Will Herberg: From Right to Right by Harry Ausmus., 1987-1987
Collection Number: 6036/029

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).

Will Herberg (1901-1977) wrote on religion and politics, beginning as a "Lovestonite" and later becoming a prominent religious conservative. Harry Ausmus is an American historian, retired from the faculty of the Department of History at Southern Connecticut State University.

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Will Herberg: From Right to Right by Harry Ausmus. #6036/029. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

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