Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and Joint Board Furriers Union. Unity.
March 25, 1927-April 27, 1928 (weekly)., 1927-1928
Collection Number: 6036/074
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and Joint Board Furriers Union. Unity.
March 25, 1927-April 27, 1928 (weekly)., 1927-1928
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6036/074
Abstract:
The collection consists of a Yiddish weekly published by the Joing Board Cloakmakers
and Dressmakers Union and the Joint Board Furriers Union.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union
Joint Board Furriers Union
Quanitities:
0.67 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).
"Unity" was a Jewish labor weekly published every Friday by the Unity Committee of
the Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and the Joint Furriers Union. This
collection is composed of of volume 1 and a portion of volume 2. Volume 1, No. 1 begins
on March 25, 1927 and ends with No. 35 from December 16, 1927. Volume 2, No. 1 begins
on February 24, 1928 and ends with No. 6 from April 27, 1928. The publication is written
in Yiddish.
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Joint Board Cloakmakers and Dressmakers Union and Joint Board Furriers Union. Unity.
March 25, 1927-April 27, 1928 (weekly). #6036/074. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records 5780 PUBS: ILGWU. Publications 5780/125: ILGWU. Newspapers 5780/169: ILGWU. Local publications
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. -- Local 22 (New York, N.Y.) -- Archives.
Furriers Joint Council of New York -- Archives.
Subjects:
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York
Textile workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York.
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 |
Unity
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1927-1928 |