ILGWU. Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE) records,, 1976-1990.
Collection Number: 5780/151
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU. Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE) records, 1976-1990.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/151
Abstract:
Contains chronological correspondence files and financial records of the Professional
and Clerical Employees (PACE) of the ILGWU. Also included in this collection files
relating to hearings before the National Labor Relations Board regarding the organization
of workers of the Central Tax Bureau of Pennsylvania and the Burlington News Agency
(Burlington, Vermont); these files include correspondence, transcripts of hearings,
notes on visits to workers, and organizers' weekly reports.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Quanitities:
7 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.
Contains chronological correspondence files and financial records of the Professional
and Clerical Employees (PACE) of the ILGWU. Also included in this collection files
relating to hearings before the National Labor Relations Board regarding the organization
of workers of the Central Tax Bureau of Pennsylvania and the Burlington News Agency
(Burlington, Vermont); these files include correspondence, transcripts of hearings,
notes on visits to workers, and organizers' weekly reports.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU. Professional and Clerical Employees (PACE) records. 5780/151. Kheel Center
for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell
University.
5780. ILGWU records
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--United States.
Labor unions--Clothing workers--United States.
Clothing workers--United States.
Industrial relations--United States.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Gus Tyler. Letter to Brian.
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1982 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Victor Gotbaum
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1983 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Gus Tyler. Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
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1982 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Gus Tyler. Trouble on Fashion Avenue
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1983 |
Scope and Contents
August 1983. Document to channel 13.
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Gus Tyler. Deindustrialization of America
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1982 |
Scope and Contents
June 1982. New Leader.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Gus Tyler. A Global Strategy for the American Economy
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1982 |
Scope and Contents
October 1982. New Leader
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Gus Tyler. Governance of the International Economy.
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
June 1984.
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Gus Tyler. The Work Ethic: A Union View.
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1982 |
Scope and Contents
September 1982.
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Gus Tyler. "Crime Book." Chapter 1-7.
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1985 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Gus Tyler. "Crime Book." Chapter 8-15.
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
Includes second copy of chapter 11.
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Gus Tyler. Aspen Institute Article.
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1982 |
Scope and Contents
June 1982.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Gus Tyler. Response to Harrington's "A Path for America."
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1982 |
Scope and Contents
September 1982.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Gus Tyler. Labor's Vatican II.
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1985 |
Scope and Contents
May 1985.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
General Correspondence
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1976 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Administration of Funds
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1976 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Selections Committee
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1976 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
National Scholarship Fund
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1976 |
Scope and Contents
Winners and finalists
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Local Scholarship Fund
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1976 |
Scope and Contents
Justice story
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
GEB Scholarship Committee
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1977 |
Scope and Contents
November 10, 1977.
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
College Entrance Examination Board.
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1975 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 |
ILGWU. History
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Scholarship Clippings.
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1973-1976 |
Box 1 | Folder 23 |
National Scholarship Fund.
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1977 |
Scope and Contents
Winners and finalists
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Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Gus Tyler. Speech. Plains, Georgia.
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1976 |
Scope and Contents
September 8, 1976.
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Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Gus Tyler. Multinationals. Policy Plan for President Jimmy Carter.
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1976 |
Scope and Contents
September 14, 1976.
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Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Local Scholarship Fund
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1977 |
Scope and Contents
Justice story
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Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Scholarship Fund Convention Report
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1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 28 |
General Correspondence
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1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Selections Committee
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1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 30 |
GEB Scholarship Committee
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1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Administration of Funds
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1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Burlington News Agency. General. [folder 1 of 3]
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1989 |
Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Burlington News Agency. General. [folder 2 of 3]
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1989 |
Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Burlington News Agency. General. [folder 3 of 3]
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1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Burlington News Agency. Employee Handbook.
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1980 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Burlington News Agency. Employee Handbook.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
3 copies.
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Burlington News Agency. Issues. Salesmen
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Burlington News Agency. Corporate.
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1986-1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Colatrella, Steven. Weekly Reports.
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1990 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Torres, Noemi. Weekly Reports.
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1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Torres, Noemi. Weekly Reports.
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1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Torres, Noemi. Weekly Reports.
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1990 |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Watson, Rowena. Weekly Reports
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1988-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Koth, Bob. Weekly Reports.
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1988-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Hoffman, Ann. Expenses.
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1987 |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Hoffman, Ann. Expenses.
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1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Torres, Noemi. Expenses.
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1988-1990 |
Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Koth, Bob. Expenses.
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1988-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Watson, Rowena. Expenses.
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1988-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Marcus, Hilary. Expenses.
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1987-1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Powers, Joanne. Expenses.
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1987-1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Colatrella, Steven. Expenses.
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1989 |
Box 3 |
Membership Contact Information Cards. Vermont.
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Scope and Contents
3x5 index cards. Filed loose in box, no order.
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Central Tax Bureau. Clippings.
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1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Central Tax Bureau. Company Leaflets.
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1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Central Tax Bureau. Complaints.
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1990-1991 |
Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Central Tax Bureau. Contract Requests.
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1984-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Central Tax Bureau. Conversations with Lawyers.
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1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Central Tax Bureau. Corporate Headquarters.
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1988-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Central Tax Bureau. Corporate Information
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1975-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Central Tax Bureau. Expenses.
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1989-1990 |
Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Central Tax Bureau. Stewards Training.
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1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Central Tax Bureau. Du Bois, PA. [folder 1 of 2]
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1989-1990 |
Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Central Tax Bureau. Du Bois, PA. [folder 2 of 2]
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1989-1990 |
Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Central Tax Bureau. Du Bois, PA. Unfair Labor Practices.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
November 27, 1989
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Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Central Tax Bureau. Bargaining.
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1990 |
Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Central Tax Bureau. Election Petitions.
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1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Central Tax Bureau. General.
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1988-1989 |
Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Central Tax Bureau. Hot.
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1989 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Central Tax Bureau. Human Resources and Profit Association. [folder 1 of 3]
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1986-1990 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Central Tax Bureau. Human Resources and Profit Association. [folder 2 of 3]
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1986-1990 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Central Tax Bureau. Human Resources and Profit Association. [folder 3 of 3]
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1986-1990 |
Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Central Tax Bureau. Employer Proposals.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
October 31, 1989.
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Central Tax Bureau. Employer Proposals.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
November 20, 1989
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Central Tax Bureau. Mediator's Proposals.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
December 4, 1989.
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Central Tax Bureau. Employer Proposals.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
January 3-4, 1990.
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Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Central Tax Bureau. Employer Proposals.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
January 23, 1990.
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Central Tax Bureau. Admitted Exhibits. [folder 1 of 2]
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1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Central Tax Bureau. Admitted Exhibits. [folder 2 of 2]
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1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Central Tax Bureau. Hoffman, Ann. Affidavit and Attachments.
|
1989-1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Central Tax Bureau. Bargaining Notes.
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1989-1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Central Tax Bureau. Correspondence. Bonus Plan.
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1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Central Tax Bureau. Bruno, Arthur. Bargaining Notes
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1989-1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 7 |
White, Delia.
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1988 |
Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Watson, Rowena.
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1988-1989 |
Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Tuckey, Cherie.
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1989-1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Torres, Noemi.
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1987-1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Stanford, Catherine.
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1988 |
Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Smith, Donna.
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1989 |
Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Saidenberg, Jocelyn.
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1988 |
Box 5 | Folder 14 |
Romagosa, Frank A.
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Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Powers, Joanne.
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1987-1991 |
Box 5 | Folder 16 |
Marcus, Hilary.
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1987-1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 17 |
Koth, Robert.
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1988-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Hoffman, Ann. Expenses.
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1989-1991 |
Box 5 | Folder 18 |
Hensler, Benjamin.
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1988 |
Box 5 | Folder 19 |
Harris, Amy.
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1985-1989 |
Box 5 | Folder 20 |
Hamilton, Sean.
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1989-1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 21 |
Garrett, Richard.
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1989-1991 |
Box 5 | Folder 22 |
Downey, Kathleen [Katie].
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1987-1991 |
Box 5 | Folder 23 |
Donovan, Jennifer.
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1990-1991 |
Box 5 | Folder 24 |
Dombrowski, Jennifer.
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1988-1989 |
Box 5 | Folder 25 |
Crosby, Laura.
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1987-1988 |
Box 5 | Folder 26 |
Colatrella, Steven.
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1989-1991 |
Box 5 | Folder 27 |
Bisno, Neal.
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1990 |
Box 5 | Folder 28 |
Beutin, Sita.
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1987-1989 |
Box 5 | Folder 29 |
Archangelo, Melanie.
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1989-1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Central Tax Bureau. Mailing List.
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1988-1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Central Tax Bureau. Materials for Briefs.
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1975-1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Central Tax Bureau. Correspondence. Miscellaneous.
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Central Tax Bureau. Negotiations. [folder 1 of 3]
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Central Tax Bureau. Negotiations. [folder 2 of 3]
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Central Tax Bureau. Negotiations. [folder 3 of 3]
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Central Tax Bureau. Negotiations.
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1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Central Tax Bureau. Negotiations. Current.
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Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Central Tax Bureau. Objections.
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Central Tax Bureau. PACE Leaflets.
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Central Tax Bureau. Penn Hills
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1989-1991 |
Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Central Tax Bureau. Penn Hills. Unfair Labor Practices.
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1989-1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Central Tax Bureau. Penn Hills. Eiler, Julie.
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1990-1991 |
Scope and Contents
Unfair Labor Practices.
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Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Central Tax Bureau. Settlement.
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1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Central Tax Bureau. Smollinger, Linda.
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Central Tax Bureau. Strategy.
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Central Tax Bureau. Trial Preparation.
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1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Central Tax Bureau. Insurance.
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Central Tax Bureau. Agreements. Initialed.
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Central Tax Bureau. Negotiations. Minutes.
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1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Central Tax Bureau. Unfair Labor Practices. New Bargaining.
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1989-1990 |
Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Central Tax Bureau. Unfair Labor Practices. Case 6-CA-21863
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1989 |
Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
December 1990.
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Box 6 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
November 1990.
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Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
October 1990.
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Box 6 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
September 1990.
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Box 6 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
August 1990.
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Box 6 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
July 1990.
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Box 6 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
June 1990.
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Box 6 | Folder 30 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
May 1990.
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Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
April 1990.
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Box 7 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
March 1990.
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Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
February 1990.
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Box 7 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence.
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1990 |
Scope and Contents
January 1990.
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Box 7 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence.
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
December 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
November 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
October 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
September 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
August 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
July 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence.
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
June 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
May 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
April 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence.
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
March 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence.
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
February 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence.
|
1989 |
Scope and Contents
January 1989.
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Box 7 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
December 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
November 1988
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Box 7 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
October 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
September 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
August 1988
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Box 7 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
July 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
June 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
May 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
April 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
March 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
February 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence.
|
1988 |
Scope and Contents
January 1988.
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Box 7 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence.
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
December 1987.
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Box 7 | Folder 30 |
Correspondence.
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
November 1987
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Box 7 | Folder 31 |
Correspondence.
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
October 1987.
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Box 7 | Folder 32 |
Correspondence.
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
September 1987.
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Box 7 | Folder 33 |
Correspondence.
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
August 1987.
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Box 7 | Folder 34 |
Correspondence.
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
July 1987.
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Box 7 | Folder 35 |
Correspondence.
|
1987 |
Scope and Contents
June 1987.
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Box 8 | Folder 1 |
American Express.
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1987-1988 |
Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Champlain Valley Central Labor Council.
|
1989 |
Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Checks Pending.
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1987-1988 |
Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Child Care. General.
|
1989 |
Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Child Care. Vermont.
|
1989 |
Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Community.
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1987-1988 |
Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Expenses. General.
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1988-1989 |
Scope and Contents
July 1988 - February 1989.
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Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Expenses. General.
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
January - June 1988
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Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Expenses. General.
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
August - December 1987.
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Box 8 | Folder 10 |
Legislation.
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1989-1990 |
Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Media
|
1988 |
Box 8 | Folder 12 |
Vermont Politics.
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1987-1988 |
Box 8 | Folder 13 |
Norwich VC
|
1986 |
Box 8 | Folder 14 |
St. Michaels College.
|
1989 |
Box 8 | Folder 15 |
Vermont and Region Targets and Union Information.
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1987-1988 |
Box 8 | Folder 16 |
VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) Workshop.
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1988 |