ILGWU Health and Safety Department Records, 1953-1998
Collection Number: 5780/208

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

ILGWU Health and Safety Department Records, 1953-1998

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives

Collection Number:

5780/208

Abstract:

The collection contains company files, training files, and subject files that include information on workplace hazards, standards and studies, and other health and safety programs.

Creator:

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

Quanitities:

16 cubic feet

Language:

Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

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.

Biographical / Historical

The Health and Safety Department was established in 1980 by the ILGWU to research health and safety hazards in the workplace, lead training programs on occupational safety for members as well as unorganized workers, and provide technical assistance relating to workplace safety. With partial financial support from the Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Health and Safety Department offered programming to ILGWU regions, locals, and affiliates, as well as for unorganized workers in the garment industry.

Arranged alphabetically by name, the company files document the Health and Safety Department's participation in the investigation and improvement of conditions in workplaces around the country, including correspondence, memoranda, and reports on shops. The Health and Safety Department also maintains several subseries of subject files: one was on workplace hazards; these are arranged alphabetically by industry. A second was a general subject file that included topics relating to the routine business and research of the department; these are arranged alphabetically by topic. The third is constituted of the health and safety organizations of other unions, as well as unions outside of the United States. The final series contains training materials, including files pertaining to specific trainings, files of handouts on specific workplace hazards, and files of graphics and originals used in the production of the department's training materials and publications.

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

ILGWU Health and Safety Department Records #5780/208. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records

SUBJECTS

Names:

Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Health and Safety Dept

Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Dye House Workers International Union

Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees

UNITE HERE (Organization)

Subjects:

Laundry workers -- Labor unions

Textile workers -- Labor unions

Clothing workers -- Labor unions

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 1	Ace Plastics Brooklyn, New York	1991-1992
Box 1	Folder 2	A&K Knitting Farmingdale, New York	1994
Box 1	Folder 3	Alle Processing Brooklyn, New York	1988-1993
Box 1	Folder 4	Alle Processing Brooklyn, New York	1994
Box 1	Folder 5	Ames INC.	1992
Box 1	Folder 6	Anne Klein- Local 10 (Project)	1990-1991
Box 1	Folder 7	Anne Klein-Local 10 (Project)	1990-1991
Box 1	Folder 8	Anne Klein- Local 10 (Project)	1990-1991
		Scope and Contents Confidential (medical); work and health questionnaires
Box 1	Folder 9	Apex Paper Box Company Cleveland, Ohio	1990-1991
Box 1	Folder 10	Archer Rubber Milford, Massachusetts	1987-1994
Box 1	Folder 11	Archer Rubber Milford, Massachusetts	1987-1994
Box 1	Folder 12	Archer Rubber Milford, Massachusetts	1987-1994
Box 1	Folder 13	Archer Rubber Milford, Massachusetts, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Files	1987-1993
Box 1	Folder 14	Archer Rubber Milford, Massachusetts, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Files	1987-1993
Box 1	Folder 15	Archer Rubber Milford, Massachusetts, DOSH Files	1987
Box 1	Folder 16	A& S Speedmark, Secaucus, New Jersey	1989-1992
Box 1	Folder 17	Avant Modes, Bronx, New York	1992
Box 1	Folder 18	Avon Home Fashions. Boston, Massachusetts	1992-1994
Box 1	Folder 19	Barsew Atlantic Apparel, Lehighton. Pennsylvania	1995
Box 1	Folder 20	Bay State Curtain, Fitchburg, Massachusetts	1989
Box 1	Folder 21	Bay State Smelting, Somerville, Massachusetts	1991-1992
Box 1	Folder 22	Bay State Smelting, Somerville, Massachusetts	1991-1992
Box 1	Folder 23	Bay State Smelting, Somerville, Massachusetts	1991-1992
Box 1	Folder 24	Bennington Pottery, Bennington, Vermont	1993-1994
Box 1	Folder 25	Bennington Pottery, Bennington, Vermont	1993-1994
		Scope and Contents Photos and Negatives
Box 1	Folder 26	Bergdorf Goodman, New York, New York	1994
Box 1	Folder 27	Brentwood Optical Company, Jersey City, New Jersey	1995
Box 1	Folder 28	Bridgeton Knitting Mill, Bridgeton, Maine	1991-1995
Box 1	Folder 29	Bridgeton Knitting Mill, Bridgeton, Maine	1991-1995
Box 2	Folder 1	Bridgeton Knitting Mills, Bridgeton, Maine, worker health surveys	1992
		Scope and Contents confidential
Box 2	Folder 2	Bridgeton Knitting Mills, Bridgeton, Maine, worker health surveys	1992
		Scope and Contents confidential
Box 2	Folder 3	Bridgeton Knitting Mills, Bridgeton, Maine, worker health surveys	1992
		Scope and Contents confidential
Box 2	Folder 4	BTF Corporation, East Rutherford, New Jersey	1990
Box 2	Folder 5	Butler MacDonald, Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania	1989
Box 2	Folder 6	Calvin Klein, New York, New York	1993-1994
Box 2	Folder 7	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine	1986
Box 2	Folder 8	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Company Information	1953-1985
Box 2	Folder 9	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Clippings	1985-1987
Box 2	Folder 10	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine	1986-1988
Box 2	Folder 11	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine	1986-1988
Box 2	Folder 12	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Chemical Lists	1986
Box 2	Folder 13	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)	1973-1992
Box 2	Folder 14	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)	1973-1992
Box 2	Folder 15	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)	1973-1992
Box 2	Folder 16	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine	1985-1988
Box 2	Folder 17	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine	1986
Box 2	Folder 18	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Meeting attendance	1983-1986
Box 2	Folder 19	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, data for union	1983-1989
Box 2	Folder 20	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, data for union	1983-1989
Box 2	Folder 21	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine	1986-1988
Box 2	Folder 22	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act	1953-1988
Box 2	Folder 23	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Material Safety Data Sheets	1984-1988
Box 2	Folder 24	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine, Material Safety Data Sheets	1984-1988
Box 2	Folder 25	Camden Tannery, Camden, Maine	1988
		Scope and Contents confidential; health and safety surveys
Box 2	Folder 26	Chemi-Coating, Walden, New York	1981-1983
Box 2	Folder 27	Columbia Tanning, Brockton, Massachusetts	1989-1994
Box 2	Folder 28	Chadwick/Hit or Miss, Boston Massachusetts`	1994
Box 2	Folder 29	Liz Claiborne	1991-1992
Box 2	Folder 30	Codman Company, Rockland, Massachusetts	1994
Box 2	Folder 31	Continental extrusion, fire training
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 2	Folder 32	Dauman Recycling, Carteret, New Jersey	1991-1993
Box 2	Folder 33	Dauman Recycling, Carteret, New Jersey	1991-1993
		Scope and Contents SSNS
Box 2	Folder 34	Debbie Sue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	1995
Box 2	Folder 35	DeMoulin Brothers, Greenville, Illinois	1992
		Scope and Contents medical
Box 2	Folder 36	DeMoulin Brothers, Greenville, Illinois, safety surveys
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 2	Folder 37	Domsey, Brooklyn, New York, organizing	1989-1990
Box 2	Folder 38	Dynamic Plastics, East Elmhurst, New York	1988-1990
Box 3	Folder 1	Eastland Woolen Mill, Corinna, Maine	1991-1992
Box 3	Folder 2	Eastland Woolen Mill, Corinna, Maine	1991-1992
Box 3	Folder 3	Eastland Woolen Mill, Corinna, Maine, anonymous, health and safety questionnaire	1992
		Scope and Contents SSNS; medical
Box 3	Folder 4	Emsig Manufacturing, safety policy	1993
Box 3	Folder 5	Emsig Manufacturing, Hudson, New York	1990-1994
Box 3	Folder 6	Emsig Manufacturing, Hudson, New York	1990-1994
Box 3	Folder 7	Emsig Manufacturing, Hudson, New York	1990-1994
Box 3	Folder 8	Emsig Manufacturing, Hudson, New York	1990-1994
Box 3	Folder 9	Emsig Manufacturing, Villas, New Jersey	1991-1994
Box 3	Folder 10	Emsig Manufacturing, Villas, New Jersey	1991-1994
Box 3	Folder 11	Emsig Manufacturing, Villas, New Jersey	1991-1994
Box 3	Folder 12	Emsig Manufacturing, Villas, New Jersey, Rodriguez, Carlos	1992
		Scope and Contents medical
Box 3	Folder 13	Emsig Manufacturing, Villas, New Jersey, Rodriguez, Carlos	1992
		Scope and Contents medical
Box 3	Folder 14	Enbee Plastics, New York, New York	1991-1994
Box 3	Folder 15	Evan Picone, North Bergen, New Jersey	1983-1991
Box 3	Folder 16	Futuramik, Hartford, Connecticut	1991-1995
Box 3	Folder 17	Futuramik, Hartford, Connecticut	1991-1995
Box 3	Folder 18	Futuramik, Hartford, Connecticut	1991-1995
Box 3	Folder 19	Futuramik, Hartford, Connecticut	1991-1995
Box 3	Folder 20	Futuramik, Hartford, Connecticut	1991-1995
Box 3	Folder 21	Futuramik, Hartford, Connecticut	1991-1995
Box 3	Folder 22	Gary Plastics, Bronx, New York	1994
Box 3	Folder 23	Gelberg Braid/Tamber Kuits, New York, New York	1993-1994
Box 3	Folder 24	D. Glasgow and Sons, Perth Amboy, New Jersey	1993
Box 3	Folder 25	Great American Products, Chicago, Illinois	1992-1994
Box 3	Folder 26	Hartford Faience, Hartford, Connecticut	1990
Box 3	Folder 27	Louis Hornick and Company, Local 155, Haverstraw, New York	1989-1990
Box 3	Folder 28	Louis Hornick and Company, Local 155, Haverstraw, New York	1989-1990
Box 4	Folder 1	Hygiene Industries, Sardis, Mississippi	1992
Box 4	Folder 2	Hygiene Industries, Vienna, Ohio, citation	1991-1992
Box 4	Folder 3	Hygiene Industries, Vienna, Ohio, citation	1991-1992
Box 4	Folder 4	Hygiene Industries, Vienna, Ohio, clippings	1991
Box 4	Folder 5	Hygiene Industries, Vienna, Ohio	1989-1992
Box 4	Folder 6	Hygiene Industries, Vienna, Ohio	1989-1992
Box 4	Folder 7	Hygiene Industries, Vienna, Ohio	1989-1992
Box 4	Folder 8	Hygiene Industries, Vienna, Ohio	1991
Box 4	Folder 9	Hygiene Industries, Vienna, Ohio, chemical, fire hazards	1990
Box 4	Folder 10	Isratex	1992
Box 4	Folder 11	J.C. and Me, Holsople, Pennsylvania	1992-1993
Box 4	Folder 12	Jena Bridal, New York, New York	1984
Box 4	Folder 13	J.H. Collectibles, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1991-1995
Box 4	Folder 14	J.H. Collectibles, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1991-1995
Box 4	Folder 15	J.H. Collectibles, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1991-1995
Box 4	Folder 16	Kids-R-US, organizing, warehouse, New Jersey	1988-1989
		Scope and Contents health and safety questionnaires
Box 4	Folder 17	K-Mart, Groveport, Ohio	1990-1993
Box 4	Folder 18	K-Mart, Groveport, Ohio	1990-1993
Box 4	Folder 19	Koret, San Francisco, California	1993-1995
Box 4	Folder 20	Lechters, INC., Harrison, New Jersey, Guillen, Jose	1991-1994
Box 4	Folder 21	Leslie Fay	1991-1994
Box 4	Folder 22	Leslie Fay	1991-1994
Box 4	Folder 23	Leslie Fay	1991-1994
Box 4	Folder 24	Leslie Fay	1991-1994
Box 4	Folder 25	Leslie Fay	1994
		Scope and Contents confidential; symptoms survey
Box 4	Folder 26	Leslie Fay, medical, White, Connie	1994
		Scope and Contents medical
Box 4	Folder 27	Leslie Fay, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	1991-1994
Box 4	Folder 28	Leslie Fay, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	1991-1994
Box 4	Folder 29	Leslie Fay, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	1991-1994
		Scope and Contents SSNS
Box 4	Folder 30	Leslie Fay, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	1992-1994
		Scope and Contents medical documents
Box 4	Folder 31	Mademoiselle	1992-1997
Box 4	Folder 32	Mademoiselle	1992-1997
Box 4	Folder 33	Made-Rite, New York, New York	1990-1995
Box 4	Folder 34	Maidenform	1990-1991
Box 4	Folder 35	Maidenform	1990-1991
Box 5	Folder 1	Maidenform	1988-1990
Box 5	Folder 2	Maidenform	1988-1990
		Scope and Contents medical
Box 5	Folder 3	Malden Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts, Health and Safety Committee	1989-1994
Box 5	Folder 4	Malden Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts, Health and Safety Committee	1989-1994
Box 5	Folder 5	Malden Mills, general	1980-1996
Box 5	Folder 6	Malden Mills, general	1980-1996
Box 5	Folder 7	Malden Mills, general	1993-1994
Box 5	Folder 8	Malden Mills, general	1993-1994
Box 5	Folder 9	Malden Mills, Glenn Street	1993-1994
Box 5	Folder 10	Malden Mills, Hudson Mills	1994
Box 5	Folder 11	Malden Mills, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)	1993-1995
Box 5	Folder 12	Marcraft, Local 155, warehouse, Elmsford, New York	1990
Box 5	Folder 13	Mariners-Astubeco, Edgewater, New Jersey	1986-1994
Box 5	Folder 14	Mariners-Astubeco, Edgewater, New Jersey	1986-1994
Box 5	Folder 15	Mariners-Astubeco, Edgewater, New Jersey	1986-1994
Box 5	Folder 16	Marsh Allen, Cleveland, Ohio, organizing	1990
Box 5	Folder 17	MCF Industries, Drive, lead, degreasers	1985
Box 5	Folder 18	Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Maryland	1988-1992
Box 5	Folder 19	Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Maryland
		Scope and Contents safety and health hazards in warehouses surveys; no date
Box 5	Folder 20	Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Maryland
		Scope and Contents safety and health hazards in warehouses survey; no date
Box 5	Folder 21	Metropolitan Fashion Council, Brooklyn, New York	1991-1993
Box 5	Folder 22	Miss Elaine, Bristow, Oklahoma	1990
Box 5	Folder 23	Monette Casuals, Avenal, New Jersey	1994
Box 5	Folder 24	Monterey Mills, Wisconsin	1986-1987
Box 5	Folder 25	M.S. Schmalburg, New York, New York	1992
Box 5	Folder 26	Multicolor	1993
Box 5	Folder 27	Nessor Alloy	1990-1991
Box 5	Folder 28	Paterson Laundry and Dye, Paterson, New Jersey	1992
Box 5	Folder 29	Personality Handkerchiefs, Newark, New Jersey	1990
Box 5	Folder 30	Plastonics, Hartford, Connecticut	1992-1995
Box 5	Folder 31	Plastonics, Hartford, Connecticut	1992-1995
Box 5	Folder 32	Plastonics, Hartford, Connecticut	1992-1995
Box 6	Folder 1	Plastonics, Hartford, Connecticut, notes on walkthroughs and safety meetings	1992-1995
Box 6	Folder 2	Plastonics, Hartford, Connecticut, notes on walkthroughs and safety meetings	1992-1995
Box 6	Folder 3	Plastonics, Hartford, Connecticut, Plastonics News and Organize	1992
Box 6	Folder 4	Plastonics, Hartford, Connecticut, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations, complaints, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) complaint	1992-1993
Box 6	Folder 5	Princeton Hosiery Mill, Princeton, Kentucky, organizing	1987-1989
Box 6	Folder 6	Pymm Thermometer Corporation, Brooklyn, New York	1986
		Scope and Contents medical
Box 6	Folder 7	Pymm Thermometer Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, news	1986
Box 6	Folder 8	Pymm Thermometer Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Citations	1981-1986
Box 6	Folder 9	Pymm Thermometer Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), New York Department of Health (DOH) and Division of Industrial Hygiene (DOIH) Records	1971-1985
Box 6	Folder 10	Pymm Thermometer Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), New York Department of Health (DOH) and Division of Industrial Hygiene (DOIH) Records	1971-1985
Box 6	Folder 11	Pymm Thermometer Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), New York Department of Health (DOH) and Division of Industrial Hygiene (DOIH) Records	1971-1985
Box 6	Folder 12	Pymm Thermometer Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, worker tests, general information	1986
		Scope and Contents medical
Box 6	Folder 13	Rainfare
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 6	Folder 14	Recycling Consulting Group, West Haven, Connecticut	1994
Box 6	Folder 15	Regal Originals, New York, New York	1990
Box 6	Folder 16	Ridge Printing, Ridgefield, New Jersey	1992
Box 6	Folder 17	Robinson Manufacturing, Oxford, Maine	1987
Box 6	Folder 18	Roxanne, Neptune, New Jersey	1992
Box 6	Folder 19	Revelation Bra Company, Boston, Massachusetts	1993
Box 6	Folder 20	RussTogs, Long Island City, New York, medical surveys, September 8	1989
Box 6	Folder 21	RussTogs, Long Island City, New York	1989-1991
		Scope and Contents medical
Box 6	Folder 22	RussTogs, Long Island City, New York	1985-1990
Box 6	Folder 23	RussTogs, Long Island City, New York	1985-1990
Box 6	Folder 24	Sawyers of Napa, California	1992
Box 6	Folder 25	Scotty's Fashions/Kresgeville Manufacturing, Kresgeville, Pennsylvania	1989-1993
Box 6	Folder 26	Shore Plastics, Freeport, New York	1993
Box 6	Folder 27	Shumsky, New York, New York	1993
Box 6	Folder 28	Shumsky, New York, New York	1993
Box 6	Folder 29	Shumsky, New York, New York	1991-1993
		Scope and Contents medical records
Box 6	Folder 30	Shumsky, New York, New York	1991-1993
		Scope and Contents medical records
Box 6	Folder 31	Shumsky, New York, New York, lead problems	1991-1992
Box 6	Folder 32	Shumsky, New York, New York, lead problems	1991-1992
Box 7	Folder 1	S.K. Plastics, Brooklyn, New York	1992
Box 7	Folder 2	Smoler Brothers, Herrin, Illinois	1993
Box 7	Folder 3	Tama Manufacturing, Northampton, Pennsylvania	1992-1994
Box 7	Folder 4	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut	1987-1994
Box 7	Folder 5	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut	1987-1994
Box 7	Folder 6	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut	1987-1994
Box 7	Folder 7	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut	1994-1995
Box 7	Folder 8	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut, clippings	1987-1994
Box 7	Folder 9	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut, contract	1987
Box 7	Folder 10	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) Training	1987-1990
Box 7	Folder 11	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut, training material	1987-1989
Box 7	Folder 12	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations	1987
Box 7	Folder 13	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut, testing and surveillance program	1987
Box 7	Folder 14	Uretek, New Haven, Connecticut, worker's compensation	1987
Box 7	Folder 15	Valerie Fashions, Wind gap, Pennsylvania	1982-1998
Box 7	Folder 16	Vanguard Military Equipment, Long Island City, New York	1991-1993
Box 7	Folder 17	Vinylaire Windows	1991-1992
Box 7	Folder 18	West Helena Sportswear, West Helena, Arkansas	1992-1993
Box 7	Folder 19	Wirt Inflatables Specialists, Elizabeth, West Virginia	1983
Box 7	Folder 20	Woolrich Mills, Woolrich, Pennsylvania	1988
Box 7	Folder 21	Woolrich Mills, Woolrich, Pennsylvania, organizing	1981-1988
Box 7	Folder 22	Woolrich Mills, Woolrich, Pennsylvania, organizing	1981-1988
Box 7	Folder 23	Garment Industry hazards, fact sheets	1980-1994
Box 7	Folder 24	new technology in the garment industry	1986-1995
Box 7	Folder 25	new technology in the garment industry	1986-1995
Box 7	Folder 26	new technology in the garment industry	1986-1995
Box 8	Folder 1	General health and safety	1972-1981
Box 8	Folder 2	Hairdressers	1980
Box 8	Folder 3	High tech	1981-1987
Box 8	Folder 4	High tech	1981-1987
Box 8	Folder 5	High tech	1981-1987
Box 8	Folder 6	Leather, belts, Material Safety Data Sheets and information	1976-1995
Box 8	Folder 7	Meatpacking industry	1984-1992
Box 8	Folder 8	Meatpacking industry	1984-1992
Box 8	Folder 9	Miscellaneous industries	1976-1991
Box 8	Folder 10	Plastics	1972-1991
Box 8	Folder 11	Plastics	1972-1991
Box 8	Folder 12	Plastics	1972-1991
Box 8	Folder 13	Rubber workers	1980-1990
Box 8	Folder 14	Screen-printing	1978-1985
Box 8	Folder 15	Shipyard safety	1980-1995
Box 8	Folder 16	Warehouses	1978-1992
Box 8	Folder 17	Warehouses	1978-1992
Box 8	Folder 18	Warehouses	1978-1992
Box 8	Folder 19	Warehouses	1978-1992
Box 8	Folder 20	Forklifts	1978-1991
Box 8	Folder 21	Forklifts	1978-1991
Box 8	Folder 22	Forklifts	1978-1991
Box 9	Folder 1	Access Standard	1983-1988
		Scope and Contents Access to employee exposure and medical records
Box 9	Folder 2	Access Standard, administrative activity	1998
Box 9	Folder 3	Access Standard, information fact sheets	1988
Box 9	Folder 4	Access Standard, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions	1979-1982
Box 9	Folder 5	Access Standard. Sample letters and leaflets
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 9	Folder 6	Air Containment Standard	1995
Box 9	Folder 7	Asbestos Standard	1986-1991
Box 9	Folder 8	Blood borne pathogens standard	1991-1992
Box 9	Folder 9	Emergency Temporary Standard, petition	1991-1992
Box 9	Folder 10	Epidemiological studies, spontaneous abortions research	1978-1982
Box 9	Folder 11	Epidemiological studies, epidemiology	1979-1989
Box 9	Folder 12	Epidemiological studies, Harvard	1980-1981
Box 9	Folder 13	Epidemiological studies, Harvard, McCunney, formaldehyde	1981
Box 9	Folder 14	Epidemiological studies, job stress, heart disease, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) study	1981-1983
Box 9	Folder 15	Epidemiological studies, Harvard, musculo-skeletal, Prunett/Keyserling	1978-1982
Box 9	Folder 16	Epidemiological studies, National Cancer Institute, environmental	1981
Box 9	Folder 17	Epidemiological studies, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) research studies	1985
Box 9	Folder 18	Epidemiological studies, occupational disease in California	1979
Box 9	Folder 19	Epidemiological studies, occupational physician Goldman, Rose	1981
Box 9	Folder 20	Epidemiological studies, occupational studies	1991
Box 9	Folder 21	Epidemiological studies, soft tissue disorders of upper limbs of women garment workers, Purnett	1985
Box 9	Folder 22	Epidemiological studies, soft tissue disorders of upper limbs of women garment workers, Purnett	1985
Box 9	Folder 23	Epidemiological studies, Steven Stellman Study	1992
Box 9	Folder 24	Epidemiological studies, summer interns, Tufts University	1980-1983
Box 9	Folder 25	Epidemiological studies, Tufts University School of Medicine	1981-1983
Box 9	Folder 26	Epidemiological studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst	1982
Box 9	Folder 27	Ergonomic Standard, Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking	1991-1993
Box 9	Folder 28	Ergonomic Standard, Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking	1991-1993
Box 9	Folder 29	Ergonomic Standard, California draft standard	1994
Box 9	Folder 30	Ergonomic Standard, California draft standard	1994
Box 9	Folder 31	Ergonomic Standard, California standard	1993-1995
Box 9	Folder 32	Ergonomic Standard, California standard	1993-1995
Box 9	Folder 33	Ergonomic Standard, guidelines/regulations	1986-1995
Box 9	Folder 34	Ergonomic Standard, materials	1995
Box 9	Folder 35	Ergonomic Standard, materials	1995
Box 10	Folder 1	Ergonomic Statistics	1989-1991
Box 10	Folder 2	Fire Protection Standard	1980-1995
Box 10	Folder 3	Formaldehyde Standard	1985-1991
Box 10	Folder 4	Formaldehyde Standard	1985-1991
Box 10	Folder 5	Formaldehyde Standard, administrative	1980-1991
Box 10	Folder 6	Formaldehyde Standard, articles and commentary	1980-1986
Box 10	Folder 7	Formaldehyde Standard, legal activity	1986-1990
Box 10	Folder 8	Formaldehyde Standard, legal activity	1986-1990
Box 10	Folder 9	Formaldehyde Standard, legal activity, challenge	1986-1990
Box 10	Folder 10	Formaldehyde Standard, legal activity, challenge	1986-1990
Box 10	Folder 11	Formaldehyde Standard, legal activity, challenge brief and motion	1989
Box 10	Folder 12	Formaldehyde Standard, legal activity, meetings	1987-1989
Box 10	Folder 13	Hazard Communication Standard	1987-1992
Box 10	Folder 14	Hazard Communication Standard, inspection procedures	1986-1988
Box 10	Folder 15	Hazard Communication Standard, articles	1984-1988
Box 10	Folder 16	Hazard Communication Standard, chemicals	1977-1994
Box 10	Folder 17	Hazard Communication Standard, chemicals	1977-1994
Box 10	Folder 18	Hazard Communication Standard, directives and interpretations of the courts	1985-1991
Box 10	Folder 19	Hazard Communication Standard, handouts and training material	1988-1995
Box 10	Folder 20	Hazard Communication Standard, information	1986-1992
Box 10	Folder 21	Hazard Communication Standard, information	1986-1992
Box 10	Folder 22	Hazard Communication Standard, Material Safety Date Sheets	1991
Box 10	Folder 23	Hazard Communication Standard, Material Safety Data Sheets collected from garment industry	1982-1989
Box 10	Folder 24	Lead exposure inspections and compliance	1980-1983
Box 10	Folder 25	Lockout/Tagout	1980-1991
Box 10	Folder 26	Miscellaneous Standards	1989-1995
Box 10	Folder 27	Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York	1981
Box 10	Folder 28	Mount Sinai Medical Center, Edlund, Eric	1981
Box 10	Folder 29	Mount Sinai Medical Center, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) Health Center	1989
Box 11	Folder 1	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Benzidine- based dyes	1981
Box 11	Folder 2	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), dyes	1980-1981
Box 11	Folder 3	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) facts, health information	1980-1992
Box 11	Folder 4	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) health hazard evaluations	1976-1981
Box 11	Folder 5	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) health hazard evaluations-new directions: NIOSH Dyes Hazard Pilot Project	1980-1981
Box 11	Folder 6	Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission	1992-1995
Box 11	Folder 7	Occupational Safety and Health Act	1970
Box 11	Folder 8	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) chart of area offices	1990-1992
Box 11	Folder 9	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) clippings	1981-1984
Box 11	Folder 10	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) clippings	1981-1984
Box 11	Folder 11	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) complaint forms	1984
Box 11	Folder 12	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) correspondence	1991-1993
Box 11	Folder 13	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) general	1991-1994
Box 11	Folder 14	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) miscellaneous commentary	1989-1995
Box 11	Folder 15	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) miscellaneous commentary	1989-1995
Box 11	Folder 16	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) penalties	1991-1992
Box 11	Folder 17	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) record keeping	1986-1995
Box 11	Folder 18	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reform	1991-1994
Box 11	Folder 19	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rights	1978-1993
Box 11	Folder 20	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) statistics	1979-1993
Box 11	Folder 21	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) statistics	1979-1993
Box 11	Folder 22	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) statistics, accidents/injury statistics	1987-1992
Box 11	Folder 23	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) statistics, accidents/injury statistics	1987-1992
Box 11	Folder 24	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) statistics, New York state statistics	1994
Box 11	Folder 25	Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) Standard	1993-1994
Box 11	Folder 26	Respirator Standard	1992-1995
Box 11	Folder 27	Respirator Standard, protection (proposed rule)	1994
Box 11	Folder 28	Right-to-Know (RTK), general information	1984-1991
Box 11	Folder 29	Right-to-Know (RTK), Connecticut	1991
Box 11	Folder 30	Right-to-Know (RTK), Illinois	1984-1985
Box 11	Folder 31	Right-to-Know (RTK), Maine	1984
Box 11	Folder 32	Right-to-Know (RTK), Massachusetts	1983-1984
Box 12	Folder 1	Right-to-Know (RTK), New Jersey	1983-1988
Box 12	Folder 2	Right-to-Know (RTK), New Jersey	1983-1988
Box 12	Folder 3	Right-to-Know (RTK), New York	1981-1988
Box 12	Folder 4	Right-to-Know (RTK), New York	1981-1988
Box 12	Folder 5	Right-to-Know (RTK),Pennsylvania	1983-1989
Box 12	Folder 6	Right-to-Know (RTK) state law chart	1984
Box 12	Folder 7	Right-to-Know (RTK) miscellaneous states	1985-1986
Box 12	Folder 8	Standards, Canada	1993
Box 12	Folder 9	State law/ regulations, building codes, New York State	1989
Box 12	Folder 10	State law/ regulations, California State laws	1994
Box 12	Folder 11	State law/ regulations, Fire codes, city of New York	1988
Box 12	Folder 12	State law/ regulations, New York City health	1992
Box 12	Folder 13	State law/ regulations, state plans	1991-1992
Box 12	Folder 14	State law/ regulations, sweatshop task force	1991-1993
Box 12	Folder 15	Studies, Cancer Survey
		Scope and Contents medical; no date
Box 12	Folder 16	Studies, California Garment Survey of Labor Standards	1994
Box 12	Folder 17	Studies, Danish	1993
Box 12	Folder 18	Studies, Quebec	1989
Box 12	Folder 19	Top 200 Pilot Targeting Program, Maine	1993-1995
Box 12	Folder 20	walk around pay	1980-1981
Box 12	Folder 21	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Health and Safety Department	1989- 1993
Box 12	Folder 22	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Health and Safety Department	1989- 1993
Box 12	Folder 23	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Health and Safety Department	1989- 1993
Box 12	Folder 24	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Health and Safety Department, miscellaneous articles	1985-1995
Box 12	Folder 25	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Health and Safety Department, New York State	1990-1991
Box 12	Folder 26	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Health and Safety Department, Ohio	1988- 1995
Box 13	Folder 1	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Standing Committee on Safety and Occupational Health	1988-1995
Box 13	Folder 2	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) worker memorial organizing packet	1991- 1993
		Scope and Contents posters
Box 13	Folder 3	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Environmental Network	1985-1986
Box 13	Folder 4	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Industrial Union Department (IUD)	1984- 1994
Box 13	Folder 5	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Industrial Union Department (IUD)	1984- 1994
Box 13	Folder 6	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Industrial Union Department (IUD)	1984- 1994
Box 13	Folder 7	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Industrial Union Department (IUD) Occupational Health and Safety Forum	1986-1993
Box 13	Folder 8	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Industrial Union Department (IUD), health and safety environmental issues in organizing and coordinated campaigns	1988-1989
Box 13	Folder 9	Union Health and Safety Organizations, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Industrial Union Department (IUD), health and safety environmental issues in organizing and coordinated campaigns	1988-1989
Box 13	Folder 10	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricola's (CATA) Farmworkers Support Committee	1988
Box 13	Folder 11	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Central Labor Rehabilitation Council	1988-1990
Box 13	Folder 12	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Communications Workers of America	1986
Box 13	Folder 13	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Food and Allied Service Trades Department (FAST)	1980-1986
Box 13	Folder 14	Union Health and Safety Organizations, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers	1979
Box 13	Folder 15	Union Health and Safety Organizations, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)	1980
Box 13	Folder 16	Union Health and Safety Organizations, International Chemical Workers Union (ICWU)	1980-1990
Box 13	Folder 17	Union Health and Safety Organizations, International Molders and Allied Workers Union	1979
Box 13	Folder 18	Union Health and Safety Organizations, International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)	1983-1993
Box 13	Folder 19	Union Health and Safety Organizations, International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)	1983-1993
Box 13	Folder 20	Union Health and Safety Organizations, International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)	1989-1993
Box 13	Folder 21	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Occupational Health Foundation	1990-1991
Box 13	Folder 22	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Occupational Health Legal Rights Foundation	1985-1986
Box 13	Folder 23	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW)	1995
Box 13	Folder 24	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)	1986-1987
Box 14	Folder 1	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Union Health Center, occupational disease survey	1988-1995
Box 14	Folder 2	Union Health and Safety Organizations, United Auto Workers (UAW)	1980-1988
Box 14	Folder 3	Union Health and Safety Organizations, United Auto Workers (UAW)	1980-1988
Box 14	Folder 4	Union Health and Safety Organizations, United Mine Workers (UMW)	1984-1986
Box 14	Folder 5	Union Health and Safety Organizations, United Steelworkers of America	1979-1990
Box 14	Folder 6	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Workers' Institute for Safety and Health	1981-1991
Box 14	Folder 7	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Workplace Health Fund	1984-1992
Box 14	Folder 8	Union Health and Safety Organizations, Workplace Health Fund	1984-1992
Box 14	Folder 9	Danish Textile and Garment Union	1989-1993
Box 14	Folder 10	International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)	1983-1994
Box 14	Folder 11	International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)	1983-1994
Box 14	Folder 12	International Labor Organization	1989-1993
Box 14	Folder 13	International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF),administrative	1989-1993
Box 14	Folder 14	International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), administrative	1989
Box 14	Folder 15	International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), administrative	1997
Box 14	Folder 16	International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), general	1993-1995
Box 14	Folder 17	Saipan and Guam	1991-1992
Box 14	Folder 18	Soviet Union	1980
Box 14	Folder 19	Zimbabwe	1991
Box 14	Folder 20	Trainings	1984-1990
Box 14	Folder 21	Business agent trainings (education), spring/fall	1987
Box 14	Folder 22	New Jersey trainings, fall	1989
Box 14	Folder 23	Shop Rep Training (Local-23-25), winter/spring	1990
Box 14	Folder 24	Midwest School for Women Workers, July 15-20	1990
Box 14	Folder 25	Leadership training for Health and Safety Committee Members	1990
Box 14	Folder 26	Midwest Region training	1990-1991
Box 14	Folder 27	Ergonomics Conference , Empire State College	1990
Box 14	Folder 28	Union Health Center Conference	1990
Box 14	Folder 29	Ergonomics Conference, Massachusetts	1990-1991
Box 14	Folder 30	Fire safety minutes and materials	1990-1991
Box 14	Folder 31	Fire safety minutes and materials	1990-1991
Box 14	Folder 32	Health and Safety Conference, New York City, March 20	1991
Box 14	Folder 33	Fall River Conference	1991
Box 14	Folder 34	Northeast program, Unity House	1993
Box 15	Folder 1	Asbestos slideshow for stationary engineers, high-pressure plant tender and related titles (questionnaires)
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 2	Chemicals, training material	1994
Box 15	Folder 3	Chemicals, training material	1994
Box 15	Folder 4	Contract negotiations and internal International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)	1991-1994
Box 15	Folder 5	Ergonomics	1990-1996
Box 15	Folder 6	fact sheets
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 7	Hospital workers	1978-1994
Box 15	Folder 8	Malden Mills fire	1995
Box 15	Folder 9	Material Safety Data Sheets, chemicals	1993
Box 15	Folder 10	Material Safety Data Sheets, samples and fact sheets, how to understand MSDS	1994
Box 15	Folder 11	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Formaldehyde slide tape	1986
Box 15	Folder 12	Respirators
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 13	"Sanitation in the Garment Industry" Chinese translation	1984
Box 15	Folder 14	slide/tape program scripts	1983-1984
Box 15	Folder 15	slide/tape program scripts	1983-1994
Box 15	Folder 16	slide tape programs	1984-1986
Box 15	Folder 17	Spanish, case studies or problems for small groups
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 18	Reuniones como formarlo (Spanish)
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 19	We Came to Work, Not to Die, conference, (Spanish), February 23	1991
Box 15	Folder 20	Spanish, frio
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 21	Spanish, Health and Safety Committee, functions for preparing for meeting
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 22	Incendios
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 23	Metales
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 24	Monoxide de Carbano
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 25	Occupational medicine, Spanish
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 26	Plomo	1979
Box 15	Folder 27	Reproductive hazards, (Spanish)
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 28	Respiradores (Spanish)
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 29	Right to Know, Spanish, noise, chemicals, hazard communication standard
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 30	Ruido (Spanish)
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 31	Sindrome del Tunel Carpiano
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 32	Spanish slideshow script	1984-1990
Box 15	Folder 33	Stress (Spanish)
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 34	Talking Unionone-on-one, training materials	1994
Box 15	Folder 35	Toxic hazards	1991-1997
Box 15	Folder 36	Training activities, committee
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 37	Training Material	1988-1996
Box 15	Folder 38	Training Material	1988-1996
Box 15	Folder 39	Training on backs and injuries, outlines and statistics	1993
Box 15	Folder 40	Transparencies, originals
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 15	Folder 41	Update: Health and Safety	1983-1990
Box 15	Folder 42	Video Display Terminals	1992
Box 15	Folder 43	Workers' Compensation	1993-1994
Box 16	Folder 1	Manual originals
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 16	Folder 2	Manual originals
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 16	Folder 3	Originals, includes Creole fact sheet
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 16	Folder 4	Originals
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 16	Folder 5	Originals, for pamphlets, fact sheets, and publications
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 16	Folder 6	Update: Health and Safety, originals	1985-1990
Box 16	Folder 7	Graphics, anatomy
		Scope and Contents no date
Box 16	Folder 8	Graphics	1981-1991
Box 16	Folder 9	Graphics	1981-1991
Box 16	Folder 10	Graphics, fact sheets and manual	1985-1990
Box 16	Folder 11	Graphics	1985-1991

Contents

ILGWU Health and Safety Department Records, 1953-1998 Collection Number: 5780/208

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Cornell University Library

ILGWU Health and Safety Department Records, 1953-1998
Collection Number: 5780/208

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library