UNITE HERE Local 23-25 Photographs, 1971
Collection Number: 6200/005 P

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
UNITE HERE Local 23-25 Photographs, 1971
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6200/005 P
Creator:
UNITE HERE
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada, that was formed in 2004 by the merger of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE). The membership is made up mainly of workers in the hotel, food service, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries. In 2005, UNITE HERE left the AFL-CIO and joined the Change to Win Federation along with other unions including the Teamsters, SEIU and the UFCW. In may 2009, Bruce Raynor, president, left UNITE HERE, taking with hiim several local unions and between 105,000 and 150,000 members. They formed Workers United. September 17, 2009, UNITE HERE announced that it would re-join the AFL-CIO.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

UNITE HERE Local 23-25 Photographs #6200/005 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6200: UNITE HERE Records 6200/005: UNITE HERE Local 23-25 Files 6200/005 MB: UNITE HERE Local 23-25 Memorabilia

SUBJECTS

Names:
UNITE HERE (Organization)--Photographs
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 23-25 (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees. Local 23-25 (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs
Subjects:
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York (State)--Photographs
Textile workers--Labor unions--New York (State)--Photographs

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Holiday Party Group photograph
Scope and Contents
1 photograph
Box 1 Folder 2
Sketch and Pamphlet
1971
Scope and Contents
National Jewish Hospital and Research Center
Box 1 Folder 3
Unlabeled photograph of an Asian woman
Scope and Contents
oversized photograph
Box 1 Folder 4
UNITE HERE! oversized photograph
Box 2 Folder 1
slides
Scope and Contents
22 slides
Box 2 Folder 2
unmarked photo
Scope and Contents
5 photographs
Box 2 Folder 3
Martin Luther King, Jr. photograph
Scope and Contents
1 photograph
Box 2 Folder 4
unlabeled portrait photographs
Scope and Contents
2 photographs