Workers United Memorabilia, 2009-2009
Collection Number: 6284 MB
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Workers United Memorabilia, 2009-2009
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6284 MB
Creator:
Workers United
Quanitities:
4.94 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Workers United Memorabilia #6284 MB. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union
Service Employees International Union
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Workers United
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Wooden block - "Workers United, March 21, 2009" ; signed
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2009 | |
| Box 1 |
Secretary/Treasurer Convention Badge - Edgar Romney name badge
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| Box 1 |
NY Metropolitan Area Joint Board UNITE HERE - application for membership
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| Box 1 |
Assorted Awards
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1994-1999 | |
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Scope and Contents
Metro New York, Labor Communications Council First Award ; Second Award ; Third Award
; International Labor communications Association Third Award ; Honorable Mention ;
Second Award
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| Box 1 |
Assorted information cards
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Scope and Contents
Save the date card for Centennial Commemoration Workers United/SEIU ; Triangle Fire
Memorial and Historical Association ; Triangle Fire Memorial Design Competition ;
We Shall Never Forget Remember the Triangle Fire ; When women pursue Justice: an exhibition
; Cake (Collecting Action and Knowledge about the Everyday) ; Women of hope ; Birds
on fire ; The New York City Triangle Factor Fire
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| Box 1 |
Assorted advertisement material
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2005-2011 | |
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Scope and Contents
UNITE Local 23-25 (mini calendar) ; key chain type cards (stiff paper, look like flags)
UNITE! Proudly Made in New York ; UNITE HERE! Single card calendars (2005-2006) ;
Calendar from American Society of Safety Engineers 'Celebrating 100 Years of Safety'
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| Box 1 |
Sewing kits
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Scope and Contents
UNITE! ; ILGWU (2)
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| Box 1 |
Workers United paperweight - Founder's Award - December 6, 2013, Chinatown YMCA
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2013 | |
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Scope and Contents
clear with a hand drawn and colored picture inside
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| Box 1 |
Baseball cap - 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 2011
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2011 | |
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Scope and Contents
black cap with gold and red lettering
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| Box 2 |
Sash - Red with gold lettering in both English and Chinese Character - TO: Local 23-25
100 Years Anniversary (opposite end) FROM: Local 23-25 UNITE Retirees
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| Box 2 |
Sash (two of them) - Red with gold lettering, both English and Chinese Characters
- TO: Local 23-25 100 Years Anniversary ; FROM: C.L.U.W. Chinese Committee
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| Box 2 |
Sash - Red with gold lettering - all in Chinese Characters
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| Box 3 |
UNITE, ILGWU Memorabilia
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Scope and Contents
ILGWU keychain ; UNITE! Pins (24) ; UNITE! Activist Pin ; ILGWU Pin (bedazzled with
white stones) ; I am a proud member of the Workers United Retirees Association Pin
(8)
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| Box 3 |
Hand held signs ; 1 Union Health Center ruler
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Scope and Contents
signs: UNITE HERE! ; Worker's United SEIU ; Local 23-25 UNITE 100 Years (2) ; Greetings
from UNITE
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| Box 3 |
Crayon drawings - Day Care
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| Box 4 |
Triangle Fire Open Museum booklets and pin
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Scope and Contents
3 mini booklets, 1 pin
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| Box 4 |
Display panels - "About the Triangle Fire"
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Scope and Contents
came housed in a clear plastic box, which was dismantled
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| Box 4 |
Display panels - "About the Triangle Fire"
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Scope and Contents
came housed in a clear plastic box which was dismantled
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| Box 4 |
Display panels - "About the Triangle Fire"
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Scope and Contents
came housed in a clear plastic box which was dismantled
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| Box 5 |
Poster - "Over decades, workers in the garment industry have fashioned a way of life
through their union. Their story is a chapter in mankind's long struggle for human
dignity.
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Scope and Contents
29.5x46
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| Box 6 |
Vinyl banner - White with red and black lettering -- AB Amalgamated Bank (47"x47")
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| Box 7 |
T-shirt - Black with yellow lettering -- Front: ? / Back: GOTTA CLUW?
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| Box 7 |
T-shirt - White with black and red lettering - Front: CLUW / Back: We didn't come
here to swap recipes:not Then-1974; not Now-1999
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1999 | |
| Box 7 |
T-shirt - White with blue and peach design - Front: Women Labor's Future - Coalition
of Labor Union Women / Back: [blank]
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| Box 7 |
T-shirt - Black with purple and red design - Front: Vision Voices Votes / Back: [blank]
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| Box 7 |
T-shirt - Black with white and black lettering - Front: UNITE FIGHT / Back: ILGWU
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| Box 7 |
T-shirt - White with a large union label - Front: Made in U.S.A. - International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union / Back: ILGWU
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| Box 7 |
T-shirt - White with blue and red lettering - Front: UNITE! Against Sweatshops / Back:
www.uniteunion.org
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| Box 7 |
T-shirt - White with blue and red lettering - Front: UNITE! Against Sweatshops / Back:
www.uniteunion.org
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| Box 7 |
T-shirt - Red with black and red lettering - Front: UNITE HERE!
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| Box 7 |
T-shirt - Red with black and red lettering - picture of President Obama - Front: UNTIE
HERE! For OBAMA
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| Box 7 |
UNITE! Pins and ribbons [ribbons are white with blue and red lettering UNITE!] (6
pieces)
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| Box 7 |
Swatches of brightly colored union label cloth
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| Box 8 |
Shopping bags - plastic, advertising UNITE (4 pieces)
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| Box 8 |
Book cover - 'Famous Dates in History"; "Weights and Measures"
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| Box 8 |
ILGWU folders, 3 two pocket folders, bright yellow with a Union Label on the front
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| Box 8 |
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Key chains (3 pieces)
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| Box 8 |
Post cards - Triangle Fire - (4 pieces)
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2012 | |
| Box 8 |
ILGWU - sewing kit; ruler
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| Box 8 |
Recognition Certificate - from Workers United Education Program
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| Box 8 |
Pins - (3) - We Are All Workers; (1) - Savethegarmentcenter.com; (1) - Political Activist
UNITE!
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