot program, "Labor Participation in Workplace Modernization," asking him to serve
on advisory committee, November 29, 1994
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Box 22 | Folder 46 |
Work in America Institute-Productivity Forum
|
1995 |
Scope and Contents
Directory of members; brochures re schedule of events, Spring Roundtable, May 23-25,
1995, Manager's Network, site visits to Miller Brewing Co., Trenton, Ohio, May 11,
and Saturn Corp., Spring Hill, TN; cover letter, August 28, 1995, describing attached
reports, "Worker Representation and Participation Survey: Second Report on Findings,"
Freeman & Rogers, June 1, 1995, and "Human Resource Strategies and Contingent Workers:
The Case of Safety and Health in the Petrochemical Industry," Kochan et al., Human
Resource Management, spring 1994; "Worker Representation and Participation Survey:
First Report on Findings," with cover letter, January 3, 1995
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Box 22 | Folder 47 |
Work in America Institute-Productivity Forum
|
1991-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Update memo to members of Productivity Forum Advisory Board, July 26, 1994; update
on activities and services for 1991/92, July 1, 1992
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Box 22 | Folder 48 |
Work in America Institute-Awards Ceremony (Sheinkman, Jack)
|
1992-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Speeches by Mazur honoring Jack Sheinkman, president ACTWU
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Box 22 | Folder 49 |
Work in America Institute-Board of Directors Meeting, April 18
|
1995 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda of Board of Directors meeting, with list of attendees; newsletter April 1995;
financial statements, March 31, 1995; letter to Mazur from president Jerome M. Rostow
re board meeting to discuss the future of industrial relations, January 27, 1995;
statement by Mazur, "Future of Industrial Relations"; minutes of meeting of the Board
of Directors, April 27, 1994
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Box 23 | Folder 1 |
Work in America Institute-Productivity Forum-Saturn Visit, April 7
|
1993 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda for site visit; copies of presentation slides about Saturn Corporation, description
of work unit functions; highlights of proposed Saturn/ UAW agreement; final memorandum
of agreement; chronology of company history
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Box 23 | Folder 2 |
Work in America Institute-Board of Directors Meeting, April 22
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda of Board of Directors meeting, with list of attendees; minutes of meeting of
the Board of Directors, November 20, 1991; 1992 financial statement for December 31,
1991 and 1990; lists of members of Productivity Forum and affiliations; 1992 calendar;
brochure, New Roles for Managers, part IV
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Box 23 | Folder 3 |
Work in America Institute-Board of Directors Meeting, November 20
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Minutes of meeting of the Board of Directors, May 2, 1991; 1991 financial statement
for December 31, 1990 and 1989; list of members; 1991/92 calendar; program brochures
re job-linked literacy training, technology training; notice of special guest appearance
of Michael Bennett, president of UAW Local 1853 of the Saturn Manufacturing Complex
in Spring Hill, TN, with attached article about Bennett from Detroit Free Press, December
10, 1990
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Box 23 | Folder 4 |
Work in America Institute-Board of Directors Meeting, May 2
|
1991 |
Scope and Contents
Agenda of meeting with list of attendees; 1991 calendar; national policy study: "New
Roles for Managers: Employee Involvement and the Supervisor's Job"
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Box 23 | Folder 5 |
Work in America Institute-Productivity Forum
|
1986-1993 |
Scope and Contents
Letter of resignation as executive vice president of the Work in America Institute,
addressed to Mazur, from Dr. Michael Rostow, citing irreconcilable differences with
president, Rostow's father Jerome, as to direction of the institute, February 2, 1993;
letter to Mazur from Jerome Rostow soliciting endorsement of institute, to be used
in grant applications from foundations, with attached statement of support by Mazur,
September 23, 1992; survey of members re casual dress code, September 14, 1992; invitation
to Mazur and list of labor participants at Productivity Forum Roundtable, "Leading
a Participative Organization," September 25, 1991; invitation to Mazur to attend site
visit to Honeywell Commercial Flight Systems with Teamsters Local 1145, Coon Rapids,
MN, August 15, 1991; update on activities of the Productivity Forum, including 1991/92
calendar, descriptive list of site visits, July 1, 1991; 1991 calendar of the Productivity
Forum and Work in America Institute; policy papers, to be reviewed by National Advisory
Committee: "Government Stewardship for Job-Linked Literacy Programs," "Onan's Manufacturing
Program," "At the Center for Employment Training (CET): Si Se Pueda! It Can Be Done,"
"AC Rochester/UAW Program of Workplace Literacy," April 10, 1991; directory of primary
and associate members of Productivity Forum, November 28, 1990; list of Advisory Board;
report, "Training for New Technology," inviting comments from Mazur, February 24,
1986; invitation to fall roundtable, list of organizations attending, October 17,
1986
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Box 23 | Folder 6 |
Worker Opportunity Reemployment Center
|
1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches—Vocational Training Part of the Consortium for Worker Education,
a joint program of the NYC Department of Employment and NYS Department of Labor; press
release from the NYC Department of Employment, "A New Center Helps Recently Laid Off
Workers," noting state dignitaries at opening ceremonies, n.d.; letters from Mazur
thanking Lt. Governor Stan Lundine and Mrs. Mathilda Cuomo for attending the opening,
February 23, 1990; fact sheets about the program for dislocated workers; list of contractors
receiving funds under the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act
(EDWAAA), n.d.; article from The Economist re world trade from a free-market viewpoint,
with cover note to Mazur, October 1990; unsigned drafts of letter to Robert W. McEnroe,
executive director, AFSCME Disitrict Council 1707, criticizing "slanderous" article
by 1707 political action director Karl Toth against the late ILGWU president emeritus
Sol Chaikin, ILGWU position on trade, and AFL-CIO's international programs, May 28
and June 13, 1991; handwritten notes
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Box 23 | Folder 7 |
Workers Defense League
|
1984-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Printed program for 55th Anniversary Dinner, honoring Richard Trumka, president of
United Mine Workers, May 13, 1991; invitations to other annual dinners; lists of dinner
attendees and affiliations
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Box 23 | Folder 8 |
Workers Memorial Day
|
1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lane Kirkland, president, AFL-CIO, re observation of Workers Memorial
Day, April 28, 1991; list of suggested activities; local union guide; brochures
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Box 23 | Folder 9 |
Workers' Rights and Trade
|
1988-1994 |
Scope and Contents
See also Speeches – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; see also Globalization;
see also Speeches – Trade & Workers' Rights Draft of statement by the AFL-CIO Executive
Council, "Worker Rights and the Global Economy," February 1994; proposal by ILGWU
for Workers Rights Center in Miami, FL, with cover letter by Mazur to the president
of the Union Privilege Program, March 1994; AFL-CIO International Affairs Department
IAD Fax Sheet re endorsement of worker rights protection by European Parliament, February
10, 1994; ICFTU (International Conferderation of Free Trade Unions) briefing paper,
"Linking Workers' Rights and Trade: The Social Clause," February 1994; resolution,
"The GATT Uruguay Round and the Multifibre Agreement," by the International Textile,
Garment & Leather Worker's Federation (ITGLWF) Executive Committee, declaring December
6, 1993, "Trade and Workers' Rights Day," with cover memo to Mazur from ILGWU international
relations director Michele Briones; "Outline for Discussion of Trade and Worker Rights,"
with attached memo to Mazur from ILGWU research director Herman Starobin, October
20, 1993; letter from Starobin to Jennifer Hillman, chief textile negotiator, office
of U.S. Trade Representative, re ongoing denial of workers' rights in bilateral trade
negotiations, October 28, 1993; ITGLWF press release, "Unions Worldwide Demand Use
Trade to Enforce Workers' Rights," December 4, 1993; remarks by AFL-CIO President
Lane Kirkland to the Internationmal Labor Rights Coalition International Workers Rights
and Trade Conference, January 5, 1989; newsletter of the International Labor Rights
Education and Research Fund, Worker Rights News, February 1989; AFL-CIO Industrial
Union Department press release, "IUD Pledges Continued Effort on Behalf of Workers
Rights," November 16, 1988;
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Box 23 | Folder 10 |
Workman's Circle
|
1986-1994 |
Scope and Contents
National Jewish fraternal-labor organization; letter to Mazur from assistant to NYS
Governor Mario Cuomo re Department of Social Services audit concerns, financial difficulties,
February 20, 1990; memo from Mazur to Gus Tyler requesting that he prepare a message
for the 90th anniversary and Jubilee Convention of Workmen's Circle, April 30, 1990;
edited draft and final text of message, noting common history, May 8, 1990; handwritten
notes by Mazur; letter thanking Mazur for $1,000 contribution to restricted building
fund for modernizing the Workmen's Circle Home and Geriatric Center, August 30, 1990;
copy of check from ILGWU contributing $200 to Workman's Circle Division of ORT (Organization
for Rehabilitation through Training) youth program, related correspondence, April
15, 1987; letter to Mazur with sketch of monument headstones for his approval for
Workman's Circle, September 21, 1987; press release by Workmen's Circle opposing Reagan
nomination of Robert Bork to Supreme Court, n.d.; invitation to ILGWU president Sol
Chaikin to Workmen's Circle convention, February 25, 1986; information describing
Workman's Circle Home and Infirmary for the Aged, November 10, 1986; statement by
ILGWU saluting 94th anniversary
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Box 23 | Folder 11 |
Workplace Safety
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Press release by Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman announcing ten-point
safety program, noting deterioration of OSHA enforcement under the Reagan administration,
with cover note from Holtzman to Mazur, January 27, 1987
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Box 23 | Folder 12 |
Yale Political Union
|
1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Invitations to Mazur to speak at Yale Political Union, noting past speakers of national
importance, December 29, 1993, and June 14, 1994; memo to Mazur from ILGWU ass president
Gus Tyler discussing possible topics for his address: "What the Labor Movement Stands
For," "Labor's Program for America," or "Labor Faces the 21st Century," January 6,
1994; memo from Tyler suggesting talk focus on Leslie Fay experience, titled, "America's
Economic Futrure," June 27, 1994; memo to Mazur from CAF director Carl Proper suggesting
topic for speech: "Nationalism, Globalism and Democracy," January 10, 1994; invitation
to Mazur to seak at the New York trip of Yale's Independent Party, June 1, 1994
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Box 23 | Folder 13 |
Yalowity, Nat
|
1990 |
Scope and Contents
See also National Health and Human Service Employees Union Letter to Mazur from Yalowitz,
administrator of the Local 1199 Home Care Industry Benefits Fund, with attached resume
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Box 23 | Folder 14 |
Young Social Democrats
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mazur from Sam Schube, executive director of Young Social Democrats, thanking
him for contribution and congratulating him on Eugene Debs Award, May 23, 1987; copy
of $1,000 check from ILGWU to Young Social Democrats, with letter from Mazur, March
5, 1987
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Box 23 | Folder 15 |
Yugoslavia
|
1992 |
Scope and Contents
Draft statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council, "Sarajevo and Beyond: Conflict in the
Former Yugoslav Republics," condemning genocidal attacks by Serbian forces of Slobodan
Milosevic's government against the people of Bosnia-Hersegovina and Kosovo and Croatia,
urging military intervention by U.S. and U.N., August 1992
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Box 23 | Folder 16 |
Zensen
|
1986-1987 |
Scope and Contents
See also Japan Institute of Labor; see also Speeches – Zensen 1987 Original signed
joint statement at 5th Joint Conference of ZENSEN-ACTWU-ILGWU in Kyoto, Japan, declaring
trade union rights and human rights should be a standard in determining international
trade, written in English and Japanese, November 26, 1987; opening statement by Mazur;
agenda items; draft report by Evelyn Dubrow, September 23, 1987; Labor Department
fact sheet on women workers, January 1987; longer paper prepared by ILGWU vp Susan
Cowell re women workers, with cover memo to James Parrott, September 11, 1987; memo
to ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones from director of organization
Joe Danahy asking her to find out whether Japanese zipper company YKK is unionized,
with attached report on Universal Fasteners, Lawrenceburg, KY; list of conference
attendees from ILGWU and Zensen labor organization; copies of photos from conference
(originals in Kheel photo archives)
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Box 23 | Folder 17 |
Zensen-5th Joint Conference-ILGWU Report
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Formal presentation of background materials prepared by ILGWU on developments in the
U.S. labor force, labor movement, and other substantive issues
|
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Box 23 | Folder 18 |
Zensen-5th Joint Conference-Zensen Report
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Report by Zensen to conference
|
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Box 23 | Folder 19 |
Zensen-5th Joint Conference-Notes
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes by Mazur
|
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Box 23 | Folder 20 |
Zensen-5th Joint Conference-Travel Arrangements
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
Routine documentation of travel arrangements, invoices
|
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Box 23 | Folder 21 |
Zensen-4th Joint Conference
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
Joint statement of conference, held in New York; agenda; list of delegates; background
materials; handwritten notes
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Box 23 | Folder 22 |
Zensen-4th Joint Conference-ACTWU Report
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
Background materials prepared by ACTWU on substantive issues
|
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Box 23 | Folder 23 |
Zensen-4th Joint Conference-ILGWU Report
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
Background materials prepared by ILGWU on substantive issues
|
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Box 23 | Folder 24 |
Zensen-4th Joint Conference-Zensen Report
|
1985 |
Scope and Contents
Report by Zensen to conference
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Box 23 | Folder 25 |
Zensen-4th Joint Conference-Travel
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
Routine documentation of travel arrangements, invoices, courtesy letters
|
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Box 23 | Folder 26 |
Zensen-Living Standards Comparison Survey
|
1987-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Questionnaire on comparison of living standards between the U.S. and Japan; correspondence
re delegation to New York, January 1989
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Box 23 | Folder 27 |
Zimbabwe
|
1991 |