ILGWU Toronto Dressmakers Joint Council and Toronto Cloak Joint Board Records, 1927-1979
Collection Number: 5780/043
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU Toronto Dressmakers Joint Council and Toronto Cloak Joint Board Records, 1927-1979
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/043
Abstract:
The collection contains records of the Toronto Dressmakers Joint Council and the Toronto
Cloak Joint Board, as well as several local unions in Toronto. Alphabetical files
document the activities of the Dressmakers Joint Council and the Cloak Joint Bard,
including correspondence of the respective managers, Samuel Kraisman and Joe Macks.
Documents include meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, reports, financial
records, and agreements.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Local 14
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Local 68
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Local 71
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Local
Quanitities:
8.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, Yiddish, Italian
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor
unions in the United States founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing
about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States. It was one of the
first U.S. Unions to have a membership consisting of mostly females, and it played
a key role in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The union is generally referred
to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG". The ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size,
and political influence to become one of the most powerful forces in American organized
labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's garment industry, the ILGWU
worked to improve working and living conditions of its members through collective
bargaining agreements, training programs, health care facilities, cooperative housing,
educational opportunities, and other efforts. The ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1995 to form the Union of Needle trades, Industrial
and Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE merged with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant
Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a new union known as UNITE HERE. The two
unions that formed UNITE in 1995 represented only 250,000 workers between them, down
from the ILGWU's peak membership of 450,000 in 1969.
With the inclusion of the word "international" in its name, the ILGWU envisioned that
Canada would become part of the union since its inception in 1900. While the official
founding of a Toronto Union was in 1909, it was not until 1910 and 1911 when locals
became formally established, Cloak Local 14 and Pressers Local 92 in Toronto, and
Cloak Cutters Local 19 and Coat Pressers Local 61 in Montreal. The Toronto Cloakmakers'
Union was instituted in 1910 and the Toronto Joint Board and Montreal Joint Council
were founded in 1911. But, it took until the 1930s for the irregular and infrequent
organizing attempts to increase, and for real permanence for the ILGWU in Canada.
In Toronto in 1921, the manufacturers' association reintroduced piece work under
the threat of a lockout. After a disastrous strike, a small group of members and locals
remained faithful to the union, but were under considerable strain. ILGWU vice-president
Saul Seidman was appointed in 1922 to handle the situation in Canada and increase
organizing activity in Toronto and Montreal. The Toronto Joint Board put in place
committees and chairmen in every shop to help efforts. Meanwhile, in Montreal, the
cloak manufacturers proved difficult to negotiate with and hindered organizing in
their shops. To combat the worsening situation in Canada, in 1924, Julius Hochman
was appointed general organizer to build up the locals in Montreal and Toronto. Hochman
held meetings and educated the workers. In the winter of 1925, the cloakmakers in
Montreal and Toronto walked out of the shops. Manufacturers started signing agreements
with the union and the workers remained on strike until all shops had satisfactorily
signed up. And while conditions were far from ideal, the campaign created a more stable
organization and union for the cloakmakers in Canada.
Toward the end of the decade, after the strikes and hardships, union standards were
established in the industry and membership increased. Communist members in Montreal,
including the majority of the Joint Board, caused internal strife forcing the closure
of the Joint Board by 1927. While almost completely unionized, the industry in Toronto
experienced difficulties as well. Yet, the Toronto Joint Board, led by Abraham Kirzner,
fared far better than Montreal. Communist members in Toronto wreaked havoc in the
Joint Board and locals, and it took a general strike in January 1930, to renew the
loyal members and organizing efforts of the union. The signed agreement called for
union recognition in all shops, a 42 hour/5 day week, and minimum scales. A year later,
in 1931, the manufacturers plotted to dissolve their association rendering the collective
agreement with the union null and void and forcing the Toronto Joint Board to deal
with individual shops. During this time, the dressmakers in Toronto began to organize
and there was a strike in the dress shops in February 1931. The employers banded together
and fought back. As the police arrested girls on the picket line, the union had to
negotiate with individual firms. Managers of the Joint Board included Bernard Shane
and Abraham Kirzner. Meanwhile, the union in Montreal was decimated until the end
of 1929 when loyal cloakmakers began rebuilding their organization. A strike in the
spring of 1930 ended quickly bringing gains of a 44 hour week, standard wage scales,
union recognition and a collective agreement.
In 1932, Charles Kreindler was assigned to manage the Toronto Joint Board. With the
union firmly established in the local market, the union now fought to protect workers'
rights. Bernard Shane, a manager of Local 1, conducted strikes in Toronto in 1929-1931
and was later sent to Canada in 1934 to organize the Toronto cloakmakers. Soon after
his arrival, he organized a strike for cutters and within five days had won a contract.
With the threat of an industry wide strike, employers signed a collective agreement
for all crafts in the cloak industry. A strike in January 1934 generated more gains
for the now fully organized cloak market. The Toronto Joint Board celebrated its 25th
anniversary in 1936 under the management of Samuel Kraisman. Attempts at bringing
the Toronto dressmakers into the union finally succeeded when 800 workers joined Local
72. H. D. Langer replaced Kraisman as manager of the Toronto Joint Board in 1937.
At the end of the decade, the Toronto Joint Board obtained the first collective agreement
for the dress industry when it signed 50 shops representing 1,000 members.
The Depression unfortunately caused years of poor seasons, low employment and minimal
earnings for the cloakmakers of Montreal. Bernard Shane was sent to Montreal at the
beginning of 1934 to increase organizing efforts. Shane mounted an effective organizing
drive within the cutters and a strike led to wage increases. The union chartered Local
205 in 1934 for dress cutters as it attempted to organize the nearly 8,000 dress workers
in Montreal, the majority of which were French speaking women. An agreement was soon
signed with the Montreal Dress Manufacturers' Guild. ILGWU vice-president Rose Pesotta
arrived in 1936 to help organize the dress operators in Montreal, named "midinettes,"
after the practice of the women garment workers emerging from the factories at noon
for a brief respite of air and sun. In January 1937, Montreal Dressmakers Local 262
was chartered for the French speaking workers (Local 112 was the French local for
the cloak industry). The Joint Council established an education department for the
new local, produced special publications in French, and the campaign committee distributed
literature and conducted publicity. A successful two week strike of 5,000 dressmakers
in April 1937 led to an increase in wages, reduction in hours, and union recognition.
In 1936, members of the Montreal Joint Council Cutters Local 19 and Pressers Local
61 celebrated their 25th anniversary, and the union in Montreal found itself for the
first time in fifteen years on a sound financial footing.
A second general strike involving thousands of Montreal dressmakers also occurred
in 1940 which paralyzed the dress industry in Quebec and increased wages. Kraisman
became assistant manager of the Montreal Joint Council, but retired in 1939, and was
replaced by Isidore Stenzor. In 1937, the Montreal Joint Council began organizing
the embroidery workers in the dress market, and later in the year, the union called
a strike in the trade and an agreement was signed improving working conditions for
Embroidery Workers' Local 315.
The dress and cloak industry in Montreal began enjoying prosperity during the 1940s.
Montreal consisted of 8 locals (2 dress, 5 cloak, and 1 embroidery) headed by Bernard
Shane. The Montreal Joint Board was composed of Dressmakers' Local 262 and Dress Cutters
Local 205, whereas the cloakmakers functioned through the Joint Council (Locals 19,
43, 61, 112, and 342). During the 1940s, the industries expanded and contracts were
renewed. There were 7 locals in Toronto (5 in the cloakmakers' union and 2 in dress
and sportswear). The Toronto Cloak Joint Board consisted of the 5 cloak locals, while
Local 199 Sportswear Workers was also under the supervision of the Cloak Joint Board.
A number of recent retirements had left a shortage of workers in the industry. Hyman
Langer, who had been manager of the Board retired and Samuel Kraisman returned to
take his place, being re-elected in 1947. The Joint Council of the Dressmakers' Union
in Toronto was comprised of Locals 72 and 192 managed by Joseph Mack.
The Canada market soon expanded to include Winnipeg and Vancouver. In 1952, the Montreal
Dressmakers' union celebrated its 15th anniversary. Claude Jodoin was manager of the
Dressmakers' Union in the 1950s. He was also president of the Trades and Labor Council
of Montreal and vice-president (and later president) of the Trades and Labor Congress
of Canada. The 1950s also saw an expansion of benefits including retirement, vacation,
and health. Canada's first Union Health Center was dedicated in March 1955 in the
new headquarters of the Montreal ILGWU. In 1956 Sam Kraisman managed the Toronto Cloak
Joint Board, Joe Mack was manager of the Toronto Dressmakers, and Bernard Shane was
general organizer of Canada. A growing number of non- union shops began appearing
in smaller communities such as Saskatchewan and Alberta. In response, a large coast
to coast organizing drive across Canada began in 1955, with Samuel Herbst (manager
of Winnipeg Joint Board) as coordinator to bring the thousands of new workers into
the union.
By 1959, the cross-Canada campaign had organized more than 3,500 new members and
almost completely unionized the cloak industry in Canada. The 1960s saw a steadily
growing Canadian apparel industry and the spreading use of the union label. 1960 marked
the 50th anniversary for Toronto Cloakmakers' Union and 1962 the 25th anniversary
of Montreal Dressmakers' Union. A new ILGWU Center in Montreal opened in 1964 in the
middle of the garment area and also housed the ILGWU health center and welfare funds
offices. At the end of the decade, Bernard Shane was director of ILGWU Canada and
general manager for Montreal, the Montreal Dressmakers were managed by Maurice Manel
and the Montreal Cloak Board was led by Sam Liberman; Sam Kraisman managed the Toronto
Cloak Joint Board and Joseph Macks the Toronto Dress. Over the years, agreements for
shorter work weeks and cost of living raises were achieved. In September 1970, Kraisman
retired and the Dress and Cloak Boards of Toronto were merged into one unit under
Joseph Macks who had been managing the Dress Joint Board for over 30 years. Bernard
Shane retired in 1971, marking more than six decades with the ILGWU, nearly 40 of
those working in Canada. Si Bresner took over as manager of the ILGWU in Montreal,
becoming director of Canada and general manager of Montreal, with Maurice Manel manager
of the Montreal Dress and Sam Liberman manager of the Montreal Cloak Board. Joseph
Macks died in 1973, and William Villano became manager of the Toronto Cloak and Dress
Joint Board.
In 1976, 100 delegates across Canada voted to officially establish the Canadian Region
of the ILGWU, formalizing previously existing Canadian autonomy. ILGWU vice- president
Si Bresner was elected as the Canadian director. In 1977 Stephen Perkal became manager
of the Montreal Cloak Board and Luigi Infantino manager of the Quebec Province. Canadian
garment workers took part in mass demonstrations to fight against the increase of
foreign imports in Canada in 1977. In 1980, the Dress and Cloak Joint Boards of Montreal
were merged into a new Montreal Joint Board with Robert Fontaine becoming the new
general manager in the wake of Bresner's announced retirement in 1981.
After an investigation by the Quebec Federation of Labor in the fall of 1981, recommendations
for change and restructuring were recommended, with the QFL supervising the reform
to create a union more democratic and responsive to the approximately 15,000 members.
A meeting in March 1982 set the course for a restructuring and reorganization of the
union in Quebec. A group of union activists, the "Democratic Action League," had spent
years working toward an organization with a local leadership and active membership
participation in union policies and procedures. At the March 1982 meeting, Gilles
Gauthier became president of the ILGWU in Quebec and new by-laws were written. The
first formal constitutional convention of the Quebec Joint Council Quebec was in February
1983, and Gauthier was elected president.
At the end of the 1980s, Canada saw a drastic decline in textile and garment jobs,
losing hundreds of thousands of workers. Gauthier resigned from his posts in May 1984,
and was replaced by Gerald Roy. Roy was officially elected president of the Quebec
Joint Council and in 1986 elected Canadian director. Villano retired from Toronto
in 1986 and Herman Stewart was elected the new manager. Tino Ciampanelli was elected
president of the Quebec Joint Council in 1995. The North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) and the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) continued to contribute to
the loss of thousands of jobs in the garment industry in Canada.
The collection contains the records of the Toronto Dressmakers Joint Council and the
Toronto Cloak Joint Board. The earliest meeting minutes are from April 1, 1936 (first
meeting of the Provisional Council of the Dressmakers Union of Toronto), and S. Herbst
was chairman. The Joint Council minutes include listing of Joint Board and Executive
Board members (1936-1937). There was an operators branch, cutters branch, and pressers
branch, and each branch had a chairman, a joint council, and an executive board. The
minutes include office reports, committee work and appointments, discussions surrounding
particular dress shops and firms, and council decisions; reports on conditions in
the trade. The minutes date till October 1969.
There are also meeting minutes for the individual divisions or branches within the
Joint Council. Minutes are present for the Cutters, the first regular meeting was
held May 4, 1936 with B. Taradash as chairman (1936-1938). The cutters minutes of
local 192 (1941-1970) include meetings of the executive board, regular local, and
other committees. The first regular meeting of the Operators', Finishers and Drapers
(Local 72) was held May 4, 1936 with Morris Finer presiding (1936-1970). The Executive
Board of the Pressers Branch (Local 72) held its first session June 10, 1942. There
were also meetings for the Pressers Local, the minutes of the Executive Branch date
from 1942-1970. Additionally, there is a minute books for the Pressers Locals 68 and
92 (1962-1963) and just Local 92 (1934-1936; 1963-1970) in Yiddish. Other minute books
include: Cutters Local 83 (1930-1934), Cloakmakers' Local 14 (1931-1970) in Yiddish,
and Local 94 (1941-1944) in Yiddish.
Committees are also represented in the records, with minutes from the Office Committee
(1939-1970), Grievance Committee (1938-1940) and Grievance Board, Membership Committee
(1940-1941), Election Objection Committee (1940), and War Efforts Committee.
Founded in 1911, the Toronto Joint Board celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1936.
The earliest minutes in the collection date to 1928 and are in Yiddish, and appear
in Yiddish and English in 1947. The Toronto Cloak Makers' Union celebrated its 59th
anniversary in 1960, and was the oldest labor organization of garment workers in Canada.
Locals represented in the collection were those associated with the Joint Board. In
1934, the Cloak and Suit Makers' Union Joint Board consisted of Locals 14, 68, 92,
94 and 83. Later, the name was changed to the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Makers' Union.
In the 1940s, the Joint Council Dressmakers' Union was composed of Locals 72 and 192,
and by the 1960s, Sportswear Local 199 was added to the Joint Board. Managers of the
Joint Board included Bernard Shane; Abraham Kirzner, and Sam Kraisman S. Kraisman
(manager Toronto Joint Board as well as manager Toronto Sportswear Union and Cloak
Joint Board), with Joseph Macks manager of the Joint Council Dressmakers' Union in
the 1960s.
Subjects and topics covered in the collection include files on various firms that
did business in Canada and Toronto; union labels, including distributing to and charging
locals, the union label committee minutes, distribution of novelty items with the
union label, union label fashion shows, and advertising and promotion of the label.
And price lists for various shops listing prices for various occupations such as pressers,
operators, and finishers for specific years, categories and prices for specific seams
sewn and styles, as well as wages and increases are also available. There is also
information on the work with the Ukrainian Placement Committee to help relocate Ukrainian
tailors to Western Canada in 1948. Material on the Canadian Coordinating Conferences
includes the Dominion Planning and Coordinating Committee, which was to coordinate
the activities of the ILGWU Unions of Canada to promote collective bargaining, abolish
unfair and illegitimate competition, to establish uniformity of standards, maintain
a fair living wage, and protect the rights of labor. It consisted of eight representatives
from Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg and the national conferences were held yearly
beginning in 1941. The records contain reports from the conferences.
There is much in the collection illustrating the administrative operations in Toronto,
with departments such as the Auditing Department, which includes receipts and disbursements,
and audit reports, and the Health and Welfare Department (Adolph Held was Director
of the Health & Welfare Fund, Staff Retirement Fund, followed later by Louis Rolnick).
The Toronto Cloak Industry Sick Benefit Fund was established in 1943 during the time
H. Langer was manager of the Toronto Joint Board, with Dr. Price assigned to establish
the administration and procedure for the Sick Benefit Fund. A Joint Board of Trustees
was set up and composed of equal number of members of the Cloak Manufacturers Association
and the union. Additionally, a working committee composed of the Executive Director
of the Association and a union officer performed the daily duties of the Fund. The
role of the Fund and Working Committee expanded beyond the initial weekly benefit
payments to members, to include general medical examinations of the membership. Sick
Fund activity also included home and hospital visits, funeral attendance, and answering
questions. In 1951, the Retirement Fund for the Cloak Industry was established, which
occurred first in Toronto, and later throughout Canada. The Joint Board of the Sick
Benefit Fund also administered the Retirement Fund. Later, the Trustees came to establish
and administer a Severance Pay Fund. The records include trustee meetings and fund
reports. The Vacation Fund started in 1943 as well and by 1952 through negotiations
members were entitled two weeks paid vacation.
Other areas of Canada are also represented in the Joint Board records such as the
Montreal Joint Council and its supervisor Bernard Shane. Montreal Joint Council minutes
can also be found in collection 5780/030. There is also information for the Joint
Board Montreal Dressmakers' Union Locals 205 and 262, and Montreal Joint Board minutes
can also be found in collection 5780/029, and Montreal Joint Board records in collection
5780/116. The Winnipeg Joint Board Cloakmakers' Union was organized in 1935 with 500
members, and in the 1950s expanded to include 1600 members consisting of Locals 216,
237, and 304. Winnipeg Joint Board Cloakmakers Union organized in 1935 with 500 members
and manager S. Herbst, in the 1950s expanded to include 1600 members and the Joint
Board consisted of Locals 216, 237, 304.
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ILGWU Toronto Dressmakers Joint Council and Toronto Cloak Joint Board Records #5780/043.
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Toronto Dressmakers Joint Council.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Toronto Cloak Joint Board.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 14.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 68.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 72.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 83.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 92.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 94.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 192.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 199.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States
Women's clothing industry--Canada.
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States
Labor unions--Clothing workers--Canada.
Clothing workers -- United States
Clothing workers--Canada.
Industrial relations -- United States
Industrial relations--Canada.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Joint Council. Minutes. [folder 1 of 3]
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1936-1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Joint Council. Minutes. [folder 2 of 3]
|
1936-1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Joint Council. Minutes. [folder 3 of 3]
|
1936-1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Joint Council. Minutes.
|
1941-1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Joint Council. Minutes. [folder 1 of 2]
|
1943-1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Joint Council. Minutes. [folder 2 of 2]
|
1943-1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Joint Council. Minutes.
|
1947-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Cutters. Minutes.
|
1936-1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Operators, Finishers and Drapers. Minutes.
|
1936-1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Operators, Finishers and Drapers. Minutes.
|
1942-1951 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Operators, Finishers and Drapers. Minutes.
|
1952-1955 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Operators, Finishers, Drapers and Special Machine Operators Executive Board. Minutes.
|
1955-1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Office Committee. Minutes.
|
1939-1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Office Committee. Minutes.
|
1943-1949 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Office Committee. Minutes.
|
1950-1955 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Office Committee. Minutes. [folder 1 of 2]
|
1955-1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Office Committee. Minutes. [folder 2 of 2]
|
1955-1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Pressers. Minutes.
|
1942-1949 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Pressers. Minutes.
|
1950-1958 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Pressers. Minutes.
|
1952-1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Grievance Committee. Minutes.
|
1938-1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Membership Committee. Minutes.
|
1940-1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Election Objection Committee. Minutes.
|
1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Pressers. Minutes.
|
1936-1939 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cutters. Minutes.
|
1941-1943 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Cutters. Minutes.
|
1944-1947 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Cutters. Minutes.
|
1947-1954 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Cutters. Minutes.
|
1954-1958 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Cutters. Minutes.
|
1957-1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
The Voice of Labor/La Voce del Lavoro. [folder 1 of 3]
|
1965-1967 |
|
Scope and Contents
Italian
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
The Voice of Labor/La Voce del Lavoro. [folder 2 of 3]
|
1965-1967 |
|
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
The Voice of Labor/La Voce del Lavoro. [folder 3 of 3]
|
1965-1967 |
|
Scope and Contents
Italian
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence.
|
1941-1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Form Letters
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Miscellaneous
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
The Needle Worker. Vol. I, No.1- Vol. VI, No.5
|
1950-1957 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Joint Board. Minutes.
|
1928-1930 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Joint Board. Minutes.
|
1930-1932 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Joint Board. Minutes.
|
1933-1935 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Joint Board. Minutes.
|
1934-1934 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Joint Board. Minutes.
|
1935-1937 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 1 of 2]
|
1947-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 2 of 2]
|
1947-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 1 of 2]
|
1951-1953 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 2 of 2]
|
1951-1953 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence.
|
1966-1969 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 1 of 2]
|
1954-1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 2 of 2]
|
1945-1955 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 1 of 2]
|
1956-1959 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 2 of 2]
|
1956-1959 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 1 of 3]
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1960-1964 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 2 of 3]
|
1960-1964 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 3 of 3]
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1960-1964 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 1 of 2]
|
1965-1970 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 1 of 2]
|
1965-1970 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Joint Board. Minutes. [folder 2 of 2]
|
1965-1970 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Union Label [folder 1 of 2]
|
1961-1971 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Union Label [folder 2 of 2]
|
1961-1971 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
War Efforts Committee. Minutes.
|
1942 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Grievance Board. Minutes.
|
1940-1942 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Grievance Board. Minutes.
|
1949-1951 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Toronto Cloak and Suit Employees Sick Benefit Fund
|
1946-1948 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Cutters. Minutes.
|
1930-1931 |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Cutters. Minutes.
|
1933-1934 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Local 14. Minutes.
|
1931-1934 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Local 14. Minutes.
|
1934-1937 |
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Scope and Contents
Yiddish
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Local 14. Minutes.
|
1952-1965 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Local 14. Minutes.
|
1965-1970 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Local 94. Minutes.
|
1941-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Pressers Locals 68 and 92. Minutes.
|
1962-1963 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Local 92. Minutes.
|
1934-1936 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Local 92. Minutes.
|
1963-1970 |
|
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
|
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Canadian Coordinating Conferences
|
1941-1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Canadian Coordinating Conferences
|
1941-1942 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Canadian Coordinating Conferences
|
1942-1948 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Canadian Coordinating Conferences
|
1949-1954 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Canadian Coordinating Conferences
|
1954-1978 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Canadian Trades and Labour Congress
|
1954-1960 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Cases
|
1953-1965 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Displaced Persons
|
1947 |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Dubinsky, David
|
1931-1932 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Dubinsky, David
|
1933-1934 |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Dubinsky, David
|
1935-1939 |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Dubinsky, David
|
1942-1966 |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of Toronto Cloak Makers Union
|
1960 |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Firms
|
1941-1969 |
| Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Firms. Buchan-Sinclair Ltd. and Cole of California
|
1946-1968 |
| Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Firms. Exquisite Form Brassiere Co.
|
1967-1969 |
| Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Firms. Myers Dress Co. Ltd.
|
1974 |
| Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Firms. Sport rite Junior Ltd.
|
1949 |
| Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Firms. Walter H. Harmon Ltd.
|
1965-1969 |
| Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Firms. Windsor Textile Co. Ltd.
|
1955-1957 |
| Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Farm and Bergstein, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries
|
1965-1970 |
| Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Fur Workers Union
|
1958 |
| Box 6 | Folder 23 |
General Office
|
1933-1969 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
General Office, Auditing Dept.
|
1927-1956 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 |
General Office, Auditing Dept.
|
1933-1969 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Government Departments
|
1932-1955 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 |
Health and Welfare Dept.
|
1948-1967 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 |
Health and Welfare Dept.
|
1968-1972 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 |
Health, Welfare and Related Benefits [folder 1 of 7]
|
1950-1979 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 |
Health, Welfare and Related Benefits [folder 2 of 7]
|
1950-1979 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 |
Health, Welfare and Related Benefits [folder 3 of 7]
|
1950-1979 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 |
Health, Welfare and Related Benefits [folder 4 of 7]
|
1950-1979 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Health, Welfare and Related Benefits [folder 5 of 7]
|
1950-1979 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Health, Welfare and Related Benefits [folder 6 of 7]
|
1950-1979 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Health, Welfare and Related Benefits [folder 7 of 7]
|
1950-1979 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Impartial Chairman
|
1935-1951 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Impartial Chairman
|
1951-1962 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Ladies' Cloak and Suit Industry
|
1975-1977 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Macks, Joe
|
|
| Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Magerman and Page, Barristers & Solicitors
|
1962-1969 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Montreal Joint Council
|
1932-1937 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 |
Montreal Joint Council
|
1938-1941 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Montreal Joint Council
|
1942 |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Montreal Joint Council
|
1943-1950 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 |
Montreal Joint Council
|
1951-1954 |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 |
Montreal Joint Council
|
1955-1957 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 |
Montreal Joint Council
|
1958-1959 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Montreal Joint Council
|
1960 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 |
Montreal Joint Council and Dressmakers Joint Board
|
1961-1962 |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 |
Montreal Joint Council and Montreal Dressmakers Joint Board
|
1963-1964 |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 |
Montreal Joint Board
|
1965-1966 |
| Box 9 | Folder 9 |
Montreal Joint Council and Montreal Joint Board
|
1967-1968 |
| Box 9 | Folder 10 |
Montreal Joint Council and Montreal Joint Board
|
1969-1971 |
| Box 9 | Folder 11 |
Montreal Joint Council and Montreal Joint Board
|
1944-1968 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Montreal Health, Welfare and Retirement
|
1940-1970 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Ontario Federation of Labour
|
1969 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Ontario Labour Relations Board
|
1958 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Price Lists and Salary Lists
|
1940-1959 |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Price Lists [folder 1 of 3]
|
1940-1959 |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Price Lists [folder 2 of 3]
|
1940-1959 |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Price Lists [folder 3 of 3]
|
1940-1959 |
| Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Regional War Labour Board, Ontario
|
1942-1946 |
| Box 10 | Folder 9 |
Retirement Fund, Toronto Cloak and Suit Industry, Montreal
|
1948-1966 |
| Box 10 | Folder 10 |
Roebuck and Bagwell, Barristers, Solicitors & Notaries Public
|
1931-1950 |
| Box 10 | Folder 11 |
Impartial Chairman [folder 1 of 2]
|
1935-1948 |
| Box 10 | Folder 12 |
Impartial Chairman [folder 2 of 2]
|
1935-1948 |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Stulberg, Louis
|
1936-1964 |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Stulberg, Louis
|
1965-1969 |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Toronto Cloak Manufacturers Association
|
1935-1969 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Toronto Dress and Sportswear Manufacturers Association
|
1946-1970 |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Union Label Campaign
|
1961 |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 |
Windsor, Ontario
|
1966-1969 |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 |
Winnipeg, Manitoba
|
1934-1932 |
| Box 11 | Folder 8 |
Winnipeg, Manitoba
|
1950-1958 |