ILGWU. Legal Department photographs, 1967-1973
Collection Number: 5780/107 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU. Legal Department photographs, 1967-1973
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/107 P
Abstract:
This collection consists of photographs taken during the ILGWU strike against the
Kellwood Company between 1967 and 1972. Included are images of meetings and rallies,
as well as of the memorial service Eugene Hampton, an ILGWU member who was killed
during the strike.
Creator:
Siems, Frederick Rolle, 1915-
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in cities
in the northeastern United States, the ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership
size, 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. In 1995, the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial
and Textile Employees (UNITE).
From very early on in its existence, the ILGWU had need for legal counsel, and this
was handled in the union's main offices in cooperation with hired attorneys. As the
union grew and especially after the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, the union
found cause to establish a Legal Department. The department provided general legal
counsel to the union and its affiliates, worked to develop collective bargaining agreement
terms, and represented the ILGWU in litigation and arbitration. After the formation
of the Master Agreements Department in 1965, the responsibilities for developing CBA
terms shifted to the new department.
The Legal Department records do not comprehensively document the ILGWU legal activities,
instead focusing on specific cases or series of cases.
Two ILGWU cases are documented in the Legal Department records. The first case involved
the Kellwood Corporation, and the second involved the Donnelly Garment Company. The
records relating to the Kellwood case (5780/107, 5780/107 AV, 5780/107 P) include
court documents, correspondence and memoranda, surveys of strikers, organizing leaflets
and newsletters (from both the union and the company), Steve Honeyman's draft accounts
of the strike, audio and transcripts of Honeyman's interviews with ILGWU members and
staff, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other printed material. The Donnelly
Garment Company's case against the ILGWU is documented primarily through transcripts
of the case, legal briefs, and related court documents.
Records on series of cases are the most general and extensive of the Legal Department
records. They include records on ILGWU cases in the U.S. courts (5780/081), records
documenting cases before the National War Labor Board (5780/085), and records relating
to a wide variety contract negotiations, arbitration proceedings, and courts cases
(5780/063).
Researchers may find complementary material in the other parts of the ILGWU records,
such as the papers of the international leadership, especially the papers of ILGWU
presidents (Series IV); the records of local unions in instances where these affiliates
were involved in litigation or arbitration (Series III); and the collective bargaining
agreements (Series VI). Related collections at the Kheel Center include decisions
of the Coat and Suit Industry's Impartial Chairman (6036/015) and decisions of the
Dress Industry's Impartial Chairman (6036/017).
This collection consists of photographs taken during the ILGWU strike against the
Kellwood Company between 1967 and 1972. Included are images of meetings and rallies,
as well as of the memorial service Eugene Hampton. Hampton was an ILGWU member who
was killed during the strike.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU. Legal Department photographs #5780/107 P. Kheel Center for Labor- Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records 5780/107: ILGWU. Legal Department records 5780/107 AV: ILGWU. Legal Department audio-visual materials 5780/081: ILGWU. Legal Department records 5780/063: ILGWU. Legal Department records 5780/162: ILGWU. Legal Department. Donnelly Garment Company v. ILGWU records
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Legal Dept.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States
Clothing workers -- United States
Industrial relations -- United States
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
[Damage to cars]
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Photos requested by Kellwood
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
[Rallies]
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Scope and Contents
circa 1967
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Strike vote meeting
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Scope and Contents
Carpenter Hall, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Kellwood strike
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1967-1973 |
Scope and Contents
Includes picket, strike headquarters, and meeting with Congressman Mills
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Eugene Hampton memorial
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1972 |
Scope and Contents
Negatives
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Eugene Hampton memorial
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1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Eugene Hampton memorial
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1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Eugene Hampton memorial
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1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Clippings
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1972-1973 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Negatives
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